Podcasts

I've wanted to do a podcast update once I've settled into a rut of podcasts, which I have. It's a good amount of Catholic stuff I listen to with some other interesting feeds. The ordering is by generally how I listen to it during a week.

Mass Readings from the USCCB
http://feeds.feedburner.com/usccb/zHqS
If you went to mass every day you'd go through the whole bible in a year. This is what I start my commute with.

Catholic Under the Hood
http://feeds.feedburner.com/CatholicunderTheHood
This one is by a TOR from Franciscan University of Steubenville. He's a history teacher there and does a good mix of his take on current events, more historical stuff, and some spiritual topics. He tapes on Sunday so it's always ready Monday morning.

Op Systems and Programming - Berkley Webcourse
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/rss/course-archive.php?seriesid=1906978416
This was the most interesting to me of the Berkley Webcourses. So it's kinda a filler. Usually by Monday Afternoon I finished Fr. Seraphims broadcast and this one fills in. For the rest of the week to this one will fill in. Eventually I'll try to find some more interesting items, but this one's been a good refresher and has touched on some historical or theoretical aspects of Operating System design I haven't found out about before.

Sunday Night Live from EWTN
http://www.ewtn.com/rss/snl.xml
Fr. Benedict Groschel, CFR does a show on EWTN every Sunday night. I never watch it live, but I'll listen to his show. Good stuff, mostly Catholic Spirituality and events in the Church but he's a Psychiatrist as well and will touch on some other talks. This one is typicaly available on Tuesday so I'll listen to it after Tuesday's readings.

BSD Talk
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bsdtalk
I'm actually surprised I listen to this one. It's generally an interview with someone in the BSD community, generally a developer or someone who supports BSD in his company. Also they'll highlight different BSD conferences. It's pretty cool, and the developer talks are really what keep me listening to it.

Threshold of Hope from EWTN
http://www.ewtn.com/rss/th.xml
This one airs on Monday night so I get to it Wednesday or Thursday. It covers Encyclicals by John Paul II and at the time of this posting is going through one on Reconciliation. Good stuff. Fr. Mitch Pacwa does this one. He also now does one of the other EWTN shows which makes me tempted to pick his up. We'll have to see what's out there the next time I need more content.

Ask A NInja
http://feeds.feedburner.com/AskANinja
This is just comedy. All about Ninjas which is all about killing. It's pretty good to listen to and mix things up. There's another Comedy feed I need to try, but I really like things that aren't raunchy. Because it's Ninja and thus a bit more fictional violent, but SUPER violent, I generally like this one.

Software Engineering Radio
http://www.se-radio.net/rss
This one is maybe my favorite. Some good interviews from people involved with developing software engineering technologies. Lots of series on things like Xtreme Programming, Service Oriented Architecture, and much much more. So I like this one. I've listened to everything since the start of the year and I go back and dig out 3-4 archived items on a topic too. Good stuff.


So that's what I listen to right now. I smatter my drives with 2-3 Rosaries a week too. It makes the commute bearable. I'm still thinking about finding ways to reduce it, but definitely the iPod has been worth it much like the DVR. A shout out goes to Todd Wiseman for mentioning it which put the idea in my head.