Interesting Tech-Related Online Talk Radio? 380
kabrakan writes "Finding myself in an extremely boring tech job, I find the best way to pass the time is to listen to someone speak, specifically an interesting conversation about science, or a comedian. After exhausting NPR's database, could anyone recommend any online repositories of spoken word entertainment, especially talk in the technology world?"
Coast To Coast AM - (Art Bell, George Noory) (Score:5, Informative)
Somewhat real scientists that have been on the show (And are In the current archive):
Paul Davies - Understanding the Universe [coasttocoastam.com]
Brian Greene - Physics of the Universe [coasttocoastam.com]
Kevin Mitnick - Hacking A To Z [coasttocoastam.com]
Robert Hogg - JPL robotics engineer - The State of Robotics [coasttocoastam.com]
And others... [coasttocoastam.com]
The MP3s are great for listening to at work and have most/all of the commercials removed.
And then of course, you get all of the great tinfoil hat callers. It's also good for falling asleep to at night.
Re:Coast To Coast AM - (Art Bell, George Noory) (Score:3, Interesting)
Like the 'scientist' that claimed that when Nasa crashed a nuclear powered probe into Jupiter, it'd ignite and become another sun in this solar system? I caught that one, pretty damned amusing. I'm sure a few people thought the following Sunday was going to roll around and we'd see a bright flash in the sky and we'd all die. Heh.
Re:Coast To Coast AM - (Art Bell, George Noory) (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Coast To Coast AM - (Art Bell, George Noory) (Score:3, Interesting)
For example, a guy was talking about the statistical probability of an asteroid strike in the next 100 years. Then the host is like "So, how likely is it that aliens are deflecting the asteroids at us in the first place? There's no proof that they're NOT, after all..."
You can just hear the poor guy wilt.
Also fun is Richard "the scientific establishment is against me
Re:Coast To Coast AM - (Art Bell, George Noory) (Score:2)
Re:Coast To Coast AM - (Art Bell, George Noory) (Score:4, Interesting)
Although mainly propagated (sp?) by Alex Jones, who is somewhat of a nut, the hidden video he got of it is very interesting, to say the least [infowars.com].
I mean... on one hand, you have these Pagan type rituals being performed at night, on the other hand you have picutres of Bush Jr./Sr., Cheney, major Dems and Reps., and many other world leaders and major political/business heads there during the day.
This site has the MP3s from the show [apfn.org] when Alex Jones was on. It was very interesting to say the least.
Some more info: http://www.apfn.org/apfn/Grove.htm [apfn.org]
Re:Coast To Coast AM - (Art Bell, George Noory) (Score:3, Insightful)
KFG
Re:Coast To Coast AM - (Art Bell, George Noory) (Score:3, Insightful)
Ok... now I'm really really really confused.
Re:Coast To Coast AM - (Art Bell, George Noory) (Score:3, Interesting)
The last time I listened to Live Radio (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The last time I listened to Live Radio (Score:5, Informative)
Re:The last time I listened to Live Radio (Score:5, Informative)
Anyways....here's a RealAudio Stream of it. [earthstation1.com]
Re:The last time I listened to Live Radio (Score:2, Informative)
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
http://www.unknown.nu/mercury
Hosting a collection of original radio broadcasts.
Enjoy... also be gentle... It does not seem to be hosted from a very large server
Re:The last time I listened to Live Radio (Score:2)
So the new Slashdot definition of "youngster" is "less than ~70 years of age".
Not Off-Topic...Funny (Score:3, Insightful)
This is a reference to H.G. Wells's live radio broadcast of Wars of the Worlds in 1938.
As some of you know, some people missed the disclaimer before the show, stating that this is a story, and and thought that the reports of Martian Invasion everywhere were actually real.
It's actually a very interesting story....Read about it here: http://www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/ [war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk]
Re:Not Off-Topic...Funny (Score:2)
There was a Mr. Wells involved: Orson Wells.
