Podcasts: 10 favourites

I love listening to podcasts. My current favourites are: 1, Driveway Moments: NPR What is a Driveway Moment? ... Rather than turn the radio off, you stay in your car to hear the piece to the end. 2. This I Believe: NPR Based on a 1950s radio program of the same name, Americans from all walks of life share the personal philiosophies and core values that guide their daily lives. 3. Wiggly Podcast Listen to Heather Gorringe, managing director of garden supplies company Wiggly Wigglers. 4. A Way with Words Public radio’s lively language show, with Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. 5. Grammar Grater a weekly podcast about English words, grammar and usage for the Information Age - with host Luke Taylor. (Minnesota Public Radio) 6. Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing - Hosted by Mignon Fogarty. 7. The Word Nerds A podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do. 8, The Naked Scientists Podcast - interactive science, medicine and technology weekly live radio show with Dr Chris Smith. 9. The Satellite Sisters - Radio show featuring five sisters talking about women and real life. 10. Amateur Traveler - a travel show that helps you find the best places to travel to. Note: You do not need an iPod to listen to podcasts, as they are simply MP3 audio files that can be played back either on your computer or any MP3 player Do you listen to podcasts? Which ones are your favourites?

Fry's English Delight:(Part Two) Quotations

The second programme of Fry's English Delight on BBC Radio 4, about Quotations (their uses and misuses, and about those who compile quotation dictionaries) was broadcast on Monday (1 September 2008) but I just listened to it today via the BBC iPlayer. It's another fascinating programme about the English language, presented by Stephen Fry.

Fry's English Delight: a new series about language on BBC Radio 4

I enjoyed listening to this fascinating new BBC series today: English Delight, Stephen Fry's three-part series about the English language. If you missed it, you can listen again via the BBC iPlayer. It's very interesting especially if you enjoy learning about the origin of words in the English language. And for those of you who don't know who Stephen Fry is: The Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry- official website Stephen Fry Biography (via The British Council contemporarywriters site) Stephen Fry (via IMDb - The Internet Movie Database)

The Great Big Vegetable Challenge

If you've ever struggled to get your children to eat their vegetables, you should start reading the excellent blog called The Great Big Vegetable Challenge where the author of the blog , Charlotte Hume, has worked her way through the A to Z of vegetables, by posting recipes and photos of her seven-year-old son ('Vegetable-Phobic') Freddie as he tastes each new concoction and also rates them. The blog is now published as a book too! What a fantastic idea for a blog and good on her for getting a book deal out of it too! You can listen to Charlotte Hume speak about her book in the latest Woman's Hour programme on BBC Radio 4.

Mitchell and Webb: comedy sketch about identity theft

This is a very amusing sketch about identity theft, performed by David Mitchell and Robert Webb from their comedy sketch show, That Mitchell and Webb Sound: Mitchell & Webb Sound - Identity Theft "Sounds more like a bank robbery." (link via Schneier on Security)

American public radio report about allotments in London

This is a lovely report from NPR (National Public Radio in the USA) about allotments in London: London's Gardens: Allotments for the People (link via NPR.org)