Fictionalized Storylines Absent from Podcasts? 38
goldenglove asks: "With the recent boom of Podcasts online, there seems to be a glaring hole when you try to search for free podcasts that have fictionalized stories, and semi-concrete plotlines. The podcast videocast scene seems to be saturated with content that is about news or about personal life, centralizing around information rather than entertainment. Why is this? The only exceptions I've found are the recently released Marcus Hates His Job free TV show sponsored by Sprite, and the Finnish distributed movie: StarWreck -- although entertaining, a very thin selection. Does Slashdot have any recommendations of uninhibited, undiscovered content in this field?"
What about... (Score:1)
Not a podcast I know, but, and I hate to sound like I'm spamming, one of the best non-music sources of audio on this planet that I know about. You can get selected programmes - From Our Own Correspondent, for example - as podcasts (they're in the iTunes database of podcasts), and listen live, albeit over an EVIL real stream. In terms of fiction, radio four really is top notch - watch out for some of the plays, and have fun for the 'Listen again' buttons. Download the stre
Re:What about... (Score:2)
But don't think it's just Sherlock Holmes shows. I've been a fa
Fiction for your IPOD (Score:2)
alt.binaries.multimedia.mp3.audiobooks.sci-fi
alt.binaries.multimedia.mp3.audiobooks.mystery
alt.binaries.multimedia.mp3.audiobooks.spokenword
Talent (Score:2, Redundant)
Re:Talent (Score:2)
Anyway, on the topic at hand:
That's a very good point. It's certainly easier to make a professional sounding documentary/interview/polemic than it is to make a believable piece of narrative fiction.
But, it is also true that there has been a conspicuous absence of fiction in radio for a long time. Even among the big, relatively well funded public radio powerhouses, fiction is hard to come by, and wha
Re:Talent (Score:2)
Think about how radios are used today -- probably about 60% in the car, 35% while cooking/studying/etc. Listening is a secondary task.
Reading a book or paying attention to a radio drama requires constant attention -- you cannot divert your attention to something else and get anything out
Re:Talent (Score:2)
Earthcore (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Earthcore (Score:1)
Cory Doctorow (Score:3, Informative)
that's actually kind of funny... (Score:2)
It'd be cool if more people thought like you did, the old-time serial radio shows were neat. You can still hear them on NPR on the weekends... Robert Blake hosts an old-time radio show. You could probably convert that for your iPod.
Sonny Bono owns you (Score:2)
Do you realize that you are using a slick 2005 device, and asking for content that was last popular in the 1940s?
Things like this are why the fiction industry has lobbied so hard for copyright term extensions.
Other podcasts (Score:1)
PodioBooks (various) http://www.podiobooks.com/ [podiobooks.com]
LibriVox (books in the public domain) http://librivox.org/ [librivox.org]
Re:Other podcasts (Score:1)
radiolovers.com (Score:1, Informative)
DTV (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.radiolovers.com/ (Score:2)
They did it best in the 40s and 50s when podcasting was called "radio shows."
Legal? (Score:1)
You've got at least one AC agreeing with you [slashdot.org].
But aren't most of these recorded radio shows still copyrighted (until 2067 under State of New York copyright) and all rights reserved?
Re:Legal? (Score:2)
There's a possibility that they are violating copyright laws, but if you read their case, it looks pretty strong to me.
Capitol Records v. Naxos (Score:1)
If you read the copyright information on the radiolovers.com website, you'll find that they believe (and they have good reason to believe) that all the recordings on the site are in the public domain.
Here, I quote directly from radiolovers.com:
Sound recordings were not restricted under federal cop
Re:Legal? (Score:2)
Yes under US (or various state) laws; but "no", by virtue of the 2nd law of thermodynamics, which trumps US law every time.
The VAST MAJORITY of OTR shows have irretrievably vanished due to exactly those laws designed to "protect" the interests of the copyright holder. A part of our (well, on Slashdot, our grandparents') culture gone forever.
Some of them never existed
Doesn't surprise me in the least. (Score:2)
If you say something, record it, and play it back, your suckiness will be all to apparent.
Two quickies (Score:3, Interesting)
Second: Planet Retcon at http://planetretcon.com [planetretcon.com] is my website and I'm working on episode 1 of an original "sitcom in space" sort of podcast.
Re:Two quickies (Score:2)
Good Fction Podcasts (Score:2, Informative)
For comedy sketch and short story, there's Firesign Theatre [firesigntheatre.com] where you can browse the comedy albums (they've been making them for 40 years) and from each album download sample tracks. They also have a podcast. [firesigntheatre.com]
For podcast short story and essay, there's The Seanachai [goodwordsrightorder.com]. Patrick Mclean comes from advertising, I think, so he has some good writing chops. He has a series called "How to Succeed in Evil with
One 4 my Mizkatonik homiez (Score:2)
Re:Escape Pod? (Score:2)
Try this (Score:1)
http://childrenofthegods.blogspot.com/ [blogspot.com]
If you want more audit stories take part...
Do not forget ... (Score:2)
is no-one watching (Score:2)