Wil Wheaton: “Podcasts I Love”
Wil Wheaton is one of my favorite people on teh internets, and recently I’ve learned that he has pretty great taste in podcasts.
Can’t place the name? Wil played Gordie in “Stand by Me”, who got leeches in his underpants and told the epic story of Lard Ass. He played Wesley Crusher in “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, who got leeches in his underpants and saved the day at least seven times.
He’s now a writer, actor and geek who’s married with two stepchildren, has written several books, and sometimes wears sweaters with clowns on them and gets leeches in his underpants (although not simultaneously). He has an excellent blog.
As of today, the podcasts he’s featured in his “Podcasts I Love” posts are available in Kinoma Guide.
- NPR: Driveway Moments — “This ingeniously-named podcast is chosen by listeners from NPR stories that are so compelling, they stay in the driveway when they get home and listen to them until they’re over. Some of them are inspiring. Some of them are funny. Some of them are so sad it’s hard to listen to them. All of them are incredibly awesome…”
- Pseudopod – A great horror fiction podcast. Wil says, “Some of the stories are very disturbing — this is horror, after all – but I have yet to hear one that’s gory for gore’s sake, or disturbing for the sake of being disturbing. Some of them, like ’Clockwork’, aren’t even scary; they’re just cool.”
- The Night Air — “Each show combined interviews with music and soundscapes to create something unique and remarkable. I was hooked, and I’ve made countless commutes endurable by leaving my body on the train and letting my mind go wherever The Night Air takes me.”
- Radio Free Burrito — Although this isn’t technically a “podcast he loves”, this is Wil’s very own podcast and certainly deserves a place here.
- 60-Second Science — “Every day, the geniuses at Scientific American spend just one minute sharing something cool and interesting from the scientific world. Their stories are all over the place, too, from planetary science to neuroscience to genetics.”
- Stuff You Should Know — “Kids, learning isn’t just fun, it’s awesome. [This podcast] covers diverse topics like How Moonshine Works, How Cannibalism Works, and How Abandoned Cities Work. [It's] worth listening to for their amusing interaction as much as it is the fascinating ‘wow, I did not know that’ information they dispense.”
You can find these in Arts & Culture > People > Wil Wheaton – Podcasts I Love right now, and they’ll soon appear individually in appropriate categories as well. Or, just Search > Kinoma Guide to find them.
Enjoy!
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