Best Podcasts you've downloaded?

[Nigeyy]

I've recently been listening to the BBCs Witness podcasts (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t1hd/episodes/downloads) of the voices of WW1 and WW2 veterans, and it has just blown me away with some of the stories and what they had to endure. I am so grateful these witness accounts have been preserved. Hearing these people speak and come alive from history is amazing. My only criticism is most of these podcasts are only 10 mins long.

A couple of the podcasts stand out for me (though there are so many worthwhile listening to)-

Gas being used for the first time in WW1:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05zkr54

or the story of a Polish girl living next to the Krakow Ghetto, and what her family did (warning very disturbing recollection):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00dzl87

Anyone else got any podcasts they think are exceptional? Doesn't matter the subject matter as I appreciate the above is a heavy subject.

 

[psmiffy]

Ashes 7th January 2011 - knowing it was done and dusted - but having a long drive that day

 

[Dave 123]

Desert island discs.

 

[Joffey]

Skeptoid
Kermode & Mayo Film Review
Dr Karl on BBC Up All Night
More or Less (BBC)
TdF Stages Podcast (by Lance Armstrong)
Phil Gaimon ones are pretty funny

 

[Cycleops]

I’m sorry I haven’t a clue.

 

[FishFright]

The complete guide to everything
The Bugle ( yes it was better before etc)
Radiolab from WNYC
No Such Thing As A Fish
Beef And Dairy Network
The Kibbe and Finnegan Show

and anything by Richard Herring, boy is he prolific


Plus many many more as podcasts are my soundtrack nowadays.

 

[Bazzer]

Another one here who downloads Dr Karl, along with:
In Our Time
The Life Scientific
And when I remember ISIHAC.

 

[jefmcg]

I’m sorry I haven’t a clue.

And when I remember ISIHAC.

But there is no ISIHAC podcast
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Radio Lab

This American Life

 

[Spinney]

Infinite Monkey Cage
Friday Night Comedy

- both help to cheer me up

 

[Cycleops]

But there is no ISIHAC podcast
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Radio Lab

This American Life

Sorry, its true. I listen to them on the BBC radio iPlayer

 

[Lullabelle]

We have downloaded The News Quiz, Sandi Toksvig in the chair. I used to work on the shop floor and these little nuggets really helped the day go by. One day I was laughing so much I could barely work

 

[Cycleops]

We have downloaded The News Quiz, Sandi Toksvig in the chair. I used to work on the shop floor and these little nuggets really helped the day go by. One day I was laughing so much I could barely work

Sandi Toksvig has a very sharp wit.

 

[Fnaar]

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar ... (not podcast, just on iPlayer radio)

 

[Bazzer]

But there is no ISIHAC podcast
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Radio Lab

This American Life

Correct. As @Cycleops says on the iPlayer, hence my preface when I remember. Which gets frustrating, because of the limited time it is on there, whereas the others I can download in batches.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Flintoff, Savage and the ping pong guy.

Much better than I expected.

Matthew Syed in particular in a very articulate and interesting guy.

Graham