Shrink Rap Radio: The Premier Psychology Podcast

If you are interested in psychology (the scientific study of mental processes and behavior) and keen to learn more about it, “Dr. Dave” (David Van Nuys, a psychology professor) has a fascinating website called, Shrink Rap Radio: The Premier Psychology Podcast with the tagline, "All the psychology you need to know and just enough to make you dangerous" with a weekly podcast of interviews with experts in the field of psychology.

The Creative Mom Podcast

The Creative Mom Podcast is a weekly podcast that is always interesting and enjoyable to listen to. The Creative Mom (Amy) offers lots of inspiration and encouragement to be creative plus book reviews and inspiring music too.

Amy also writes a delightful blog called Threaded Thoughts where she writes about the "...strands of motherhood and creativity that define me."

Astronomy A Go Go! - a podcast about the stars

Astronomy a Go Go! is the name of a fun and fascinating astronomy podcast. Listen and learn about the stars and their movements.

Audio Literature Odyssey - a literary podcast

Audio Literature Odyssey is the name of a wonderful literary podcast (and blog) by Nikolle Doolin, a writer, voice actor, and producer.

Enjoy!

Cast On - a podcast for knitters

Brenda Dayne, an American living in Wales, produces a very popular knitting podcast called Cast On. Brenda has a way with words and her soothing voice and thougtful musings about knitting, means that her podcast is always informative and entertaining. Brenda's friendly and lively chat is interspersed with lively music too.

I dare say that even if you don't knit, you would probably enjoy listening to Brenda's Cast On podcast. Give it a try and I bet you will become addicted to her podcast like I have!

Free London Walks Podcast

Free Walks in London is the name of an educational and fascinating blog which links to a series of walking podcast tours of London, England.

Read the informative blog to learn about different areas of London and listen to a detailed walk presented by Robert Wright.

Free Walks in London is an excellent resource for information about London. I've just discovered the site and I plan to read through all the past posts and listen to all the podcasts. I'm amazed that Mr Wright offers all of it for free! He will accept donations to help support the site, of course.

ChinesePod: Learn Chinese for free

"With free daily podcasts, lesson review,and guidance from experts", ChinesePod is a fun and educational podcast that will help you learn Chinese. It's for everyone, from absolute beginners to more advanced students.

Paris Travel Guide, Audio Tour & Maps for Free!

City Zeum is a free Paris travel guide. There is a CityZeum in English too - which is handy for those of us who don't speak/read French!

The guide provides loads of information about Paris, with features about Paris streets, museums, monuments, gardens, restaurants, shopping, activities, bars/cabarets, details about transport, and guided tours.

Podictionary: the podcast (and blog) for word lovers

If you are a logophile (a lover of words) like I am, then you will love reading and listening to the fascinating Podictionary, written and recorded by Charles Hodgson.

The tagline of Podictionary explains what it is about:

Listen to the surprising histories of words you thought you knew

You can subscribe for free by simply choosing your favorite subscription method.

A fun food podcast and video blog

Crash Test Kitchen is a fun food podcast and video blog rolled into one. The blog is written and hosted by Waz and Lenny,"... a couple of foodies with a video camera."

Each podcast/video is a delight to watch and listen to as Waz and Lenny set about demonstrating a recipe step-by-step from start to finish (including sitting down to a taste test afterwards) and including their amusing comments and observations during the lesson.

Waz and Lenny are Australian (relocated to London) and their Australian accents and expressions as well as their friendly and genuine banter, makes the podcast impossible to resist. They are just so utterly charming! Even if you hate cooking/baking, it's worth watching Crash Test Kitchen because they are always so entertaining. You may even decide to try one of their recipes!

KnitWit: a lovely podcast (not necessarily about knitting!)

Recently, I've discovered the wonderful world of podcasts and I think my latest discovery is a real treasure. Although the podcast is called KnitWit: Rantings of a Rabid Knitter it is not neessarily just about knitting! In fact, Carry talks about lots of different topics.

On her 'about' page, Carry says: "I started this blog to share a podcast of my stories of knitting, spinning, living with fiber animals and general observations on life. I hope you enjoy it."

So far, I've only listened to her last two podcasts, KnitWit 58: Abernathy and KnitWit 59: And Then.

Wow - Carry has a way with words! I love the way she tells her stories. Listen to her podcasts and I know you will agree. This podcast blog is absolutely wonderful. Enjoy!

(By the way, there is no need to have an ipod or any other kind of .mp3 player to listen to the podcasts. You can listen through the speakers on your computer)

Listen to authors talk about their books

Bill Thompson's Eye on Books offers "Author Interviews You Can Listen To" and also features The Writer's Craft - "Authors on the art of writing" which is a great resource for aspiring writers.