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Go to Santa Monica's jewel, KCRW. You can download many podcasts of NPR shows, though most are KCRW exclusives. I recommend Harry Shearer's Le Show. Its funny and insightful.

As the other guy noted, Audible sells some content, including an NPR weekend show called This American Life, a tremendously interesting show.

I would love to see NPR get off of Audible bus and do their own podcasts. I already give them cash!

I get most of my new music by listening to KCRW (http://www.kcrw.org/online/). Since they are on the west coast and I'm on the east coast, a lot of their music shows are at inconvenient times for me. So, I wrote a little program that downloads the shows I like (they broadcast in MP3 format), and then I can copy them to my mp3 player and listen to the show whenever and wherever I like. This has allowed me to go from listening to KCRW only occasionally to catching every single one of my favorite programs.

I don't know about individuals' podcasts, but real radiostations are doing it too. It's the easiest way I know of to get time- and space-shifted radio shows.

(You've got to love the nutral point of view of Slashdot articles.)

You WILL listen to the original radio series.
Seriously, it's some of the best radio you will ever hear ever. Both series are available for streaming here. (realplayer)

Local Los Angeles radio station KCRW does podcasting now, and they've got some great in-house shows, like "Left, Right, and Center," and "To the Point with Warren Olney."

The Santa Monica NPR affiliate, KCRW, does podcasts of their in-house news and information shows.

KCRW is a public radio station here in Los Angeles with a great assortment of eclectic music, npr, and some great programs. Morning Becomes Eclectic every day from 9a-12p PST is daily fodder for me, and then I switch over to the KCRW Music stream when I get back from lunch, which rebroadcasts all the music programs from the previous evening, as the regular station goes to NPR from noon til 8p. The site also has archives of a lot of good programs they have run, including the Complete Hitchhiker's Guide BBC Radio Drama, which has gotten me through a couple of nothing-to-do days. Apple iTunes radio has them listed under public and eclectic I believe as well. I highly recommend this.

KCRW is a public radio station here in Los Angeles with a great assortment of eclectic music, npr, and some great programs. Morning Becomes Eclectic every day from 9a-12p PST is daily fodder for me, and then I switch over to the KCRW Music stream when I get back from lunch, which rebroadcasts all the music programs from the previous evening, as the regular station goes to NPR from noon til 8p. The site also has archives of a lot of good programs they have run, including the Complete Hitchhiker's Guide BBC Radio Drama, which has gotten me through a couple of nothing-to-do days. Apple iTunes radio has them listed under public and eclectic I believe as well. I highly recommend this.

Support independant radio.

Anyone who's tired of overhyped, overplayed cookie cutter music should try listening to KCRW. Even though they are an NPR affliate, you'd only know it because of the news at the top of the hour. They play many different kinds of music and things you probably haven't heard. There are so many new artists to discover and new music to hear, and KCRW is one of the few places where you can do just that. It's good music.

You need to move to southern california, the NPR station here rocks.

Barring that, you can also listen to it on your computer, or wifi device here:

kcrw.org

Some of the musical programming would be right up your alley, and you'd probably like the rest of it too.

I think you can find music that doesn't suck, if you're not listening to an inane top 40 station. You could ask friends for recommendations -- I've met two music afficiandos who go to local clubs and listen to all kinds of unique CDs, and between the two of them I hear about interesting stuff. But it seldom comes from the radio.

I think placing all the blame on Clear Channel is too simple. Public radio stations also exist. My favorite is KCRW in Los Angeles, which has a 24/7 music stream. Check out their weekend eclectic shows for new bands.

Finally, I haven't seen CDBaby in the discussion yet, but I'm sure they're bound to get more than a few mentions -- and for good reason. With free previews from 30 seconds to two minutes, good relationships with customers and a great selection, what's not to love? That line sounds like a commerical, but this is one of those rare cases when it's true. Recently I bought E.S. Posthumus and O.A.R.'s first CD -- and love both.

Even among big-label music good stuff exists, if you're willing to look for it. This post has gone on long enough, but there are solutions -- if you're genuinely interested in solving the problem.

