Frivology

I’ve got a whole lot of podcasts to listen to these days… too many, I think. I actually just recently had to give some of them the axe and I brought a few new ones into the fold, thanks to Articulett at the RD Forums, who pointed me to some of her faves, who I’m now picking up on. I’ll be changing my links list to show the changes.

Of them, I have to say my favorites are: The crew at The Atheist Experience and The Non-Prophets and Chariots of Iron. I’ve never felt bored listening to any of these guys. My one wish? That there were some female voices out there. I just recently picked up the Skepchick Podcast, but I’m not sure they update often enough for me. Anyone have any recommendations?

This sort of ties into a much broader point I want to make eventually, but I’m going to take it piecemeal for now.  The Atheist Experience is one if my favorite atheist podcasts, and I get a number of them.  That isn’t to say I don’t have criticism.  First, a call-in show should be, IMHO, about 95% calls and about 5% talk about other things.  The reason I find it way more interesting than the NPRish podcasts has to do with the calls.  However, too much time is spent rehashing things discussed previously on The Non-Prophets, or chatting about someone’s pet subject.  Mind you, they aren’t terribly bad discussions and they can fuel what people call in about, but they usually don’t, making the show seem a bit disjointed.  Is it a call-in show, or is it a talk show?  Hard to pinpoint…

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