This selection is somewhat limited as it applies to those
podcast to which I was listening last year , there may well be better ones out
there and I certainly know of some good ones that I didn’t get time to
appreciate last year but are on my list for the future. So in no particular order here is my
listening list for 2016:
The Outdoors Station Podcast - http://www.theoutdoorsstation.co.uk/
Bob Cartwright has really got his mojo back this year and is
turning out some excellent outdoors based podcasts. Bob has recently moved house and it seems
this has been a spur to get after the podcasts once again with new
enthusiasm. Recent episodes have
included interviews with Chris Townsend, Alex Roddie (Outdoors Writer and
Blogger) and Ellie Bingham (7000 kms on a shoestring cycling across S America
without spending money). Bob has also spent
time on a couple of shows introducing other worthy listening podcast for
outdoors enthusiasts so I plan to give these a listen also. I have really enjoyed having Bob back but one
of the great things about his podcasts is its extensive back catalogue which
has a number of items worth going over again and again – in particular the TGO
challenge and 3 men in the Cairngorms episodes.
Great to have you back Bob.
The Bike Show from Resonance FM ‘Podcast and blog of the
world's most popular bicycling radio show, rolling since 2004’ http://thebikeshow.net/
This is another podcast with an extensive and excellent back
catalogue that is well worth downloading (despite originally being London
Based, the articles are, for the mostpart, by no means London-centric ). Jack Thurston is an excellent host , who now
lives in Abergavenny so I’m not sure if the show is still broadcast on
Resonance FM but that doesn’t matter as the podcast is still live and kept up
to date . Recent episodes have been particularly
interesting for anyone interested in long bike rides – I particularly enjoyed
the 3 episodes on the 2016 Transcontinental race (58 mins ; 40 mins and 54 mins
in length respectively.) Not just for cyclists this but if you’re interested in
Sport, the Outdoors or Cycling you will love this podcast.
BBC History Extra http://www.historyextra.com/podcasts
This is the podcast of the BBC’s History magazine and like
those above again as an extensive archive. Nowadays it is released weekly so
its hard to keep up with, but for anyone with an interest in the subject it is
a must listen podcast. Unlike the
magazine, the podcast has time to explore, usually with recently published
authors or TV documentary producers, the latest thinking on a huge range of
historical topics. IN the last year, I
have listened to Jonathon Dimbleby talking about the ‘Battle of the Atlantic’,
to Marc Morris talking on te Norman Conquest and Tony Robinson talking about
historical TV programmes to name just a few.
In the archive there are some real gems and I urge anyone to go and have
a listen. A couple of other BBC podcasts
worth a mention are In Our Time – weekly with Melvyn Bragg and usually 3
academics discussing a variety of Historical , Cultural, Scientific or Religious
ideas – I haven’t had time to listen in this year but have always thoroughly
enjoyed this show. For me the BBC’s
podcast output alone is worth the licence fee!
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