Yes, I Rockbox

Yes, my iPod does Rockbox. Personally, I dislike iTunes. In order to get greater flexibility from my iPod (and avoid iTunes), my iPod multiboots.




Jon's Recommendation of Podcasts:

To download podcasts, I use the Podcast Receiver called Juice Receiver, which is also free and open source (GPL) software. To download any of the podcasts listed below, on Juice press "subscriptions", the "+" button, and just cut & paste in the code as listed below. Podcast choices are very personal, and what I enjoy certainly will not suit everyone. Below is a listing of Podcasts which I listen to and recommend.


Note: This list below is entirely open to change, updates, and often.




Podcast Name:

Cut & Past this code to the Juice

Commentary:

     
 

News and Politics

 
2600

http://www.2600.com/rss.xml

OTW has thought provoking commentary on today's politics. Among my favorite weekly show. OTH is more geek oriented and discusses technology, politics, and hackers

ABC Nightline

http://abcnews.go.com/xmldata/xmlPodcast?id=868748

Has often times great commentary

News Week On Air

http://anon.newsweek.speedera.net/anon.newsweek/podcasts/podcast_onair.xml

Weekly News

     
 

Technology

 
this Week in TECH (TWIT)

http://leo.am/podcasts/twit

Have listened to Leo and Dvorak since TWIT number one.

Diggnation

http://feeds.feedburner.com/diggnation

Always interesting news about tech, gadgets, Web, etc. Recently however they have been getting a bit lame.

Slashdot Review

http://slashdotreview.com/wp-rss2.php

Top news from Slash Dot, Digg, and Reddit. Listen to a few every week.

NPR: Technology

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=1019

Tech w/a very different perspective.

     
 

Others

 
Slate

http://www.slate.com/podcast/

Many of these are very thought provoking. Generally written by independent writers

RetroCRUSH

http://www.retrocrush.com/podcasts/rc.rss

Have not listened to them for months. Very much hit and miss, but sometimes they hit a home run. Takes some getting used to.

Andy Roony

http://www.cbsnews.com/common/includes/podcast/podcast_rooney_1.rss

Always a short, fun listen.

NPR: Most E-mailed Stories

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=500000

Longer podcast and really hit & miss. Some outstanding.

Andy Roony

http://www.cbsnews.com/common/includes/podcast/podcast_rooney_1.rss

Always a short, fun listen.

Science Friday

http://www.sciencefriday.com/audio/scifriaudio.xml

I should listen to them more than I do.

Benjamin Walker's Theory of Everything Archives

Long time ago was my favorate podcast. Unfortunately it stopped. Archives still online. It's a bit warped.

     
     



If you're interested in finding your own podcasts (and everyone should be), here are a few links to begin the search:



Podcastalley Podcast Bunker Digital Podcast Yahoo Podcast Podcast Net Podcast Pickle All NPR Podcasts Manythings



Jon's Recommendation of Old Time Radio:

In addition to Podcasts, I listen to Old Time Radio (OTR). OTR is from as early as the 1920s up until recent. These archives would be nearly impossible to get, if not for their archives & torrents etc on the Internet. I am a long time fan of The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, 2000 Plus, Dimension X, Buck Rogers, Future Tense, X Minus 1, Zero Hour, The Twilight Zone, CBS Radio Mystery Theatre, Orson Wells, Perry Mason, The Clock, Dragnet, The Shadow, The Avenger, Abbott and Costello, Sherlock Holmes, The Fantastic Four, among others.



Archive Radio Lovers Old Radio World The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Librivox OTR Monster Club PD Media OTR Radio links ESL Downloadable ESL Listening



I hope you found this information useful,

 

 

Jon (disclaimer)