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[mintfreshAD]

I've taken to listening to podcasts lately, and was wondering if there are any podcasts that you guys listen to, and would recommend. I'll get the ball rolling with my personal favourites:

Major Spoilers/Critical Hit/Top Five
These three are lumped together because they're all run by the same site, and feature the same hosts (with a couple of extra in Critical Hit). Major Spoilers is a podcast about comic book news and reviews, and has led to me reading a lot of stuff I might not otherwise have found, as well as helped me with last year's christmas shopping. Critical Hit is an actual play D&D podcast, and is not only an interesting story with a great DM, but inspired me to start a regular game up with some friends. Top Five is exactly what it sounds like; a show in which the hosts give their top five in the episode's chosen topic. What makes these three shows great is the hosts, they're knowledgable about the subjects, have a good presence and personality behind the mic, and are usually pretty funny to boot. I recommend giving any of these three shows a look over at Major Spoilers.

Filmsack
Join Scott Johnson (of Extra Life fame), and his fellow hosts Brian Ibbott, Brian Dunaway, and Randy Jordan as they mine the very depths of film entertainment. Each week, they pick a film (usually from Netflix, though as the UK lineup to Netflix is different from the US one, it doesn't make a difference to me) and watch it, they then discuss it at depth, often going off on random tangents. The podcast is great for film fans, and it's obvious that the hosts are all film buffs, but it's also a funny show with lively and enjoyable hosts. Check it out here.

The Nerdist
This podcast, hosted by Chris Hardwick, is generally based on interviews with various celebrities, nerd icons, and interesting people. Interview might be the wrong word though, as they feel more like a conversation, and often wander off in odd directions. Worth a listen due to a great lineup of guests, and some really interesting stories (such as the time Penn Jillette, of Penn and Teller fame, once wrestled a naked midget in a pool of corn starch). Find it here!

Talking Toons
Talking Toons is hosted by Rob Paulsen, voice of Pinky, Yakko, two of the Ninja Turtles, and a whole host of other characters. It focuses on interviews with his friends in the voice acting industry, and has had some really interesting and funny guests. The behind the scenes stuff is fascinating, the guests are interesting, and since they're all his friends, the tone of the show is very relaxed. Check it out over at Rob's site.

So those are my recommendations, what about you guys? Do you listen to podcasts? If so, which ones?

[Jesse20]

i like dont revive me bro its pretty funny. but they talk alot about battlefield stuff so unless you're intrested in that stuff

[Stalkin'guu]

i loved the Oddcast. Sadly, their podcast has run its course and ended last week. I'm currently listening to the Science Magazine Podcast, and it's pretty good so far. IGN has plenty of entertaining podcasts, regardless of what you might think about the company or video games.

From what I've heard, NPR has some pretty quality coverage on a variety of diverse genres. I might try one out.

[LunaShy]

i would reccomend STRONGLY:
1. Rooster teeth podcast- The whole thing from the first till now is hillarious they have some really great storys and talk mainly about video games/ internet/ comedy/ movies

2. Smodcast- Kevin smith and scott mosier's comedy podcast, again i would start at #1 it will seriously make you laugh for hours and sometimes make you cry i would reccomend starting from #1, it will literally give you weeks of podcast to listen to and you will be very glad that you did

3. Fat man on batman- Kevin smith's batman podcast, a very quality podcast and i think episode 3 or 4 even has an interview with tara strong start from the first one its worth it

4. Jay and silent bob get old- Jayson mewes and Kevin Smith's podcast that started out as a intervention podcast to keep jay off heroine. Very funny at times but also very sad and moving start from the begining

5. Internet box- some members of rooster teeth's podcast about ponies, video games, and geek culture it is hillarious!!! i would reccomend starting from the beggining

6. Bronyville- verry good and professional podcast about MLP

7. Giant bombcast- Talk about video games, the video game industry, and also food/drink sampling in some shows it pretty funny and informative

8. cagcast- video game talk also kinda funny


Let me know if you listen to any of these but i would strongly reccomend 1-5

[Stranger]

I like to listen/watch to PTFO live and PKA. Both are hosted by gamers but their conversations are hilarious and crazy.

[Bames]

I actually listen to quite a few podcasts. I would recommend:

I Just Had a Terrible Thought - General talk podcast hosted by guys from Michigan. I do the show notes and they talk about me on it all the time. Hosted by Kyle Aldrich and Orion Brower.

Whiskey Thursday/Fightbait - Mostly an anime podcast, but they also talk about selling babies on Amazon. Hosted by JP Natysin and Tony LaBerge.

Method to Madness - Anime podcast hosted by Sean Ryan and Kevin Gray.

Fast Karate for the Gentleman - Cartoon and video game podcast hosted by Dave Riley and Joel White.

Red Bar Radio - Probably the most popular one on this list. They talk about bees a lot. Hosted by Mike David.

Wisenheimers - Okay, I don't really listen to this one that much since they ended it, but it's a general talk podcast hosted by Max Gilardi (The guy who made the PONY.MOV series) and Yotam Perel.

All of these podcasts are obscenely funny, and two of them have hosts that are into MLP, so there's some incentive to listen to them.

Edited by Bames, 29 July 2012 - 11:13 AM.

[ProjectRKA]

The podcasts I'm mostly listening to at the moment are:
Hard with Style by Headhunterz. and Keeping The Rave Alive by Kutski.
Though, there's a lot of other podcasts I would like to listen to, as well, but I never have the time for it, because I'm doing so many other things

[Brook]

I listen to The Game Station Podcast with TotalBiscuit, Presshearttocontinue, OMFGCata and a guest that changes every week. They talk about recent releases, upcoming games and gaming disscussions in general. I also like Radiant Eclipse (general brony disscussion), Brony Breakdown (new things in the community, brony news with Saberspark and PaleoSteno) and Equestria Inquirer (a fake-news show) all on Everfree Radio.