GITcasts
So there you are. Frilly apron draped alluringly across your hairy shoulders. Your better half shouts at you from the other room, “hurry up and do the vacuuming you lazy and useless man”.
Beaten down, but not broken, you pop your Marley cans on you ear-holes and press play on your favourite podcast.
Gone are the days of radio – Welcome to the world of the Podcast and Vodcast.
The latest tech and other news straight to your cranium – freshly squeezed by your PC.
But which are the best for GITs and newbies like us?
Take a peek at the table to find something new.
| Title | (A)udio (V)ideo | Genre | Host | Where? | GIT rating (/10) | Audio (/10) | Overall (/100) | In Short? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iPad Today | A/V | Hardware | Leo Laporte and Sarah Lane | iPad Today | 9 | 9 | 81 | Have iPad - must listen. |
| Stuff they don't want you to know. | V | Conspiracy Theories | Ben Bowlin | How Stuff Works | 8 | 9 | 72 | Believe it or not. |
| The Moth | A | Live Storytelling | Multiple | The Moth | 9 | 8 | 72 | Moving. |
| The Totally Rad Show | V | Pop Culture | Alex Albrecht, Dan Trachtenberg and Jeff Cannata | Revision3 | 8 | 8 | 64 | Gnarly yet nerdy. |
| The Infinite Monkey Cage | A | Science | Brian Cox, Robin Ince, + guests | TIMC | 8 | 8 | 64 | Accessible, funny. intriguing, and did I mention funny. |
| The Ben Heck Show | V | Nerd Culture & the Maker scene. | Ben Heck | The Ben Heck Show | 7 | 9 | 63 | Be inspired to Maker madness. |
| This Week in Tech | A/V | Tech & Web Culture | Leo Laporte, John C Dvorak & others | TWiT | 7 | 8 | 56 | Generalised random tech chat. |
| The Nerdist | A | Nerd Culture | Chris Hardwick | The Nerdist | 7 | 8 | 56 | Explicitly Funny. |
| Current Geek | A | Nerd Culture | Scott Johnson & Tom Merritt | Current Geek | 8 | 7 | 56 | Comic book guy! |
| Diggnation | V | Tech & Web Culture | Alex Albrecht & Kevin Rose | Revision3 | 7 | 8 | 56 | Beer sampling funny. |
| This Week in Google | A/V | Tech & Web Culture | Leo Laporte, Gina Trapani & Jeff Jarvis | TWiG | 6 | 8 | 48 | What has Google done? |
| Tummelvision | A | Culture, Social media and networking | Heather Gold, Kevin Marks, Deborah Schultz | Tummelvision | 6 | 7 | 42 | Socially absorbing. |
| Floss Weekly | A/V | Open Source S/ware | Randal L Schwartz & Dan Lynch | Floss | 4 | 7 | 28 | Hardcore. True tech heads apply here. |
*GIT rating = How accessible is this podcast. 1 is super hardcore tech babble and 10 means it’s dead simple to follow.
** And if you find that a podcast has passed away or if you have a podcast you love just let us know.