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Nanikore's Recommended Podcasts - Motorcycling

Sat, 12 Aug 2017 00:56:23 +0000

I have a bit of a commute for my job, so I’ve tried to find different ways to make use of the time in a more constructive manner, and one of those ways is to listen to podcasts. As I have quite a few on my list right now, I thought I’d break this up into two posts - ‘Motorcycles’ and ‘The Rest’. As an aside, I’m currently running a cheaper Android phone (a Lenovo Moto G5+) and the DoggCatcher and 2011; a few I still listen to, some have gone away.) Anyway, on with the list:

Adventure Rider Radio RAW - Out of Canada, this is a monthly panel show, usually running 90-120 mins. of experienced overlanders discussing situations, kit, their books etc.. I’ve not done anywhere near the travelling they have, but it’s often interesting for tips and funny anecdotes, as well as differing perspectives on how to travel for long periods. The same production team also make the weekly Adventure Rider Radio, but this can be hit and miss as there can be a lot of native advertising in some episodes - probably worth a try though.

Front End Chatter - Two motorcycle journalists from the UK discuss street bikes as well as some racing content and usually runs for 60-90mins every two weeks. There’s a lot of light banter and some very decent Q&A in most episodes.

Two Enthusiasts - Two American chaps, based out of the Pacific north west of the US discuss bikes, with a slant to technology and the motorcycle industry itself. This is an extension of the usually decent news website Asphalt and Rubber, and each episode goes for between 60-90 minutes.

Moterrific - Two American ladies this time make this podcast on a semi-regular monthly schedule, with each episode running around 60-80mins. They discuss areas to ride, gear, and dip in to some of the challenges women face in the hobby from perception, to decent gear, to bike height.

Tabibike Ladies Bike - A Japanese podcast which doubles up as both motorbike podcast and Japanese study for me, where the two hosts discuss bikes as well as bike culture, all the way into food and happenings during rides. This podcast is a little shorter at around 40 minutes per episode.

So those are the ones I’m currently listening to, but feel free to recommend others.

Looking For a Podcast for the Commute?

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:33:24 +0000

A couple of years ago, I wrote about a few podcasts I was idly listening to in an airport, but I thought I’d look through my current list of podcasts today, and pick out five completely different ones to form the ’ Recommendation of the Month’ post.

I commute for a total of two hours a day, so I like to make use of the time and get through some podcasts which entertain and inform and are generally diverse in content. In that previous post, I mentioned ’ You Look Nice Today’ which is still available, but seems to be on some kind of hiatus, PC Perspective - a PC hardware podcast, and ’ This Week in Startups’ - those last two are still on the go.

So to add to these for June’s recommendation:

The No Agenda Show - Decent news analysis, crackpot theories, and general entertainment, this podcast is in turns interesting and hilarious.

Windows Weekly - this is pretty much the last Twit.tv podcast I listen to (along with Security Now sometimes) as the others seem to have dropped off badly in analysis quality, which makes them much harder to listen to. Paul Thurrott, despite being a Microsoft focussed journalist, does at least attempt accurate and balanced news coverage, and has a dry wit I actually like in a journalist.

BBC Friday Comedy Podcast - a rotating selection of BBC Radio 4 comedy programmes as podcasts, including greats such as The Now Show, Have I Got News For You and others. As a Radio 4 listener, I really like listing to these, just don’t laugh too much on the train.

Sword and Laser Podcast - a podcast from a book reading community, essentially covering fantasy and sci-fi books, interviews with authors, wrap-ups and recommendations. As a keen reader of any sort of books, I’ve enjoyed this, and been put on to some good books because of it.

DH Unplugged - This is a tangential one for me, as it mainly focusses on the business markets and economics, mainly in the US, and perhaps because of that there are some interesting anecdotes and news stories.

There are of course several others - a project management podcast, a paranormal podcast, and a few other technical ones, but these are likely 5 people might like.

I don’t actually listen to any Japan based podcasts regularly right now - I did listen to GaijinKampai a while back, but it’s anchored out of the USA, and is really just about JPop, and increasingly KRock, which aren’t really my things for a podcast.

I do listen to the Japan Talk / Japundit podcast now and then, but it’s mainly a news oriented podcast rather than a discussion, and since I do try to keep up with Japanese news, it’s not that essential, but interesting nonetheless.

If there are any others anyone would recommend, let me know in the comments - aside from the language ones - news and punditry to keep me going on JR!

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Gen Kanai — 2011-07-03

My favorite podcasts:

NPR: Planet Money American Public Media’s ‘Marketplace’ Public Radio International’s ‘The World’ the Sinica podcast is excellent if you want to stay in touch with whats new in China http://popupchinese.com/lessons/sinica

gurahamu — 2011-07-05

Thanks Gen - I’ll check these out of the next couple of weeks. I listened to planet money last night whilst tidying up my computer cupboard, and it was definitely interesting. Cheers

Gen Kanai — 2011-07-05

If I can recommend a few of the Planet Money podcasts they would be:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2009/02/hear_japans_lost_lesson.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/04/21/134830408/why-japan-will-bounce-back

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/02/11/133687935/the-friday-podcast-michael-lewis-financial-disaster-travel-journalist

Edward — 2011-07-05

Thanks much for the mention. Really appreciate it.

gurahamu — 2011-07-07

No problem Edward; out of curiosity, have you considered doing a panel discussion episode of the show?

Edward — 2011-07-16

A panel discussion would be fun and informative, but I am always put off by the logistics. Though SKYPE has improved a lot recently there is still getting all of the people involved together at the same time, etc. because, as a translator, my schedule is pretty unpredictable.

However, I have had guests in the past, and doing so again is just a matter of doing what it takes to do it. Let me work on it and see what happens.

This Week’s Top Three Podcasts [Airport Edition]

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:37:51 +0000

I’ll admit I’m a bit bored here at Narita airport, so to break the intensity of announcements, planes going past and people who seem to have an unbelievable amount of luggage even after check-in, here’s the top five selection of podcasts as I look at my MP3 player. I should note these aren’t necessarily the ones I usually listen to, just a few from this week:

“You Look Nice Today” – A whole lot of irreverent and irrelevant humour in an ad-lib setting. Kind of geeky, jokes about heraldry and such. Strangely it seems to work on train journeys. It’s very likely to remind you of the odd drunken conversations you regularly had with friends at University.
“PC Perspective Podcast” – If you become incredibly aroused and excited when listening to tech specs, or if you like debates of SLI graphics cards vs. multi GPU-on-a-card solutions, then listen to this. Actually this is kind of an interesting podcast of you’re a computer builder enthusiast.
“This Week In Start-ups” – Jason Calacanis hosts a show dedicated – with a California slant – to new start-ups, entrepreneurial spirit, tips and advice. Every week they have a guest on who are usually interesting to listen to, discussing their own start-ups. I recommend the audio over the video podcast, which looks a lot duller than the audio sounds.

Obviously I listen to a lot more podcasts than this, but as I sit here trying to balance the laptop and a cup of coffee, shamefully pimping Windows 7 and Windows Live Writer to people passing by with their luggage, these are the ones showing in my recently played list.