Hello fellow Lords,
I thought the Podcastle was looking a little bare, so here's some links to the podcasts and their host sites that we discussed in the meeting today. Enjoy!
The Bugle, began as a satirical "audio newspaper" presented by British comedians John Olivier and Andy Zaltzman, to cover politics across the pond (John, works as a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and lives in New York). The podcast was originally hosted, and presumably funding by The Times Online, a UK based news website and companion to the daily London paper The Times. The Times, however, decided to trash the podcast late last year for unspecified reasons. In response the hosts launched a social media campaign to "Save the Bugle" and continued podcasting as independent and self funded content producers. Their website also boasts a donations button, which I think is a pretty interesting turn of events.
Check out the new independent Bugle (donations button and all). There's also a Huffington post article that suggests that the axing of their cast, might have had something to do with their merciless mockery of News Corp. execs (who own The Times) including scathing coverage of the News of the World phone hacking scandal.
This American Life, is actually a good ol' fashioned radio show, broadcast on Chicago Public Radio WBEZ, weekly. The format is simple but brilliantly executed, with several heavily produced stories presented on a theme over 59 glorious minutes. Although on public radio, this show is the antithesis of DIY podcasting and the 'sit-and-chat' format of most amateur casters. As a podcast, This American Life has a huge international following, gotten a tonne of critical props and includes a whole host of celebrity contributors, including sassy essayist David Sedaris (buy them all!!!)
Radio lab is really similar. Broadcast on public radio in the US, where it's actually simulcast on over 300 public station and then podcasted through their website and smart phone app. They have the same kind of deal with heavily produced, heavily researched, awesome pieces of journalism on a particular topic. The episodes Words is incredible, if you have a spare hour and a spare brain. They also use a donations system for, at least part of, their funding.
Smodco is Kevin Smith... you know that guy who made Clerks.... own online entertainment conglomerate. According the legend of the internetz Smith got so fed up with Hollywood a few years ago that he stopped making movies and started podcasting instead. His podcast grew to a network of podcasts called Smodcast Internet Radio, which grew into a network of multi-media projects called Smodco which includes internet television, film podcasts, live podcast show, archives of home video and a direct to hulu original series. Parts of the network of casts is run like internet radio, streaming live but then is archived online as podcasts. The casts are super varied in their scope and focus and don't always include Smith as a presenter. From what I can tell just tuning in they seem to be founded by a combination of Smith's own gigantic pile of money, audience donations, revenue from merchandise and live events, and advertisements.
Here's an interview where he explains his audio empire and crossing over to video on demand.
The history of Ricky Gervais's podcast is apparently pretty interesting too, but Nirupam a pretty avid listener so I'll let him elaborate on that one.
Otherwise, here's a quick list of podcasts I sometimes listen to but really don't know a lot about :
Firewall and Iceberg - Big time online TV reviewers Alan Sepinwall (What's Alan Watching) and Dan Fienberg (Fien Print) talking about, well, TV
Party Truck USA - pop culture pod cast from some TV/Comic Book/Movie writers. Pretty Funny, very geeky, much talk of Batman.
WTF - Comedian Marc Marron and guest swear about things
Also Nerdist is always meant to be great (not that I've ever listened to any of their podcasts), I think Wil Anderson has a podcast that's meant to be funny, and possibly the lead singer of The Grates...
Updates to come
Happy listening (while jogging/ cleaning/ showering/ sitting alone in a darkened room)
I thought the Podcastle was looking a little bare, so here's some links to the podcasts and their host sites that we discussed in the meeting today. Enjoy!
The Bugle, began as a satirical "audio newspaper" presented by British comedians John Olivier and Andy Zaltzman, to cover politics across the pond (John, works as a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and lives in New York). The podcast was originally hosted, and presumably funding by The Times Online, a UK based news website and companion to the daily London paper The Times. The Times, however, decided to trash the podcast late last year for unspecified reasons. In response the hosts launched a social media campaign to "Save the Bugle" and continued podcasting as independent and self funded content producers. Their website also boasts a donations button, which I think is a pretty interesting turn of events.
Check out the new independent Bugle (donations button and all). There's also a Huffington post article that suggests that the axing of their cast, might have had something to do with their merciless mockery of News Corp. execs (who own The Times) including scathing coverage of the News of the World phone hacking scandal.
This American Life, is actually a good ol' fashioned radio show, broadcast on Chicago Public Radio WBEZ, weekly. The format is simple but brilliantly executed, with several heavily produced stories presented on a theme over 59 glorious minutes. Although on public radio, this show is the antithesis of DIY podcasting and the 'sit-and-chat' format of most amateur casters. As a podcast, This American Life has a huge international following, gotten a tonne of critical props and includes a whole host of celebrity contributors, including sassy essayist David Sedaris (buy them all!!!)
Radio lab is really similar. Broadcast on public radio in the US, where it's actually simulcast on over 300 public station and then podcasted through their website and smart phone app. They have the same kind of deal with heavily produced, heavily researched, awesome pieces of journalism on a particular topic. The episodes Words is incredible, if you have a spare hour and a spare brain. They also use a donations system for, at least part of, their funding.
Smodco is Kevin Smith... you know that guy who made Clerks.... own online entertainment conglomerate. According the legend of the internetz Smith got so fed up with Hollywood a few years ago that he stopped making movies and started podcasting instead. His podcast grew to a network of podcasts called Smodcast Internet Radio, which grew into a network of multi-media projects called Smodco which includes internet television, film podcasts, live podcast show, archives of home video and a direct to hulu original series. Parts of the network of casts is run like internet radio, streaming live but then is archived online as podcasts. The casts are super varied in their scope and focus and don't always include Smith as a presenter. From what I can tell just tuning in they seem to be founded by a combination of Smith's own gigantic pile of money, audience donations, revenue from merchandise and live events, and advertisements.
Here's an interview where he explains his audio empire and crossing over to video on demand.
The history of Ricky Gervais's podcast is apparently pretty interesting too, but Nirupam a pretty avid listener so I'll let him elaborate on that one.
Otherwise, here's a quick list of podcasts I sometimes listen to but really don't know a lot about :
Firewall and Iceberg - Big time online TV reviewers Alan Sepinwall (What's Alan Watching) and Dan Fienberg (Fien Print) talking about, well, TV
Party Truck USA - pop culture pod cast from some TV/Comic Book/Movie writers. Pretty Funny, very geeky, much talk of Batman.
WTF - Comedian Marc Marron and guest swear about things
Also Nerdist is always meant to be great (not that I've ever listened to any of their podcasts), I think Wil Anderson has a podcast that's meant to be funny, and possibly the lead singer of The Grates...
Updates to come
Happy listening (while jogging/ cleaning/ showering/ sitting alone in a darkened room)
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