Podcast Reviews: Edgy Reviews from That Podcast Show 38: Science and the Sea, Off The Hook, Stuff You Should Know
Podcast Reviews: Edgy Reviews from That Podcast Show 38: Science and the Sea, Off The Hook, Stuff You Should Know [22:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download****For more detail not included in the written reviews please listen to the show to find out much more.***
Category: Natural Sciences
Host Holly Braly takes listeners into a deeper understanding of our oceans each week. This show is well written, educational, and interesting, no doubt because it comes from the University of Texas Marine Science Institute. Each episode is two to three minutes in length and has soft music playing in the background. The soft ambient music and Holly’s tone has the feel of a prerecorded audio bite heard at a museum or aquarium exhibit. Listeners interested in the niche subject will enjoy the weekly narrations. Science and the Sea will appeal to those with short commutes and can be used as an additional educational tool in the classroom. However, we believe listeners seeking more detailed content will skip this show for something longer.
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Category: Technology
As a production of the 2600 Magazine, or the Hackers’ Quarterly, this show is sure to bring controversy. 2600 has a long and rich history of being in the public eye. Off the Hook offers integral insights in technology but is also able to zoom out and make the content applicable to prevalent social issues. In addition, recent episodes have thoroughly covered the HOPE Conference. This podcast is actually taken from a radio show of the same name on WBAI. The transition from radio to the podcast-format was rough, particularly in the area of sound quality. Because the radio show is an hour long, the podcast episodes are long as well. Many people participate as hosts in each show, but Manuel Goldstein seems to be the regular. We applaud Off the Hook for offering listeners a variety of methods to attain the content. The podcast is simulcast via streaming audio and over shortwave radio. The episodes can also be sampled at various “bit rates” and file formats including OGG. However, the RSS feed for Off the Hook is fraught with complexity and unreliability. We hope Off the Hook will offer a more compelling show that is specific for podcasters in the future.
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Category: Science & Culture
Staff writers from howstuffworks.com, Josh Clark and Charles “Chuck” Bryant, host this weekly show. Topics are usually taken directly from articles either of these two has written for the website. Basically any question to which you’d like to know the answer is covered on this show. From the “is it possible?” and “how does this happen?” to “why would this occur?,” listeners are sure to be entertained. One topic is covered in each five minute episode. This podcast offers the types of unique and helpful information that can be used to impress friends and colleges. Josh and Charles work well with one another and are well spoken and professional; the sound quality is great. The format of the podcast makes digesting the information easy too. Stuff You Should Know gives information listeners will benefit from knowing (thus the name).
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Tags: Charles Bryant, Emmanuel Goldstein, Holy Braly, Josh Clark, Off The Hook, Science and the Sea, Stuff You Should Know, WBAI
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