Thursday Thirteen #17: Podcasts

Thirteen Podcasts that I love
I'm a huge fan of the free podcasts that iTunes offers, so here's a few I'd recommend

1. Jimmy Pardo's Never Not Funny
Comedian Jimmy Pardo hosts a "party conversation" with fellow comedian Mike Schmidt and Matt Belknap in his dining room each week. I'm completely addicted to this podcast, and all 3 of the guys crack me up. Each episode brings new topics to rant/discuss/make fun of, and every 4 episodes a guest (usually another comedian) comes to add their two cents. You won't be dissapointed with this one.

2. Discovery Channel Features
I love 90% of the programming on the Discovery Channel. Discovery Channel Features allows you to download audio versions of shows like Dirty Jobs, Cash Cab!, and Mythbusters. It's Discovery-On-The-Go!


3. San Francisco Chronicle's Correct Me If I'm Wrong
The SF Chronicle has a hotline that readers can call into and vent their anger about the newspaper, and get their voice heard, great idea, right? Well, the chronicle took it a step further and decided to start podcasting the funny/outrageous voicemails that they have received. Hearing a man rant about the headline reading "Pilotless Drone" for 2 minutes is one of the funniest things I've heard in a long time. Most episodes are under 3 minutes, and just enough to make you smile.

4. LifeTeen.com's SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY Podcast
Mark Hart, aka "The Bible Geek" podcasts each week about the Sunday Mass readings. He doesn't just read them, but he breaks them down, and explains them in a way Teens and adults can both understand. From pop-culture refrences to historical refrences, Mark Hart brings the mass readings to the Catholic-Everyman(/woman) and makes mass a lot clearer. I listen to the podcast before mass, and sometimes again after mass if I didn't understand it the second time.

5. NPR: Pop Culture
A 30 min compilation of the week's pop-culture segments collected from shows like "Fresh Air" and "All Things Considered". It's essentially a cliffnotes version of that week's NPR coverage.

6. The Paul Goebel Show
Comedian and King of TV Paul Goebel 'casts once a week about the TV shows he's loved or hated that week. Paul brings on a guest for the shows to discuss their favorite shows too. Each week there is a trivia contest for listenters to win cool prizes, a round of 6-Degrees-of-Henry-Winkler, and a "Mash Up" of TV characters/stars.

7. NPR: Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
The NPR Pop-Culture Quiz Show re-broadcasts this weeks episode as a podcast!

8. The Sound of Young America
America's Radio Sweetheart podcasts on things from Comedy to Books to NPR. All segments are well produced, and interesting. The comedy segments are awesome!

9. NPR: This American Life
NPR's This American Life re-broadcasts each week's episode as a free podcast!

10. Fair Game with Faith Salie
Fair Game is a Daily Show-esque radio show using political commentators and comedians to present the week's news and notables. Salie is a charismatic host and brings her own sense of humor to each story.

11. The RELEVANT Podcast
The alternative-christian-lifestyle magazine RELEVANT brings together it's editorial staff to present each week's new music and movie releases, and news stories, while providing christian values to situations. The staff is very funny and uses unique games and contests to encourage audience participation.

12. The Tartan Podcast
Ever wonder what kind of music the scottish indie rock scene is producing? Well, the Tartan Podcast brings 3-5 songs from 3-5 bands right out of the scottish underground each week.

13. The Spring Awakening Podcast
News, interviews, and videos about today's broadway hit: Spring Awakening!


All of these podcasts can be found through iTunes, and are completely free!