Results tagged “podcast”

The “Tea Party” movement is a loosely organised, libertarian political party in the USA that has garnered huge support from conversatives disillusioned with the Republican party. This podcast from NPR contains a fascinating interview with David Weigel, who covered the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), and is a great primer for anyone interested in learning why this right-wing organisation has gathered such momentum.

I can’t recommend this programme enough. Fresh Air is a public radio show broadcast in the US, hosted by Terry Gross. She interviews all sorts of luminaries: journalists, comedians, musicians, bureaucrats. The last few shows I’ve listened to included a journalist that has been in the home of a Pakistani warlord, a former evangelical Christian turned agnostic bible historian, and a Harvard law professor with a lucid, compelling explanation of where the US bailout money is going (short answer: no-one knows).

Compulsory listening: Fresh Air (podcast available on iTunes).

The News Quiz is a quintessentially British comedy show, broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 4. Effectively using current events as an excuse to make jokes, the “contestants” answer questions posed by dry diminutive Dane, Sandy Toksvig. It served as the template for the long-running TV programme “Have I Got News For You”, so if you’ve ever chortled along with Ian Hislop and pals (or, indeed, enjoyed Private Eye magazine) this will be right up your street. A jolly good weekly wheeze.

I discovered Demetri Martin on The Daily Show; he was their resident trendspotter, and very funny indeed. Here’s a podcast interview with him. I LOL’d (or as Demetri points out, I actually LQTM — Laughed Quietly To Myself).

Update: Important Things With Demetri Martin is a new show on Comedy Central that debuts today. Here’s a trailer.

Well, Darwin’s not on it, obviously, but he is the subject of four fascinating podcasts from Melvyn Bragg and chums regarding Darwin’s life. There have been a raft of articles and tributes recently, as this year marks the sesquicentennial since the publication of “On The Origin Of Species”.

In Our Time : Charles Darwin podcasts

The man was a genius. To get a sense of just how far ahead of his time he was, have a look at this NYT article.