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Old 04-13-2012, 10:11 AM
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Default Good Podcasts

Help me out here.

Only feed I've signed up for has been Comedy Bang Bang, and that is only because I love Reggie Watts. Like a mother.

What do you like? What should I listen to, now that I've embarked on this journey through what seems like endless B- celebrities talking into a microphone somewhere about some nonsense?

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Old 04-13-2012, 10:28 AM
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Too open ended. What are you into? There are now countless podcasts on all kinds of topics.
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Old 04-13-2012, 12:50 PM
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Too open ended. What are you into? There are now countless podcasts on all kinds of topics.
thats the thing

im into anything, if its good.

how about, make the thread about what are YOUR favorite podcasts?
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Tech News Today
This Week in Tech
The Adam Carolla Show
Triangulation
No Agenda www.noagendashow.com

There are plenty of video podcasts, but the above are geared more towards audio.
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The Naked Scientists - weekly science journal, hour-ish
Back to Work - weekly rant about productivity pr0n, etc, hour-ish
EconTalk - weekly in depth economics debate, hour-ish
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