From Georgeanna Hancock, over at A Writer’s Edge:
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Radio for WritersYou can find “radio for writers, by writers” at Writers FM. It’s operated by Karl Moore, who also has a blog, a website and a lovely British accent. Of course, it’s not really radio, AM or FM, but streaming media you can hear (with jazzy background music) on the Windows Media Player. The website also archives podcasts in MP3 format of some of the shows. A broadcast of an interview with historical biographer Lucinda Hawksley was playing when I visited this morning. The podcast playbill includes programs with Edwina Curry (Hell’s Kitchen), Joe Vitale (Internet marketing), Phil Harris (Waking God) and several more.
I did a Google search for “writing podcast” and got some good results. National Public Radio (NPR) has a plethora of good podcasts. They are sorted by topic, by title, and by provider. One of my favorite is The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor. The provider of that show, American Public Media, also has a great collection of podcasts. Public Radio International (PRI) also has a good collection.
I don’t often download a podcast, but instead listen to them directly from the websites. I don’t have podcast software that regularly downloads or keeps track of stuff. I just go there and hit “listen” or “play”. I’m rather simple at times. If I am going to be waiting for a while somewhere, I download stuff (in MP3 format) and listen to it on my Creative Labs Zen player. I don’t do iPods. The world needs less iPods and iThis and iThat. But that’s a different direction.