I think placing all the blame on Clear Channel is too simple. Public radio stations also exist. My favorite is KCRW in Los Angeles, which has a 24/7 music stream. Check out their weekend eclectic shows for new bands.

Finally, I haven't seen CDBaby in the discussion yet, but I'm sure they're bound to get more than a few mentions -- and for good reason. With free previews from 30 seconds to two minutes, good relationships with customers and a great selection, what's not to love? That line sounds like a commerical, but this is one of those rare cases when it's true. Recently I bought E.S. Posthumus and O.A.R.'s first CD -- and love both.

Even among big-label music good stuff exists, if you're willing to look for it. This post has gone on long enough, but there are solutions -- if you're genuinely interested in the problem.

... you just have to know where to look. It's extremely rare that I listen to mainstream radio. Instead I listen to KCRW (a listener-supported Los Angeles radio station known for its eclectic music programs and for giving many fabulous musicians their first airplay) and Radio Paradise (an internet radio station that describes what it plays as "eclectic intelligent rock"). I've discovered a number of bands that I absolutely love through these stations, and I never would have heard them on mainstream radio. -David

KCRW, a leading NPR station (they create or are involved in quite a bit of the national programming) streams all of their stuff via the web in Real or MP3. They are listed in ShoutCast, ITunes Radio, and AOL Radio as well as their own website.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams

Now, please refrain from slashdotting it until I've gone home for the day. I'm trying to listen to Fit the Third.

That's a pretty lame excuse. I understand your hatred of the RIAA, but record labels do pay for the packaging and distribution costs to get them into record stores. If you don't want to support the RIAA, you would be better off buying records from artists on independent labels who treat their artists fairly. You'll get the added bonus of finding artists you think are worth paying for, too. Labels such as Matador, Up, Drag City, K, and many more. You can find a lot of indie label music reviewed at Pitchfork Media. You can listen to a fair amount of indie label stuff at KCRW's online streams.

Of course, if you really just have to support the artist directly, go get out of the house and see them perform live and buy their cd from them personally. Don't just complain, be proactive.

One of the granddaddies of National Public Radio, KCRW is based in Santa Monica. We used to get it using creative tuning tactics while at UCSB. Their programming like Morning Becomes Ecclectic is full of in-depth artist interviews, new music, and interesting archives.

They also used to have some great evening programs that tended to vary. It was very much like the college radio that the original poster was talking about, but KCSB wasn't quite up to the usual task of college radio when I was at UCSB. I used to listen to KSPB up in Santa Cruz. It was a progressive radio station at Robert Louis Stevenson High in Pebble Beach. That's the first time I heard the Muffs, the Cure, Smiths, NIN, Strawberry Zotz, Sisters of Mercy, Front 242 etc.

KCRW has REALLY extensive archives. The Beck shows are great. He never plays anything from an album. Also, they used to play Joe Frank. The archives still exist there. Dang cool.

TTFN

One of the granddaddies of National Public Radio, KCRW is based in Santa Monica. We used to get it using creative tuning tactics while at UCSB. Their programming like Morning Becomes Ecclectic is full of in-depth artist interviews, new music, and interesting archives.

They also used to have some great evening programs that tended to vary. It was very much like the college radio that the original poster was talking about, but KCSB wasn't quite up to the usual task of college radio when I was at UCSB. I used to listen to KSPB up in Santa Cruz. It was a progressive radio station at Robert Louis Stevenson High in Pebble Beach. That's the first time I heard the Muffs, the Cure, Smiths, NIN, Strawberry Zotz, Sisters of Mercy, Front 242 etc.

KCRW has REALLY extensive archives. The Beck shows are great. He never plays anything from an album. Also, they used to play Joe Frank. The archives still exist there. Dang cool.

TTFN

Liza Richardson-- Apple, Bio at KCRW and The Drop, her radio show.

Her TV ad is no longer up on Apple's site, but hers was among the first wave of Switchers ads.

Somebody ought to make a site that at least establishes that each and every one of the Switchers are real just to have a pointer for the occasional clueless nitwit.

