Audio Podcast Directory - Podcasts with only audio episodes
Desert Island Discs Archive: 1951-1955Join Now to Follow
Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island. Full listings can be found on the Desert Island Discs website. Archive episodes are broadcast on Radio 4 Extra, Wednesdays 10.00 and Sundays 10.00.
By BBC Radio 4
The Big IdeasJoin Now to Follow
Every month, a group of academics, columnists and philosophers dissect a phrase that's become an intellectual cliché in order to analyse its true meaning
By guardian.co.uk
Professor Brian Cox: Meet the AuthorJoin Now to Follow
Professor Brian Cox, OBE, the presenter of the hugely popular BBC2 series Wonders of the Solar System, appeared at the Apple Store in Covent Garden on 17th November 2010 to talk about his book, which accompanied the series. Professor Cox was interviewed with BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Shaun Keaveny.
By Apple Inc.
FT Arts Join Now to Follow
Each week the arts podcast brings you interviews and studio discussions on the latest arts stories and cultural trends, with contributions from the FT’s roster of critics and commentators. You can find more <a href="http://www.ft.com/arts">arts news and reviews from the Financial Times</a> on our website and listen to more episodes of FT Arts on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ft-arts/id402479253?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/financial-times/ft-arts?refid=stpr">Stitcher</a>, <a href="http://audioboom.com/FTarts">Audioboom</a> or <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ft-arts">Soundcloud</a>.
By FT arts
Librivox: North and South by Gaskell, Elizabeth CleghornJoin Now to Follow
Set in Victorian England, North and South is the story of Margaret Hale, a young woman whose life is turned upside down when her family relocates to northern England. As an outsider from the agricultural south, Margaret is initially shocked by the aggressive northerners of the dirty, smoky industrial town of Milton. But as she adapts to her new home, she defies social conventions with her ready sympathy and defense of the working poor. Her passionate advocacy leads her to repeatedly clash with charismatic mill owner John Thornton over his treatment of his workers. While Margaret denies her growing attraction to him, Thornton agonizes over his foolish passion for her, in spite of their heated disagreements. As tensions mount between them, a violent unionization strike explodes in Milton, leaving everyone to deal with the aftermath in the town and in their personal lives. Elizabeth Gaskell serialized North and South between September 1854 and January 1855 in Charles Dickens’s magazine Household Words . Upon its publication, Gaskell established herself as a novelist capable of serious discourse on social responsibility and advocacy for change in defiance of established authority. (Summary by Dani)
By LibriVox
Guardian short stories podcastJoin Now to Follow
Subscribe free to our podcast, presented by the editor of the Guardian's Saturday Review section, Lisa Allardice. Each programme features an interview with a leading author and a reading of the author's favourite short story by another writer.
By guardian.co.uk
Librivox: Dracula by Stoker, BramJoin Now to Follow
The classic vampire story by Bram Stoker revolves around a struggle between good and evil, tradition and modernity, and lust versus chastity. The author didn’t invent vampires, but his novel has so captured the public’s imagination that he is rightly considered their popularizer. Listen and you will meet not only the Count himself, but heroes Jonathan Harker and Abraham Van Helsing, plus an array of madmen, psychiatrists, and fair maidens who cross paths with the fanged menace. (Summary by Paula)
By LibriVox
A Point of View: Clive JamesJoin Now to Follow
Clive James presents reflections on topical issues ranging from politics to pop culture in this award-winning series of BBC Radio 4's A Point of View. These programmes were first broadcast between 2007 and 2009.
By BBC Radio 4
BookclubJoin Now to Follow
James Naughtie and readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best known novels. Authors include: Douglas Adams, Alan Bennett, Alice Sebold and Maya Angelou.
By BBC Radio 4
Media TalkJoin Now to Follow
John Plunkett and guests bring you the latest news and gossip from the media village
By guardian.co.uk
