http://www.radionz.co.nz/podcasts/saturday.rss

Grist Podcast: a weekly podcast from grist.com that manages to keep a humorous tone while delivering the consistently bad news of the environmental movement.

toeradio.org: presents Benjamin Walker’s Theory of Everything. When Benjamin Walker took a hiatus, I didn’t realize how much I missed the odd combo of narration and politics. It is also very well produced, with very pleasing backround music.

KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic’s live performances often sound better than the album’s official recordings.

And there’s always Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me which is always entertaining.

and there shouldn’t be any electronic readers on librivox, do you know of a book that did? (i have a personal interest in that site, so to speak).

The Transmitter Victim (although a dead feed is a bizarre and entertaining little podcast)

botar’s Old time radio (includes such radio gems as War of the Worlds, the mysterious traveler, x minus one, and the green hornet)

stupendous tales is another good one I like the short pieces better

Audio Literature Odyssey where it sounds like Nikolle Doolin is trying to seduce you with reading from lancellot and the knight of the cart and turn of the screw.

I also recommend podiobooks.com and librivox.org – neither of which are podcasts, both of which provide full books for free, although occasionally librivox includes electronic readers.

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details.php?seriesid=1906978475

Garrison Keillor’s two podcasts.
The Writer’s Almanac is great. Each morning, every day, for about three minutes he gives some insights into writers and historical events that were born or happened on that calender day, and then he ends on a poem. I always listen while I eat breakfast and then during the day tell everyone what I learned and pretend that I actually know more about the subjects than what I learned in a three minute podcast:
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/

His other podcast—News From Lake Woebegone—is also rad. Since I was a kid I’ve been listening to his storytelling. He’s no Miette, but it’s hard not to be lulled by his cadence and low voice and also— hard not to learn a thing or two about storytelling to boot. Warning, liking this podcast pretty much means that you are an old geezer, no matter how old you are:
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/

Runners up:

KCRW’s Bookworm. Silverblatt is honest and unabashedly ponderous:
http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw

Slate’s Audio Book Club.
All the fun of hanging out with really smart friends and discussing books, without any of the sexual tension: http://www.slate.com/id/2137229/

Nature Magazine’s Podcast.
Just to remind you that whatever artistic endeavor you’re working on cant compete with the wild and complex wonders of the natural world:
http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast/index.html

Of course This American Life is great. But I see that it is already taken.
I also like the Beatles. But no one asked.

http://www.thislife.org/About_Radio.aspx

Check it out if you get a chance! I’m addicted.

Between you and Yale, I’m almost an ivy leaguer.