Sure, I "produce" my own podcast and participate in two others...
But what do I listen to?
- Area 51 Show: Strange stuff. Hard to describe. Give it a try.
- Greenwich Village Idiot: Slice-of-life with observations about music and the community. Combines passion * and voice nicely.
- IMAO: Not just because I write for it (I consider my stories to be the worst part of it, and the opening of #5 was something I slapped together in a Notepad one fine day at work). Many personalities coming together and Scott cuts them together into something amazing. Y'all wouldn't be fascinated by the process that goes on behind the scenes, but I am always bedazzled by it. Since it's a scripted production, the smooth delivery by the various personalities is a plus.
- Israellycool: Dave did Arafat is Full Of Crap and has branched into Does Mahmoud Smile and other amusing observations of the cynical blight of PLO Arabs upon humanity. But his podcast combines voice and passion effectively, and it shows that you don't have to have perfect timing and delivery to make a good show. He's got a natural cadence with the pauses and "ums" of a conversation with the audience, and that's better than a canned or scripted delivery for such a production.
- Lone Prarie: It's just getting started. Listening to the first song right now. Maybe Julie won't mind if I do something with it and a slideshow.
- Mobilepodcast: Based in Houston. I just added it, and I'm giving it a trial run. We'll see.
- Mostly Trivial With Johnny Bee: Fun, bouncy, and lively. Well-produced and very slick.
- Old Joke Of The Day: Sure, you've heard them all, but there's nothing like a guy telling you that old joke again to enjoy over and over.
- Podictionary: Combines voice and passion, this time over bibliophiles. Philologist? Logophile? The music at the start and end bookends the monologue nicely.
- Science@NASA: Sure, the guy has a pronounced lisp that's a bit distracting, but the subject matter is very interesting and it's easy to go hunting for the support material. The sign of an excellent podcast is that the material they reference is logged and linked at the site's page.
- Shire Network News: The official podcast of the enjoyable Silent Running weblog. It's got both voice and passion, supplied in truckloads by Tom Paine. Plus, lots of edge. Miles and miles of edge. And it's just just because I provide the Full Of Crap Report. Also, the interviews are always interesting.
- StarKast: JimK has edge, voice, passion, excellent delivery, and a range of topics he'll pull out of a hat to cover. Also, slickly produced. The quality shows.
- The View From Here: Oh, Harry! Harry and Zev are a hoot. How they pull off this modern-day Gracie and Allen routine is beyond me, but it's always worth a listen.
The rest on the list are ones I haven't had a chance to fully explore of get an impression from. But I plan on doing my homework this weekend on them.
I keep asking are there more I should listen to, and people keep suggesting. Keep them coming.
Of course, you can always vote for the IFOC Podcast, but I'd rather that you listen to it first and perhaps be inspired to do your own 100 Words creations.