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A list of my favourite podcasts

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Blog, Culture, Tech, featured

I listen to podcasts to and from work each day. I listen to the same podcasts whilst storming through the malls of Johannesburg. One could say that the podcasts I listen to are my therapist, tutor, news-anchor and go-to-guy for the latest in metal-news. So I thought it only fair to share a few of the podcasts I listen to, with you.

The Monocle Magazine Podcast

The Monocle Magazine podcast is your window into the high-flying world of the Monocle team. With the threesome, Tyler Brule (editor in chief), Robert Bound (culture editor) and Andrew Tuck (monocle’s editor) providing witty analysis of current-affairs, take-outs from the latest Monocle and cultural snippets which include: art-fair reviews, sticky pop tracks, occasional film-festival coverage and interviews with fashion label owners/designers.

Get it every Sunday afternoon on Monocle.com or on iTunes. As an aside take a look at their Monocolumn, and their short-film pieces narrated by Bound.

The MetalHammer Podcast

A pair of fucking hero-clahns (look it up) Gill and Beez the hosts keep you up to date on the latest international metal news. More often than not the duo have you laughing out loud at their digressions which oft lead the conversation to Gill’s dislike of and Beez’s physiological reliance on energy shots. Alternatively conversation might provide Gill the opportunity to flex the power of his vast lexicon ultimately thumping religious institutions with what Beez calls his “big-words”. You might even hear one of Beez’s rants on the limp-wristed-keyboard-enthusiast who still obsess over Black Metal for its roots in anti-christian ideology, lives quite comfortably in mum’s council house and raises a pasty little fist and whinges “that’s not metal” at the mere hint of something other than the latest dissonant gore “epic” from Lord Gore.

It’s normally out Saturday Morning or late Friday evening here in South Africa, and you can grab it on iTunes where you’ll find the MetalHammer podcast and iPhone app.

The Royal Society for the Appreciation of the Arts Podcast

This is perhaps the most informative and meaningful podcast of the lot. Each week I sit in on panel debates and talks from some of the world’s leading academic theorists, politicians, NGO leaders, scientists (in all fields), entrepreneurs and technologists. I count this as a rare privilege, to be able to eavesdrop in on this class of humanity, to which I am so grateful to The RSA for.

This week I listened to the anthropologist Robin Dunbar explaining how our very distant past underpins our current behaviour, and how socialise is hard-coded into our physiological being. Then one of the leading-lights in the world of digital, Jaron Lanier took me through his views on digital collectivism, arguining against it and proposes better ways for we can use technology to interact with culture. Before him – last year to be precise – Chris Anderson delivered his thoughts on how changes are occuring in the way the modern economy functions.  Master of the Rolls, Lord Bingham made a case for the rule of law as a foundation for a fair and just society.

It goes without saying that this podcast is the one I get anxious waiting for, it tickles every fantasy I have of once again donning the academic hat I used to wear and sitting down to coffee and tearing through Sociology texts which made me forget where I was and just enjoy the might of the mind.

Get it on iTunes or get it from the source at: http://www.thersa.org/events and if you’re interested follow the thoughts of the RSA’s CEO Matthew Taylor on his blog.

Marketing over Coffee

The hosts of Marketing over Coffee, John Wall and Christopher Penn best explain their podcast and I’ve tacked on their description below. However, before we jump into that, it’s worth pointing out that their show includes a little dry humour, it’s not all business, and importantly this isn’t a podcast which aims to cheerlead the already narcissistic social media critic albeit not entirely cynical the hosts honest approach to new media is refreshing and you wont get cluttered-paid-for bullshit journalism on this show.

You can grab the podcast at http://www.marketingovercoffee.com/

Marketing Over Coffee is an internet radio program (podcast) that covers both classic and new marketing. Your hosts, John Wall and Christopher Penn, record the show in a local coffee shop every week and publish the show on Thursday mornings. Because it’s a podcast, you can download the shows and listen to them whenever you want – in your office, on your commute, where and whenever is convenient for you. Each show is about 20 minutes long and is filled with the kinds of marketing tips and tricks that you can only get out of casual conversation outside of the office.

For some of our featured programs check out interviews with Seth Godin, David Meerman Scott, Mitch Joel and James Connor.

We routinely cover topics such as:

• Making sense of Facebook, Twitter, and social media
• Search engine optimization and search marketing
• Email marketing, multivariate testing, and copywriting
• “Old school” offline marketing campaigns

plus answer fantastic questions from listeners like you!

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