Knowledge by Ear? 36
jgercken asks: "I recently survived a 16-hour drive solo thanks to having downloaded 10+ hours of old Off the Hook shows, a 2600 sponsored radio program. It is so refreshing to hear news from a technically cognizant perspective. Is anyone aware of any similar programs or maybe sources of recorded lectures?"
Coast to Coast (Score:2, Interesting)
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mostly health issues - specifically a back problem that left him not being able to do 5 hour shows 6 days a week with preps before and after.
I recal one show where he had stepped out the back door for a breath of fresh air, and forgot the construction pit that was out their in the dark. he was a sore puppy after that for a while.
The original back problem was from a fall when he slid off a telephone pole, and decided not to get a collection of very big splint
Re:Welcome to Austin (Score:1, Offtopic)
the /. show (Score:4, Funny)
Re:the /. show (Score:1)
see:
Radio [slashdot.org]
Space and Quirks (Score:5, Interesting)
Quirks & Quarks on CBC Radio One [www.cbc.ca] Join host Bob McDonald each week to find out the latest in science, technology, medicine and the environment. We cover the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom...and everything in between.
also, check out the websites of conference recording companies. That $300 seminar you missed at PC Expo is now probably a $10 tape or CD.
Just record the Discovery Channel (Score:3, Interesting)
audible? (Score:5, Informative)
I think my favorite so far has been "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman".
I signed up for two books per month and I'm WAAAY behind on listening to it all in the car (some books are as long as 24 hours).
Re:audible? (Score:2)
Another vote for Audible.
And for those worried about losing the info, in twenty years or whatever, you can burn your books to redbook CD audio, from the Audible manager itself. Boom, done.
BBC Radio 4 (Score:4, Informative)
Always very well presented and researched, this is probably the best speechbased radio station in the world.
http://bbc.co.uk/radio4
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Star Stuff (Score:3, Informative)
1 Hour of space stuff, each week.
I like the Linux Symposium and TechNet Cast Files (Score:4, Informative)
Also see:
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Linux.conf.au (2003) proceedings .iso (Score:3, Informative)
Dr. Dobb's (Score:2, Informative)
http://technetcast.ddj.com/ [ddj.com]
They've got a pretty good set of presenters and topics. I've only listened to a couple, but I like what I've heard so far.
Radio Freek America (Score:3, Informative)
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A few picks of mine. (Score:3, Interesting)
My first pick was Off the Hook, then Off the Wall.
I searched for good free sources of MP3 talk radio content. If NPR wasn't solely Real format, I'd grab All Things Considered and Morning Edition. Ditto This American Life (damn, how I'd love to have this show in MP3 format!).
A decent, locally-produce show that I like is Radio West [publicbroadcasting.net], a show dealing with issues local to Utah and the West in general. There's a few good recent shows about the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a horrific event in LDS history that Mormon officials rarely acknowledge (and have never formally apologized for). Quite a hot potato in local circles. ;-)
A somewhat less professional, but often entertaining show, is Ghostly Talk [ghostlytalk.com]. Regardless of your opinion on ghost chasers and the supernatural, it's kinda interesting stuff. My only real gripe with the show is that there's a lot of chatter of the crew amongst themselves before the real meat of the program's main topic is presented.
More MP3 archives of good public radio shows would be most welcome. (I don't suppose there's a good Real Adio --> mp3 converter for Linux?)
Re:A few picks of mine. (Score:2)
Of course there is, this is linux. Setup a named pipe, call it /dev/dsp, and realplayer should happly write to it.
Ok, so maybe you may run into some small blocks, but generally speaking, it can be done. Especially in Linux. Thats why the dvd/etc industry don't like Linux. Its too easy to simply write an audio/video driver that writes whats being played/displa
The Feynman Lectures (Score:4, Interesting)
...Are available on tape at Amazon [amazon.com], and probably MP3 somewhere. ;)
RadioX (Score:1)
Sadly, a quick google of it only shows a bit from around 1996 and a dead website. I wonder if theres any of it still around...
The one thing I remember from it, oddly enough, was Mr. Man's c
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Teaching Company (Score:2)
Sermons (Score:2)
Dr. Daniel Harrell [parkstreet.org]
Ravi Zacharias [christiansunite.com]
Alister Begg [gospelcom.net]
RC Sproul [gospelcom.net]
Not technical, but at least.... (Score:2)
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Library (Score:2)
Look for books on tape, or preferably, compact disc.
Rip them to mp3.
Listen at leisure.
Courtesy of my local library, I've recently picked up copies of an Allen Ginsburg album, Bill Cosby's "Himself", a Bill Maher audiobook, Cornel West's album, a Garrison Keillor sampler, James Mason reading "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" & Roy Dotrice reading "The Hunting of the Snark", and the audiobook version of "Minority Report", which also includes other Phillip K Dick stories. J