Awesome Podcasts

Most people carry smartphones nowadays, so why should you still wear a wristwatch? Bernard and Mikey from Everyday Carry’s Carried Away offer some good reasons to look at your wrist instead of digging into your pocket. While watches have some practical advantages like their simplicity, their aesthetics and sentimental value make them special.

Air travel poses some challenges when it comes to carrying gear and toiletries. In this episode of Everyday Carry’s Carried Away podcast, hosts Bernard and Mikey chat about what you can or can’t bring through TSA checkpoints. Along the way they talk about their travel load-outs and suggest some alternatives to pocket knives and other prohibited tools.

Podcasts don’t benefit from visuals to help create a mood, so they rely on sound effects, music, and narration style to get their point across. Alasdair Beckett-King pokes fun at the genre of spooky horror and murder podcasts, and tropes like their soft, foreshadowing vocals, and the abundance of unnecessary words.

(PG-13) With the popularity of murder shows on TV and podcasts, it seems we have quite an obsession with serial killers. David-Jan Bronsgeest and Tim Koomen’s short film follows the tale of a woman who listens to a podcast about a demented murderer who ends up blurring the lines between fiction and reality.

While there are certainly some great podcasts out there, the unfiltered, unedited nature of most of them means that there can be a bit of rambling too. UK songwriter and producer Jonathan Ogden totally nailed what it’s like when a discussion ensues about basically nothing.

Back in the ’80s and ’90s, NPR produced a series of broadcasts that retold the original Star Wars trilogy as a radio drama. Using original audio recordings of the series, combined with movie music and sound effects, Nigel Langes compiled all of the episodes into a playlist of three videos, running about 11 hours in total.

Ever been asked to appear on a podcast? Have your own podcast and frequently ask friends to participate? Topatoco’s cheeky award is the perfect prize for every podcast guest. The 5-1/2″ tall trophy features a microphone and a generic name badge so no engraving is needed. Plus, the more you buy, the cheaper they get.

(PG-13: Language) Dylan Marron (Carlos of Welcome to Night Vale) makes videos about minority issues and gets a lot of hateful comments about them. In this new podcast, he tries to call those haters and tries to understand and befriend them.