Podcasts


Televised Revolution: talkin’ Optus injunction blues

This week the Televised Revolution team chat with Peter Black, Senior Lecturer in Law, about the NRL, AFL and Telstra’s recent seeking of an injunction against Optus.

Televised Revolution: FTA shares, schedules and executive shuffles

This week on the Televised Revolution podcast couch Dan and Simon discuss viewing habits, changes to TV top brass and much more.

Televised Revolution: gabbing about the Golden Globes and more

Once you get past the general awfulness of the Golden Globes, there was a sense that we’re seeing the end of an era. This and more discussed in the latest Televised Revolution podcast.

Televised Revolution: TV news out the wazoo

After a handful of weeks without much to talk about, Dan Barrett and the Televised Revolution team find themselves with a full plate for this week’s podcast.

The 400 Club podcast: and so this is Christmas

With nothing new on the TV schedule to yak about — everything is recycled at this time of the year — The 400 Club turn to discussing Christmas programming on the boob tube.

Televised Revolution — back to the future

In this week’s Televised Revolution podcast Dan and Dennis return to the topic of the future of the TV industry, discussing Youtube, the Australia Network and more.

Televised Revolution Podcast: it’s a knockout

In this week’s Televised Revolution podcast, Dan Barrett and the gang chat about It’s a Knockout, ABC and Channel 9’s 2012 slate, Denise Drysdale leaving The Circle and more.

Pure Poison podcast #30: if The Greens have Daleks

The Carbon Tax, hypocritical Greens, people picking on News Corp, refugees and Daleks. What more could you possibly want? Have a listen to the Pure Poison podcast.

The Televised Revolution podcast

This week on the Televised Revolution podcast the boys discuss James Packer stepping down from the Ten Board, James Wharburton’s defection to Ten and Colin Lane as the new host of Ready Steady Cook.

Pure Poison Podcast: Did I mention that I met Tony Jones?

A packed podcast from the Pure Poision team this week, covering the Middle East, Scott Morrison and refugees, the Broadmeadows election, disability pensions, mining companies and more.

The Televised Revolution podcast

This week’s Televised Revolution podcast takes a brief hiatus from the panel format to bring you interviews with David Taylor from Playmaker Media and Nathan Mayfield from Hoodlum, producers of new Foxtel show SLiDE.

Listen to the Televised Revolution podcast

On the final week of the low-news volume summer season Televised Revolution discuss Roger Ebert’s prosthetic chin, Angry Birds: The TV Series and Kelli Underwood is bounced from Ch 10′s football call.

Vulnerability, anger and therapy by comedy

American comedian Marc Maron’s hugely popular twice-weekly podcast - WTF with Marc Maron - features a rare breed of celebrity interview in which Maron’s prickly style solicits surprising and candid revelations from his guests, writes Dan Saltzstein.

Daily Proposition: Take a course at Stanford

As someone whose education ended up more lantana patch than Ivy League, Crikey reader Jim Forbes appreciates Stanford University’s Stanford to Go podcasts. They cover a phenomenal spread of academic topics and disciplines.

PODCAST: How to uncover a scandal

Journos Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie uncovered a big international scandal involving a company half-owned by the Reserve Bank. They spill on how the story came about.

Are podcasts the new short story?

Despite what you may have heard, the short story isn’t dead — it’s just take on a new form, with a growing number of podcasts dedicated to reading aloud.

Daily Proposition: Is This American Life the best podcast ever?

This American Life is kind of like Australian Story, except with more original ideas, a fascinating and interesting host and all the crazy weirdos of the US.

Daily Proposition: Enter Rome on a podcast

My new favourite podcast is The History of Rome. It takes a complex storyline and weaves it into the most engaging tale, from the start of the Roman Empire to the end.

PODCAST: 2010: Politics, elections and anniversaries

In the first of a series, The Economist takes a look at what will be important in politics next year. Elections in the US, Britain and Brazil, and a range of political anniversaries look set to dominate global agenda.

PODCAST: What’s next for the ABC?

An interview with the ABC’s director of news, Kate Torney, on the brave new future of our national broadcaster as it steps up its presence in the online world.

15 podcasts that will make you richer

Business Pundit has compiled a list of 15 top podcasts on finance, investing, marketing and more, to help get to know money better and, hopefully, learn how to make a whole lot more of it.

PODCAST: Chaser boys on controversy

Chaser boys Dominic Knight and Chris Taylor discuss the media frenzy surrounding their ‘Make a Realistic Wish’ skit and acknowledge that maybe Chaser outstayed its TV welcome.

Reform or rhetoric? Obama’s speech examined

Economics experts discuss US President Barack Obama’s speech to Wall Street bankers. Obama had some stern words — but were they stern enough to see real reform and prevent another economic disaster?

PODCAST: Michael Kirby: Why privacy matters

In the age of the internet, stories that once would have been wrapping the fish and chips and forgotten a few weeks or months or years later
are preserved forever,” says former High Court justice Michael Kirby in this speech for Privacy Victoria.

PODCAST: The rise and rise of Levi Johnston

NPR looks at how a monosyllabic 19-year-old from nowhere Alaska has become one of the most in-demand interview subjects in the US media, and the people working behind-the-scenes to shape and promote his public image.