I support 'Sound of Young America' awareness...do you?

Did you see the teal ribbon on my sidebar?

It links you to Maximum Fun's website which is kind of the nerve center of The Sound of Young America.

If you're not aware of TSOYA, you should be. If you're not, I'm beginning to think you aren't paying attention to me.

Anyway, click the link and show TSOYA some love.

Coverville

Coverville is an awesome podcast, especially if you love cover songs. And I really, really love cover songs.

As near as I can tell from the information on the Coverville website, the show is hosted, recorded, and produced by a single person out of his home in Colorado. I was floored when I read that, because I was sure that this was a big-budget show produced by a public radio station.

Each episode has a theme. Sometimes it's topical--like Halloween. Sometimes it's by artist--like the show that features covers of songs by Sting.

Mostly, though, it's made of awesome.

Go check it out. And since it's independently run, maybe toss a couple of dollars their way.

More podcasts

Since my last update, I added:
Speaking of faith
The splendid table
Filmschool
Intelligence squared
On the media
The sound of Young America
The Diane Rehm show

I love my iPod, Frances. It's a black iPod and I call it Frances. Get it? Black Frances? Anyway, my only big complaint with Frances is that when I download podcasts to him, I have no idea what the podcasts are about. In iTunes, the podcasts have descriptions, but not on my iPod. Right now, there's an episode of 'The sound of Young America" with an interview with Brendon Small. But I don't know which one, which sucks because I really wanted to listen to it.

UPDATE: Jesse Thorn, America's Radio Sweetheart, let me know that for 'The sound of Young America' podcasts, the subject of the show appears where the song title does for music. And lo, he was right. Jesse Thorn, awesometastic? You decide...

Podcast, podcasts, roly poly podcasts...

In my working life, I spend a lot of time in front of the computer doing mundane and repetitive work. This is not to say that I am not satisfied career-wise. I am. I love my job. But, my mind sometimes wonders when I'm doing this work.

Some friends of mine were telling me how they like to listen to podcasts when they do work that is repetitive. It engages their minds while their fingers to the typing.

What the heck, I thought, let's give it a try.

I already subscribed to Brini Maxwell's hints for gracious living. Brini is a stitch and a topic for another day...

I picked up Science Friday from Talk of the Nation, Fresh air, This American life, It's only a game, and ESPN's the Big Show with Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann.

I was pleasantly surprised to learn that podcasts do allow me to work without letting my mind wander. And, since Monday, I've learned about avian flu, pandemics, Mark Wahlburg's career, and a film called "The Lives of others" that is nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign Film.

And, I guess, if you took a podcast out to see a movie you wouldn't have to buy it a ticket....