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Category: News and Politics
Common Sense is a very politically-charged and opinionated commentary by Dan Carlin, a self-proclaimed “independent” thinker who breaks down current events into simple, common sense terms for the listener. Dan is an extremely engaging and enthusiastic host who often uses analogies and metaphors to explain his political analysis. He also displays an excellent grasp of politics and history and seems to criticize all political figures evenly, without obvious bias towards any particular party. Dan has a great knack for taking current events and translating them into real terms that anyone can understand. This show is a must-listen, not just for those interested in politics, but for anyone who votes.
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Daniel
Rating: Sue
Category: Gadgets
Edgy Reviews discussed the importance of the Zune Insider podcast in episode 47. However, this is the actual review of the podcast. Zune Insider covers all aspects of Microsoft’s Zune mp3 player and its media store, including discussion of its features and technical issues as well as news related to the Zune. This show also gives special attention to podcasting in relation to the Zune store and community. Rob and Ceasar are Zune insiders and are able to speak confidently about the Zune, answering listeners’ questions about technical issues they may have. Unfortunately, in early episodes the audio quality of the podcast was lacking and not representative of what one would envision for the official Zune podcast. The background looping music was too loud and actually drowned out the hosts and became annoying. Recent episodes have had improved sound quality. This show is an excellent resource for Zune owners as well as podcasters who are interested in an additional venue for podcast distribution.
Rating: Daniel
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Sue
Category: Tech News
Wikipedia Weekly is a somewhat-weekly podcast in which a group of “Wikipedians” discuss news relating to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia and its community. The international hosts discuss the technical and political challenges that Wikipedia faces, but tend to ramble off-topic for too long. The highlight of Wikipedia Weekly is the Top 100 Wikipedia Articles of the Week, which discusses the very thing the mainstream public finds most compelling about Wikipedia: the content. Unfortunately, the show is disrupted by constant knocks and thuds of background noise. The volume levels for the hosts are uneven and at times it is difficult to understand what is being said. In a recent episode, one of the hosts slept during the entire show causing mumbled background noise and even a dose of light snoring. This episode stole a lot of credibility from the podcast. This show would do much better to decrease and/or edit the background noise, and limit off topic discussion as well as cutting down on the show length.
Rating: Daniel
Rating: Sue
Weekly Edgy Recommends podcasts:
Daniel : New Media Gear
Sue : The Lost Podcast with Jay and Jack
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