Apple's Switchers are at least as credible as Jesus, who doesn't have a weblog, or resume, or even a photo anywhere on the web.

Liza Richardson-- Apple, Bio at KCRW and The Drop, her radio show.

Her TV ad is no longer up on Apple's site, but hers was among the first wave of Switchers ads.

Somebody ought to make a site that at least establishes that each and every one of the Switchers are real just to have a pointer for the occasional clueless nitwit.

Apple's Switchers are at least as credible as Jesus, who doesn't have a weblog, or resume, or even a photo anywhere on the web.

Thats KCRW....

Liza Richardson, featured in one of the ads, is a real, honest-to-goodness DJ at KCRW, an influential public radio station in Santa Monica. You can listen to her show The Drop on Saturday evenings from 7PM to 9PM (Pacific) in Real, MP3, and Windows Media. 89.9FM for those of you in Los Angeles.

She was also music supervisor for the recent movie Y tu mam tambien by Mexican director Alfonso Cuarn.

I don't know the other people in the ads, but I work with people who know Richardson personally, and I listen to her show from time to time.

If figure I'm just giving air time to a troll, however.

My local network affiliate, with a listenership of 450,000 claims in its FAQ that most of its funding comes from its listeners.

woo hoo! glad that here in LA the 'left-wing masses' have a few more choices which, fortunately, rarely play The Cure.

KPFK a pacifica station. they don't take any corporate funding and are completely free from the government (uh, except for the FCC)

KXLU which is a decent good college radio station

KILL! (corporate) RADIO well, it's web only but it's a cool project started by the LA Independent Media Center and RE:Generation TV. very 'college radio' style but has some great shows (and they occasionally play the cure)

KCRW the NPR/PRI station with some good shows (chocolate city!) but mostly i don't like the music. but at least i can agree with the format...

but that doesn't mean that i won't complain about radio here -- community radio licenses are not available here as they are in some other cities. community radio licenses were to enable underserved communities the ability to broadcast using a 10 to 100 watt transmitter. it was strongly opposed by NPR (of course, it would be a strong alternative)

and the LA 'hip hop' stations plays only gangsta rap -- there is A LOT of good hip hop and rap out there (well, i like it) that doesn't have anything to do with benzes, ho's, or fo'ties.

KCRW is observing the silence, which should be VERY good publicity, since they are a VERY big market in LA (for a public radio station) and get pretty good ratings during drive time hours.

Here's the "To the Point" episode talking about it.

You should stop listening to Clear Channel stations. KCRW, our local NPR, plays all those artists, and they're only scratching the surface of the underground music scene.

This story (RealAudio required) played today on KCRW's "Deadline Hollywood" radio news It was written by Charles Fleming and contains the usual inacuracies regarding DeCSS.

Although it pretty much hits the mark on how unpopular the MPAA is as a result of the lawsuit, and has a wry opinion that the "genie is out of the bottle", it uses the traditional (and incorrect) "decss lets you pirate dvds" rather than "decess is about playback control" framework for the issue.

Some Quotes:

...deCSS is to the dvd movie what mp3 is to recorded music. It enables the home consumer to copy, reproduce and trade movies downloaded over the Internet. Downloaded for Free.

These superhighway holdup men [Corley, et al]... may have legal protection. The studios argue that descrambling constitutes copyright theft. The other side will argue that descrambling allows consumers to make copies of dvds they already own and trade them with friends, which constitutes legal 'fair use.'

Someone out there wanna help convince them that they should tell the real story of what this case is about?

Click here for the Deadline Hollywood main page.

It is Good Shit(tm), though. Not only do you get these deep (and often dark) stories, but some of these shows have some of the best fscking beats. The soundtracks behind this show are really beautiful to this perl hacker's ears.

Public radio is pretty much all that is worth listening to. for another cool station check out KCRW Los Angeles. Mix of talk and music, but they have a music only stream too, very eclectic mix. Unfortunately it is only a 16k RA stream, they need to upgrade.

Everybody needs to support your local public radio stations. Or hell just pledge to one of the ones on the net that you like. :)