Podcasts - What you shouldn't miss

Today I'm gonna talk about Podcasts! I suppose most of you have heard about Podcasts by now. But perhaps you feel a bit like me when I discovered this new buzzword: Flicked randomly through some Podcast channels, and frankly, most of them are crap. Some guy in his basement talking about U.F.O. sightings, or the color of his socks. Wooo, awesome.

We amaroK developers naturally get to listen to a lot of Podcasts, and as time went by we definitely discovered some awesome shows. Here's a list of shows that you really shouldn't miss:


1) AUDIOCRUSH
Audiocrush is easily the best podcast ever. Audiocrush is weightless.

If you have never listened to a Podcast, and don't know where to start: This is the show you should check out. If you're into Podcasts and still haven't listened to Audiocrush: Dude, check this show out! It's awesome.

Audiocrush is made by Gabe, Maclaine, Aidan and Will, from Boston. Gabe is the guy behind grouphug.us, a popular website where people can make confessions anonymously. Audiocrush takes the confession concept further: people can confess via phone call, and the Audiocrush guys play some of the confessions on their show. And they play music, drink a lot and generally have a lot of fun. It's hilarious, weightless, and intelligent.

I'm totally into Audiocrush.

http://audiocrush.us


2) THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW

Some of you have probably heard of Ricky Gervais. British comedian, creator of "The Office" and "Extras". For this show Ricky has teamed up with Steve Merchant and Karl Pilkington. It's crazy, it's funny, and it's very British. Karl has a lot to say about monkeys, the meaning of life, and weird theories. Ricky and Steve laugh a lot, about Karl. That's about it, and it's a ton of fun.

http://www.rickygervais.com


3) UP THE TREE

Up the tree is a show from New York City. I only discovered it recently, through a post on the Audiocrush forums (that's how you discover great Podcasts really, word by mouth). Up The Tree is about music. In each show the hosts present a number of Indy music tracks that they discovered on the Net. And they have a lot of fun in between the music. A good show.

http://www.upthetree.com/


4) DIGGNATION

Diggnation is the Podcast by digg.com. This show isn't so funny, but interesting nonetheless. Basically, they're discussing selected stories from the digg.com website, mostly technology oriented stuff, mixed in with some more weird stories. Good stuff.

http://digg.com/



Do you know any great Podcast shows? Let me know.