Making the most recent Pick of the Podcasts was a deeply frustrating experience, but I'm not here to moan. At least, not about that. Maybe another time.One lead appeared to be an extract from an article about pigments. It sounded promising

Pick of the Podcasts 007

Apr 11th, 2016

In this episode: The Internet History podcast is, er, a podcast about the history of the internet. How eBay won the auction wars.A little snippet from Rumblestrip Vermont, with Barry Forbes, muskrat trapper.How the people of Israel were persuad

Overcoming the Matthew Effect

Mar 29th, 2016

For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken even that which he hath.The main reason I make Pick of the Podcasts is to help other people (and myself) to find something new

Pick of the Podcasts 006

Mar 28th, 2016

In this episode:Podcasts nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award, aka burying some shameless self-promotion. Burnt Toast is a podcast from the giant website Food52. An extract from a conversation with LA Times restaurant critic Jonathan Go

Pick of the Podcasts 005

Mar 14th, 2016

In this episode: Polling Matters is a UK podcast about politics and polling. In the clip host Keiran Pedley asks Douglas Carswell why he is so fiercely anti-European.Scientists not the Science explores the motivations and inspirations of scient

Pick of the Podcasts 004

Feb 28th, 2016

In this episode: Allison Behringer -- The Intern -- relives an interview that didn't go too well, but the very fact that she's telling the tale means it all ended OK.Stanford Storytelling Project looks at teaching, and how Emily Polk

Pick of the Podcasts 003

Feb 15th, 2016

In this episode: Generation Anthropocene took a look at Cambodia, placing the Killing Fields in the context of agriculture in the Angkor empire.A long history of a short block walked through the past of a famous street in New York for The Succe

Pick of the Podcasts 002

Jan 31st, 2016

In this, the second episode of Pick of the Podcasts: Dave Slusher's Evil Genius Chronicles is the longest running podcast on the internet. In this extract, he lets his fantasy of the minimal utopia out for a wander.Carla Nappi talked to Ja

A bit about huffduffer

Jan 19th, 2016

What have U-boats got to do with podcast discovery?One obstacle to listening to new podcasts is that it isn't easy to get a single episode, especially on a phone. None of the podcatchers I know of will capture a single episode so you can s

Pick of the Podcasts 001

Jan 17th, 2016

Show notes: episode 001 This is the very first episode of Pick of the Podcasts, an experiment to try and find ways to help people discover new things to listen to.Each episode will gather together three self-contained clips from podcasts that I

Pick of the Podcasts: A Manifesto

Jan 1st, 2016

Two things that people say about podcasting annoy me. They say "podcast discovery is broken," implying that there was a time when it worked. I do not believe that is true. They also say it would be great if podcasts could "go viral," as if that

About the Show

Jan 1st, 2016

Pick of the Podcasts is just that: a selection chosen by an individual and offered as a way to find interesting shows.It depends on you, the audience, to share the shows and episodes you enjoy. There's a suggestions form on every page.As w

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