Serene of the Oakland Serenes

My current faves among the podcasts I've been listening to, in no particular order:

1) Quirks and Quarks (CBC) -- did you know they're finding ways to make severed spinal cords pass signals without reattaching them, using phosphorescent algae? Well, they ARE, no shit!

2) Vinyl Cafe (CBC) -- like Lake Wobegon, but not in Minnesota

3) Escape Pod -- hit or miss on story quality; A+ for the geekboy host who knows that "science fiction" gets demerits if there's magic in it

4) Daily Mayo (BBC) -- good daily talk show. The ones I listened to today had Steve Guttenberg being all cute about doing Panto and John Barrowman being all cute about his new album.

5) A Point of View (BBC) -- Today's thoughtful radio essay was on how movies glamorize violence and evil by removing historical context. He hit on what I disliked about "Schindler's List" -- the movie made it all about the people who survived and how one person can make a difference, when the real story was the people who died and that it took armies to make a real difference -- not comfortable truths, just truths.