I imagine H.G. Wells was dead in 1938.....but I'm just guessing here.
Re:The last time I listened to Live Radio (Score:2, Funny)
KFG
Air America Radio (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Air America Radio (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Air America Radio (Score:2)
Re:Air America Radio (Score:2, Informative)
Rush is a blowhard but Randi Rhodes is what... ??? She's just plain fucking trash. She's a trashy woman with a horrible show. She's fucking vile. Talk about "hate radio". Even my mother, a life-long NOW supporter, Bush-hater, and very strong liberal finds her views disgusting, insulting, and ridiculous.
I'm still confused why people listen to either Rush or her. There is much much much better conservative radio [dennisprager.com] avail
Re:Air America Radio (Score:3, Interesting)
This is actually what I like best about Franken's show. It comes across as a "basement production," kind of quirky and silly. He does get some really good guests though, and Katherine Lanpher is surprisingly funny. The "Oi Oi Oi Show" is classic Franken.
Randi Rhodes...I can take her in small doses. She does tend to go overboard
Re:Air America Radio (Score:3, Interesting)
1) _you_ can do it. yourself. yes, you can. I believe in you
2) I'm having a lot more fun than the people criticizing me
That's basically what he says all day on the radio. I don't see why he is so hated. He puts it all in the frame of conservative politics, sure, but really those two points are the core of his program.
Re:Air America Radio (Score:3, Interesting)
I would hardly call NPR "talk radio." (and I do enjoy NPR. There are only a few call-in shows, none of which really qualify as traditional talk radio. I'm talking about the call-in and argue with the host type of talk radio)
Re:Air America Radio (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Air America Radio (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Air America Radio (Score:2)
Re:Air America Radio (Score:2)
If the media has a liberal bias .... (Score:3, Informative)
Did you know that most media in this country are controlled by about 7 companies??? This means it's pretty easy to control the content.
The media has one DEFINITE bias, they are biased towards making money. And they frequently express that bias whenever they can. But the bias means that media sources tend to cow-tow to people who have power and influence.
In case you haven't noticed,
Perhaps (Score:5, Interesting)
I can hear it now (Score:4, Funny)
Caller: "Frist p0st!" *click*
Taco: "Okay, caller #2, you're on--"
Caller: "GNAA owns the radio waves--"
Taco: "Moving right along. Caller #3, you're on the air with Slashdot radio. What's on your mind?"
Caller: "I for one welcome our new GNAA overlords--"
Taco: "Fucking hell. Is there a single sane individual out there?"
Re:Perhaps (Score:3, Informative)
--
Evan
Try... (Score:5, Informative)
NJOY
Re:Try... (Score:3, Informative)
Technology Bytes (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Technology Bytes (Score:2, Interesting)
Yup, I agree. geekradio and "Technology Bytes".
Another radio suggestion: Radio Stations in Brasil are excellent--even if you don't understand the lingo.
BTM
BBC (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/
Re:BBC (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:BBC (Score:2)
Whatever happened to the guy who looked like Chris Farley, who used to sit next to Blair when Major was the Prime Minister? He was my favorite, for his wild eye rolling and arm waving at every word from Major's mouth, but they never
How about you do your job slacker (Score:5, Funny)
Dear slashdot, I got outsourced to India because I listened to the radio and didnt do any work. What should I do with all my free time?
Love,
Your favorite turd burglar?
Re:How about you do your job slacker (Score:3, Funny)
Ok, but I'm going to burn the building down...
roll your own with streaming radio - radio record (Score:2, Informative)
during the day/night then timeshift them the next day. Skipping all of the commercials and newsbreaks cuts the total time down by 1/2rd
http://radiorecord.sourceforge.net/
Fill Your Ears with This... (Score:2, Informative)
Rants, tech, and politics... (Score:2)
Geeks in space (Score:3, Insightful)
Your Mac Life (Score:2, Informative)
Your Mac Life link [yourmaclife.com]
Apple-specific (Score:3, Insightful)
Engines of Our Ingenuity (Score:2, Informative)
www.archive.org (Score:3, Informative)
Also check out their video archive containing (Moving Images: Prelinger Archives | Computer Chronicles | SIGGRAPH | Net Café | Open Source Movies | MSRI Lectures | Independent News | Feature Films | Election 2004 | Open Mind | Machinima | Youth Media | Brick Films | Shaping San Francisco | Speed Runs).
