Podcasts for Geeks 101

I love podcasts.  I have posted about podcasts before, but never followed up on it.  Here’s a list of podcasts I love, and the reasoning behind them.

* This American Life – I found this podcast on ITunes.  It is continually in the top ten podcasts, so I decided to check it out.  Incredible documentary-style radio stories produced weekly, and it is a great listen.

* Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me – NPR’s weekly news quiz.  He-larious. It’s the only current event podcast I listen to, and it’s a laugh riot.  Peter Sagal (and the writers) are geniuses, and I love “Not my Job”

* This Week in Tech – a.k.a. the Twitter Show. Seriously though, the flagship podcast of Leo Laporte’s TWIT network is a great listen.  John Dvorak, Jason Callacanas, Kevin Rose, and a host of other regulars bring the news to your ears.

* The Instance – It’s the World of Warcraft podcast so you don’t have to.  Whatever that means.  Scott Johnson and Randy Jordan (and occasionally Curt Schilling) put together a very informative and entertaining show all about WoW and it’s ins and outs.

* Extra Life Radio – Scott Johnson’s flagship podcast (along with Obsidian and Brian) about all things pop culture.  Comic books, games, movies, TV, internet, etc.  Awesomely funny.

* Retronauts – 1up.com’s retro gaming podcast.  Saved from 1up’s buyout, it’s a fantastic retro-gaming podcast.  Everything from Akalabeth to Zelda is covered.

* NPR’s Playback – It’s only once a month, but it’s a interesting look back 25 years into NPR’s archive for interesting, funny, and informative clips from our past.

* MacBreak Weekly – TWIT' Networks Mac Podcast.  Just because I’m a PC user doesn’t mean that I don’t like to hear about the dark side of computing.  Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Andy Ihnatko (dang that’s hard to spell), Alex Lindsay, and Scott Bourne are the regular pundits on this awesome podcast.

* The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe – If you are into logic, atheism, science and facts, this is the best one out there.  Scott Novella of the New England Skeptical association heads this outstanding science podcast.

* Windows Weekly – TWIT Network’s look at the evil empire.  Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte look into all things Microsoft.  Zune, XBox 360, Vista, Windows 7, etc. 

I’m always on the lookout for new things to listen to. Any suggestions?