Good Listening

[abracanabra]

I listen to a lot of podcasts at work and at home. Some are fiction, some are nonfiction. Here are a few of the ones I've enjoyed recently.

Radiolab's Where Am I? - Fascinating interviews remixed with science studies and experiments about how our bodies know what belongs to them, and how they get confused, and out-of-body experiences. Really cool and interesting stuff here. MP3.

TED's Erin McKean redefines the dictionary - A very funny lecture sure to be enjoyed by word geeks. gunn, I'm looking at you. MP3.

Catherynne M. Valente's Wine is a Story - An experimental reading/song/music/poem remix/trailer of her short story, "Wine is a Story." Follow that first link to read about what she's trying to do. It's an interesting approach to story promotion for writers. MP3.

Comments

more ear candy

[gorillagirl77.livejournal.com]

FrankVanRad recently turned me on the The Moth podcast, and I think you'd enjoy it too. It's short (15 min or so) live storytelling by people from all walks of life. The website is http://www.themoth.org/

Re: more ear candy

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

Thanks for passing the recommendation on--I've downloaded some episodes to try out.