Archive.org rocks [archive.org].
Wrong place to ask (Score:5, Funny)
I kid, I kid..... mostly
Quirks and Quarks (Score:5, Informative)
It's more science than tecnology perse but a great show and they even have stuff in Ogg.
Use software for visually impaired (Score:5, Funny)
2) Point it here [slashdot.org]
3) Sit back and enjoy.
-S
Books on tape? Check your local library... (Score:5, Informative)
You can typically buy them at most bookstores, or find them at your public library. Surprisingly, many libraries have very good resources for spoken word tapes and CDs... I think maybe this was once related to having books for people with poorer eyesight. Good luck!
Re:Books on tape? Check your local library... (Score:2, Informative)
Your Mac Life and Fanboy Radio (Score:2)
And something I found out about thru Bitpass: Fanboy Radio [fanboyradio.com] about the comic industry.
And if you've exhausted the NPR database, try checking out the databases of WAMU or Minnesota Public Radio.
And there's always [cough. plug. cough.] cheap-to-free audiobooks from Telltale Weekly [telltaleweekly.com].
Alex.
Leo Laporte's radio show (Score:4, Informative)
The Harrow Group (Score:2)
Excellent insight. It's pretty old. Used to be called something else, but once he left HP it changed to it's current name. Check it out, you'll like it.
Less serious.... (Score:3, Informative)
There's also The Linux Link Tech Show [thelinuxlink.net].
Linux shows available for download (Score:3, Informative)
The Linux Link Tech Show [thelinuxlink.net]
LUGRadio [lugradio.org] - from the Wolverhamptojn LUG - loads of interesting stuff
And finally SLUGRadio [slugradio.org] - Linux guys based in Scotland getting together, drinking and talking about mainly Linux.
Old Time Radio (Score:3, Informative)
Radio plays (Score:2)
Stand-up comedy at . . . (Score:3, Interesting)
Audible.com (Score:2)
DotNetRocks (Score:2, Informative)
Lectures on tape (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Lectures on tape (Score:3, Informative)
Canadian Broadcasting Corp (Score:2)
mainly science but a well stocked archive holding an interesting array of subject matter
nobody has commented on comedy yet (Score:2)
2600 (Score:2)
From www.2600.com/offthehook [2600.com]
Off The Hook airs every Wednesday night at 7:00 PM EST in New York City on listener supported WBAI 99.5 FM.
It is simulcast online via Streaming MP3 and over shortwave radio at WBCQ 7415khz.
Join #offthehook on irc.2600.net to chat during the show.
Very good stuff, well worth listening to, and they have their entire archive available on the ftp server, dating back to 1989.
2600 & Pacifica has an edgy technology program (Score:2, Informative)
As is typical of Pacifica; the programming is legendary and edgy [kpft.org].
Check out:
http://www.2600.com/offthehook/ [2600.com]
Instead of radio (Score:4, Informative)
What the Tech (Score:2)
"Geared toward a general audience with an interest in all forms of technology, What the Tech! encourages curiosity and the thirst for 'techknowledge.'"
IT Conversations (Score:2)
R.I.P. - BILL HICKS (Score:3, Interesting)
There's scads of free audio/video that you can stream from Sacred Cow [sacredcow.com].
He's a very mind-opening speaker and very funny as well. Some of his best on stage moments are when he lashes back at an unreceptive audience.
