After Matt let me know that UC Berkeley was putting some of their courses online for free, I took a spin around iTunes to see what else is out there. Here’s a quick update of the podcasts – both old and new – that I’m listening to and watching lately.
the show with ze frank
Ze does a great job with quick, sharp humor. It’s quirky, unexpected, and it’s made me literally laugh out loud almost every weekday since April.
Accident Hash & Managing the Gray
AH was my first real experience with podcasting, and I haven’t stopped listening since. C.C. Chapman does an amazing job with both his music and marketing podcasts. Accident Hash is tied with Ze for my top spot.
AmandaAcrossAmerica
Amanda Congdon (formerly of Rocketboom) has been traveling across the country doing interviews and visits along the way. The team just finished their trek, but Amanda will be showing up on random ABC shows as well as some other places pretty soon (good job Amanda!).
Psych 156 at UC Berkeley
This is a full, free Berkeley course as it happens. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that it’s a psych course… about human emotion. My face lit up as I started listening to the latest lecture. (Social psych, my all-time favorite, is also available – though I don’t think anyone could top the lectures of the late Michele Alexander at UMaine.)
Speeches and lectures from Bowdoin, Princeton, and Stanford
I went to a state school (and I’m proud of it), but hearing some of the people who pass through these campuses is awesome.
TEDTalks
TED provides the gold standard innovation video podcast. Their speakers are amazing and every session is engaging.
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders and IT Conversations
Both of these podcasts feature speakers having to do with business and IT. Again, there are some truly amazing people who have spoken in these series.
There are many others in my list; actually, there are more than I can handle. Personally, I’m fine with an abundance of free content.
And the bonus: Jonathan Coulton, a very cool songwriter, did a Thing a Week project in which he wrote a song-ish thing a week. My favorite is Code Monkey.