Originally published at Thus Sayeth the Lord…. You can comment here or there.

Here is a list of the podcasts I listen to:

GeeksOn: This is a “podcast by geeks, for geeks.” They’re not really my type of geeks, though– they kind of stick to the entertainment portion of geekdom, reviewing and discussing literature, books, movies, and video games. I keep waiting for them to rag on Vista, but so far it hasn’t happened. (Or if it has, I missed it)

They do have a good time on their show, and they manage to keep it lively. There are four guys, and they’ve got wide enough differences in viewpoint to make for a good mix. They also run some great interviews– Orson Scott Card has been on and so has George RR Martin.

All Songs Considered– From NPR, this podcast features live concerts and tracks from artists across the spectrum. At least, that’s what the premise is SUPPOSED to be. That’s what I signed up to the podcast for. However, lately, the podcast has been featuring scads of bands that all sound like they were grown in the same indie-potting soil. They should change the name of the show to ‘All Indie/Emo Rock Bands Considered.’

Of course, then they drop great concerts on you, like the most recent one– Fred Thompson, a two hour extravaganza of guitar and poetry. Gems like this are what makes wading through the fad of skinny, atonal, wannabe-beat poets worth it.

The Writer’s Almanac– Garrison Keillor, that drowsy-voiced magician from NPR, narrates historical happenings and reads a poem or two. It’s a brilliant podcast. History and poetry, and one of the best entertainers of our time? Heck, yes. Of course I subscribe. What’s especially wonderful is that the poetry featured is all across the board– classics, modern, post-modern…cubist? I don’t know. ‘All Songs Considered’ should take a page from the Writer’s Almanac and diversify their offerings.

Odyssey– Odyssey is a six week writers workshop at Anselm college. They’ve recorded some of the great authors they’ve had as guests, and put the recordings to podcasts. The podcasts run about 15 minutes apiece; I really enjoy them.

Time Waster’s Guide Radio: This is a new podcast, and honestly, the only reason I picked it up was because Stacy Whitman was a guest. Stacy is an editor at Mirrorstone, which is a division of Wizards of the Coast, who showed some interest in a novelization of my story ‘Blackberry Witch,’ and in my as-yet-unfinished-fantasy-series, ‘The Lord of All Fools.’ Stacy is also an acquaintance of Eric James Stone, who I’ve talked about before, and who currently merits no further mention. Except to say that I’m still jealous of his genius, and that he’s spending six weeks at the Odyssey workshop. Jerkface. :shakes his fist at EJS:

At any rate, this is a good podcast– a bit long. They discuss Hallowmere, Tiffany Trent’s, new book, and also talk a bit about the editing/writing process. Stacy lets slip that Hallowmere was NOT FINISHED when she was editing it; I REALLY wanted to know more about how that worked, but the subject was not delved very deeply. Alas!

Well. Those are the podcasts I listen to. Go check them out, already!

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In other news, the shirt I’m wearing has hair all over it from the last time we cut Super-K’s hair. I didn’t notice until I got out of the carpool at the Pentagon this morning. Drat. Now I’m all itchy.