podcasts!!

Not many of you know this, but I am a huge fan of podcasts. I listen to lots of shows and I'm a pretty loyal fan; it's rare I miss a show. Some of these are so good, I thought you should know about them if you don't already.

Sticks and String
This is a really great podcast about knitting, particularly about men and knitting. It's hosted by an Australian man, David Reidy, who is a teacher and lives with his two cats. The best part about this show is his essays. David is an excellent writer. He focuses on one aspect of knitting, and relates the rest of the show around the same idea. Some of his essays are about  knitting groups, giving projects away, how we face challenges, etc.  I ususally listen to this during my lunch hour, but I tend to skip over his musical choices. It's nothing personal, I never seem to like anything in the Podsafe music library, it usually sucks in my opinion. You can download this from itunes too :)

Knit Cast
Some of you probably already know about this show- and it's a shame there aren't more episodes. This show is set up like a news cast where Marie Irshad interviews knitwear designers. She travels to different knitting shows and conventions to interview various designers. The notice on her website promises to have new episodes in 2007. I'm holding my breath....

Savage Love
This is a podcast for those with a strong stomach. Dan Savage is a sex advice columnist, the author of Savage Love. He's a gay man with a partner and an adopted son. He's been writing for who knows how long; I've read Savage Love in the Village Voice and online every Wednesday morning for about 6 years now. The podcast is relatively new. The show is set up with live calls. Anyone can call in at 206-201-2720 and ask Dan a question. It's really hilarious to listen/read to other people's kink, questions, and experinces. He's written several books and you can find all of them on Amazon. On an interesting note, after the death of Ann Landers he won the auction to her desk.


How Urban Radio Saved My Life
This is a really great music show for old funk and 60s-70s dance. Lexi has a very insteresting style that I love to play on my computer at work when I need some backround tunes. It takes awhile to download from itunes, but it's totally worth it.

The New Celebrity
I don't really know how to describe this show, except to say that each episode is an entire farce. An old co-worker of mine, Chris Meyers, started this podcast with two of his friends just to entertain themselves. The first season is them maily poking fun at each other and making up stories, but  in the second season they got their act together a little more to incorporate some "reality-tv/raido" drama with love and murder. It doesn't quite make sense all the time, and you almost always want to smack Matt for being an overbearing dork, but in the end, it's a pretty funny show.


What podcasts or raido shows do you listen to?