Another Podcast: Galactic Watercooler

[slowfox]

The Galactic Watercooler Podcast is a new one I'm trying that I picked up via the Podcast Awards site, as I'm trying to branch out from my TWiT.tv monoculture.

It's basically three geeks (two guys, one girl) talking about Sci-Fi/fantasy kinda stuff. To be honest, 1½ episodes in (199 and 201, because 200 was a retrospective 'best of' that I decided to skip), I'm not wholly convinced of the hosts' credentials (they couldn't remember which was Merry and which was Pippin), and they unreservedly love everything about Avatar, but I'm giving it a whirl nonetheless, to see how it fares over the longer term.

Comments

[carolanne5]

I'm struggling to find time to do everything I want to do/see/read. I've just had a cull of the podcasts I subscribe too as it's impossible to keep up.

[slowfox]

I've culled some, but added others. And at least we're back on The News Quiz for R4's Friday Night Comedy - I don't really get on with The Now Show.

Any particular gems amongst your subscription list that I should be aware of?

[carolanne5]

R4's comedy show is my only MUST podcast. I've just found the R4 'A Point of View' podcast which I'm enjoying so far. Just 10 minutes weekly but quiet thoughtful, I recommending starting with David Attenborough's on 9th October.

[slowfox]

The R4 A Point of View podcasts were excellent whilst they were Sir David reminiscing, but then they moved on to Clive James, and whilst I like the guy, I found his 'casts rather... at odds with my own views of the world, so I unsubscribed...