Sciency podcasts?

[No Imagination]

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So, every week I drive about ~4-5 hours back and forth to see my g/f. Its a great drive, but lately music isn't cutting it for me and the news goes in and out.

Anyone know of any good Veterinary Podcasts? I did a superficial search, found a few, but was hoping some people had some suggestions.

AAAS/Science used to put out a good weekly one, but they stopped I think.

Any suggestions/recommendations

Doesn't have to be vet, bio/chem is fine too

EDIT:

Huhh, I thought you needed a subscription to get the AAAS ones... and I thought they stopped doing them. but apparently not.

Defiantly worth checking out if you like random stuff.

BTW, Don't let the impact factor of "Science" dissuade you. Most of these pods and articles are only a little bit more adv. then Sci. America lvl. I know reading actually research articles suck unless you need to read them - but these are better

http://www.sciencemag.org/about/podcast.dtl

 

[wildvet]

So, every week I drive about ~4-5 hours back and forth to see my g/f. Its a great drive, but lately music isn't cutting it for me and the news goes in and out.

Anyone know of any good Veterinary Podcasts? I did a superficial search, found a few, but was hoping some people had some suggestions.

AAAS/Science used to put out a good weekly one, but they stopped I think.

Any suggestions/recommendations

Doesn't have to be vet, bio/chem is fine too

EDIT:

Huhh, I thought you needed a subscription to get the AAAS ones... and I thought they stopped doing them. but apparently not.

Defiantly worth checking out if you like random stuff.

BTW, Don't let the impact factor of "Science" dissuade you. Most of these pods and articles are only a little bit more adv. then Sci. America lvl. I know reading actually research articles suck unless you need to read them - but these are better

http://www.sciencemag.org/about/podcast.dtl

I haven't listened to podcasts in a while, but a few years back, I used to enjoy scientific american. It's more of a broad spectrum of science, though, not just medicine. They've broadcasted everything from studies on bird behavior/songs to dark matter in space. But it's still interesting, nonetheless, especially for science nerds like us! 😳

 

[DVMorBust]

RVC does one.

http://www.rvc.ac.uk/review/Podcasts/Index.cfm

Careful, though - I listened to one a while back and then had 'Prostaglandins!' in a very excited british accent stuck in my head. For a month.

 

[Pandacinny]

Science Friday is a fun one from NPR. They do little segments on all kinds of things. It's for a national audience, so it doesn't go too deep.

Another one I like is "The Skeptics Guide." It's also pretty fun and, again, nothing too dry.

 

[critterologist]

I love radiolab. The voices are a bit annoying, but the topics are great and I always learn something.

 

[laurafinn]

UCSF Science Cafe is currently my favorite science podcast. It usually consists of an interview with a biomedical researcher. It is put out by the PR dept of the university, and thus has a bit of an agenda, but UCSF has some amazing researchers doing amazing stuff (and the podcast's producers seem to choose lively interviewees).

Conversations in Medicine is pretty interesting, although not often relevant to vet med.

 

[NycVet]

Try "stuff you should know", great podcasts with a lot of disparate information, keeps me "well rounded". But if you want something extra sciencey, the definitely give the science times podcast a shot, its absolutely amazing. But thats just my opinion, happy podcasting. 😀

 

[Ausheya]

It's not completely sciency, but I like a podcast called "Useless Information." I don't know if all of the stuff in it is true--for example, the guy said that carrots don't actually promote good eyesight, England just used that as a way to hide the fact that they had radar--but it's interesting nonetheless. They're fairly short, about 10 to 15 minutes each. I just downloaded it because I like knowing useless things.

 

[No Imagination]

for example, the guy said that carrots don't actually promote good eyesight, England just used that as a way to hide the fact that they had radar-

I don't quite see the connection - but ROFL, that is the funniest thing I've heard all day. Probably more funny if it isn't true. WTF?

 

[DVMorBust]

Huh...From the World Carrot Museum (a virtual museum?...) website:

"While much of the credit for the campaign went to Lord Woolton, the Minister of Food from 1940 to 1943, Raeburn ran it until the end of the war and was responsible for its continuing success. At one point there was a glut of carrots, and the Government let it be known that carotene, which is believed to help night vision, was largely responsible for the RAF's increasing success in shooting down enemy bombers.

People eagerly tucked in to carrots, believing this would help them to see more clearly in the blackout. The ruse not only reduced the surplus vegetables but also helped to mask the chief reason for the RAF's success — the increasing power of radar and the secret introduction of an airborne version of the system."

www.carrotmuseum.co.uk

Also mention at www.britishcarrots.co.uk

 

[Shanomong]

Love this thread. I've never done any podcast before... I just downloaded all of the RVC podcasts and subscribed to it on iTunes... when you subscribe it tells you other podcasts that people who subscribe to RVC also subscribe to... I am now subscribed for 5 🙂. Thanks for mentioning this!

ETA: one of the podcasts I subscribed to is based out of New Zealand... anyone who watches Flight of the Conchords will understand why I find everything this guy says hysterically funny =D

 

[ImaJerseyGirl]

I love radiolab. The voices are a bit annoying, but the topics are great and I always learn something.

I was introduced to radio lab though a science/media class. It was pretty neat, but I agree, the voices were annoying after a while. That and some of the silly sound effects were over the top!

DVMorbust- that RVC podcast is awesome! Downloading to my ipod now, they are the same length as my daily commute!

 

[youki]

I listen to Ted Talks http://www.ted.com/talks.
Sometimes hard science, always interesting. Lots of good stuff. Here's a quote from their site:

"Our mission: Spreading ideas.
The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes)."