O.K., if general historical edification for largely ignorant laymen like me counts, then there are two Berkeley undergrad courses on iTunes that I love by a professor named Margaret Anderson. The first is on the Second Reich and the second is a more general survey of modern European history. I learned a ridiculously large amount from both and personally found them to be more fluid and engaging than any college course I took.
Thank you very much for this recommendation. I just finished the second course and it's great. One tip for other people: use a program like MP3Gain on these files, because they differ a lot in volume and in (audio) quality.
I know, books or blogs are often more informative than podcasts. But reading a book while going grocery shopping, bicycling or driving is kinda hard. And the last post on this topic didn't generate much discussion.
So, I ask again: Does anyone know of some interesting podcasts out there?
I'll go ahead and list some of my favorites:
- Econtalk by Russ Roberts.
- Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot by Lukeprog.
- Rationally Speaking by Julia Galef and Massimo Pigliucci.
- Singularity 1 on 1 by Nikola Danaylov.
- Big Ideas and TEDtalks are sometimes worthwhile.
Lectures on ItunesU are of course great, too.