Try PHil Hendrie (Score:2, Interesting)
For those of you who have never listened to him before, he is probably one of the most gifted, unscripted artists on the air. His hook is having a caller call in with some absurd topic, then stay on to take calls. People call up outraged at the topic, and argue with the original caller. The thing is, Phil plays both the host and the offensive caller simultaneously. He essentially performs multiple personality rad
Financial opinion by Jim Cramer (Score:4, Informative)
Other than that, New York's WABC 770AM offers a free feed here [wabcradio.com]. The afternoon crowd gets a bit too old school conservative for my liking, but Monica Crowley has her "get the government out" libertarian moments. Oh, they also carry the Drudge Report on Sunday Nights... always an interesting show.
Science Friday (Score:2, Informative)
Per the Science Friday Archive [sciencefriday.com] page, archived audio is available for shows broadcast after mid-1996. You can search by date
Cartalk.com!!! (Score:5, Informative)
Informative AND funny - very entertaining even if you aren't a gearhead. They back up almost all their stuff with sound engineering and science.
Chomsky speeches (Score:2, Troll)
Do a KaZaa or other P2P search for 'chomsky' and try out some of Noam Chomsky's speeches.
If you want pure entertainment, you can't beat the folks at ZBS Radio [zbs.org] who make some great sci-fi shows (Ruby/Jack).
KCRW (Score:2)
Good technology sound archives here (Score:2)
Re:Good technology sound archives here (Score:2)
Pacific Solutions Radio Hour used to be available (Score:2)
Computer Bits [computerbits.com] also used to have a good show. They shut down about a year ago, with similar lack of archives.
Part of the problem is that it takes a great deal of effort to produce a show that only a handful of people can listen to due to bandwidth restrictions. Hard to keep up a weekly program if your stream maxes out at 20-30 listeners.
BTW, both of those shows started on
Ham radio (Score:2)
pick (Score:2)
Good Tech Radio on the Web (Score:2, Informative)
DVD commentaries (Score:5, Informative)
Put on the commentary for a film you like, especially if you like the actor/director who is doing the commentary, and two hours are gone before you know it.
IT Conversations (Score:3, Interesting)
IRC (Score:3, Interesting)
Sunny Dubey
Not Radio but Archived College Lectures (Score:2, Informative)
The Linux Show! (Score:3, Interesting)
They also have archives (link on the front page), and an IRC channel.
IT Conversations and the Linux Show (Score:3)
Also, The Linux Show [thelinuxshow.com]: The original weekly Open Source/GNU/Linux webcast talk show.
Disclamer: David Mohring/NZheretic is soon going to be more closely connected to the Linux Show.
How about Dr. Dobb's TechNetCast? (Score:3, Informative)
Olde Tyme Raydio (Score:4, Interesting)
Antioch Radio [macinmind.com]. You get old radio serials from the 30s and 40s, including Sci Fi shows.
Uberleeto (Score:3, Informative)
I'm looking for as much feedback as possible. My email address is at the bottom of the page.
http://hackermedia.net/uberleeto [hackermedia.net]
Caltech's Streaming Theater (Score:3, Informative)
Geeks in Space (Score:3)
Pretty please?
I'll give you a chocolate chip cookie.
(Okay, it has one bite in it...)
H2K2 and others (Score:4, Interesting)
How about:
- panel discussions from the H2K2 conference [h2k2.net].
- a college course on SF and Fantasy literature [umn.edu].
- the DV Guys [dvguys.com] focus on the art and tech of video production. (Terrible bumper music. Just suffer through it)
- The Teaching Company [teach12.com] has some fantastic for-pay courses on CD and DVD.
- Lastly, I gotta mention The Infidel Guy [infidelguy.com]. The focus is on atheism, so it's not for everyone, but there are some great interviews in the archives with people such as Massimo Pigliucci, Michael Shermer, Paul Kurtz, and Michio Kaku. Lots of contorversial and thought provoking talk on the subject of religion, philosophy, and science.
Re:Kim Komando! (Score:5, Funny)
Please don't take this the wrong way, but are you gay?
Re:Simple -- Art Bell (Score:3, Interesting)