Podcast Guide Reviews 05.05 (re-run!) [8:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Welcome to Ready, Set… Monday! This week on Podcast Guide we are going on the theme “bite-sized music.” We’ve got a great interview with Podington Bear on Tuesday as well as a spotlight on the show on Wednesday. On Thursday we’ll be covering 3 great bite-sized music podcasts, and as usual on Friday we are covering intersting stories from the podosphere. Here are the links for the reviews covered in our 5 minute pod review marathon today:

• Tech5 | Website |
• CBC Hourly Edition | Website |
• 90 second naturalist | Website |
• NPR Second Stage | Website |
• Medical Minute | Website |
• FAQAutism | Website |
• Podcast From Paradise | Website |
• Jim and Them | Website |
• Grammar Girl | Website |
• Marvin suicide | Website |
• HBR Ideacast | Website |

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 08-05-02 >> the DailySplice Podcast [7:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Hello. We like podcasts, and we talk about them every day. Today we’re talking about a bunch of interesting stuff we heard in the podosphere, including stories about short stories and comedy becoming the new Rock & Roll.

Intro Music: Asbury - Covered in Acrylic from NPR Second Stage

iPhone coming to Canada

Dialed in From CNET: 23 - 26 minutes; Produced on Wednesdays

A couple interesting tidbits from CNET’s weekly mobile phone news podcast. First, Canada is finally getting iPhone. Rogers Wireless will shortly be selling the iPhone, but don’t be too quick to grab one. Apple will be releasing a much anticipated 3G version of the popular device sometime this summer. Also, T-Mobile is saying that they expect to have a Google Android-based phone out by the end of the year.

Stop Hating Short Stories

Books on the Nightstand: 20 min. Published Bi-weekly.

Some people say they don’t like short stories. Reasons: can’t follow a full plot, can’t have fun with the characters, etc. But a collection of short stories called Unaccustomed Earth just debuted at number 1 on the NYT Best Sellers for Fiction. This is big news in the book lover’s world. Here’s some quotes from short stories to wet your whistle:

• Steven returned from the war without lips
• When I came home from school for lunch, my father was wearing a backpack made of stone

Grand Theft Auto 4 is here

Daily PWN: 2 - 3 min. Produced semi-daily

After several delays, the long-awaited video game Grand Theft Auto has hit the shelves. Packed with crime, sex, and violence, this game has stirred up a number of political and social activists (e.g. MADD) claiming that it should not be sold or at least should only be sold to adults. Putting all that aside, the Daily PWN reviews the graphics, gameplay, and overall enjoyability of the title.

Comedy is More Rock & Roll than Rock & Roll

R3TV: 8-9 min. Published Fridays.

After the “comedy collapse of ‘92″ (Patton Oswalt) comics were forced to find alternative spaces… which ended up being music venues. Recently they’ve moved on to the Internet, and company has gone back to it’s purest form as it was in the 70s. It seems comedy is becoming the new Rock & Roll.

Hey, I just wanted to point people over to a podcast called Second Stage from NPR. There are a lot of really cool 1-music-track-per-day type of podcasts out there, but this one has constantly given me a song that I want to download and put in my music library every day. What’s your favorite 1-track-per-day podcast?