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Knowledge by Ear?

Posted by Cliff on from the food-for-your-mind dept.

jgercken asks: "I recently survived a 16-hour drive solo thanks to having downloaded 10+ hours of old Off the Hook shows, a 2600 sponsored radio program. It is so refreshing to hear news from a technically cognizant perspective. Is anyone aware of any similar programs or maybe sources of recorded lectures?"

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  1. audible? by Polo · · Score: 4, Informative

    Although Audible is a pay service, it has an enormous amount of diverse material.

    I think my favorite so far has been "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman".

    I signed up for two books per month and I'm WAAAY behind on listening to it all in the car (some books are as long as 24 hours).

  2. BBC Radio 4 by Noodlenose · · Score: 3, Informative
    ...has an impressive collection of scientific content online for your listening pleasure.

    Always very well presented and researched, this is probably the best speechbased radio station in the world.

    http://bbc.co.uk/radio4

    1. Re:BBC Radio 4 by holy+zarquon's+singi · · Score: 2, Informative

      True. http://abc.net.au/rn is similar, with a smaller budget. More music, much less drama and comedy than radio 4. The science show is excellent.

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  3. Star Stuff by ZenJabba1 · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio

    1 Hour of space stuff, each week.

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  4. I like the Linux Symposium and TechNet Cast Files by elucidus · · Score: 4, Informative
    The Ottawa Linux Symposium Back Years Are Available Online. There are some very detailed and technical presentations. I liked the treatment of Rsync from 2000 "The Rsync Algorithm", highly recommended.

    Also see:
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  5. Linux.conf.au (2003) proceedings .iso by Dammital · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... includes audio recordings in Ogg/Speex format. See here.

  6. Dr. Dobb's by d3a350 · · Score: 2, Informative
    Dr. Dobb's has quite a few technical presentations in MP3 format at their TechNetCast site:

    http://technetcast.ddj.com/

    They've got a pretty good set of presenters and topics. I've only listened to a couple, but I like what I've heard so far.

  7. Radio Freek America by mageben · · Score: 3, Informative
    Radio Freak America is a 2600 inspired web broadcast from somewhere in Arizona. It's an interresting way to kill an hour or so. Check it out. They have more on the technical side than OTH's more political nature.

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