In Our Time is a podcast of a radio program from BBC Radio 4. It covers history in all its permutations, from the history of Neuroscience to the Siege of Constantinople. Melvyn Bragg is a tough but fair moderator, keeping the guests–who can stray off course and get caught up in minutia–moving forward and asking the right kind of questions to get the information I want to hear. The back catalogue of episodes has some absolutely stellar topics, like Robin Hood, the Jacobite Rebellion, Merlin, and Christopher Marlowe. It’s unfortunate that the archives are only available for streaming, but I’ve had some success using Audacity to capture them in relatively good quality for listening on my mp3 player.

Pros: Excellent moderator, highly informed guests, professional, some of the best podcast episodes I’ve ever heard, I can listen to it with my toddler in ear shot.

Cons: Too many of the recent topics covered don’t interest me; back catalogue only available as streaming rather than downloadable mp3s.

When the new episode of In Our Time is something in which I am interested, it goes first, ahead of anything. If you are interested in history, I can’t recommend this podcast enough.

Fraser’s Rating: 4.75 out of 5 (I can’t blame them for providing topics in which I’m not interested, but it detracts from their score anyway.)

The Podgecast is one of the very few podcasts that goes directly to the head of my listening queue when a new episode shows up. All four of the hosts are excellent. Their varied personalities provide a great dynamic, and the interplay is the high point of the show. Along with the comedy gold this often produced, the Podgecast regularly offers insightful opinions and/or advice.

Pros: Outstanding hosts;, usually hilarious; intelligent discussion in a light-hearted manner

Cons: While generally clean, the language is still spicy enough that I can’t listen with my toddler around–who is pretty much always around these days; some tangents are less amusing and more tangential than others

The Podgecast is in the top echelon of gaming podcasts for entertainment and insight. It’s the gaming podcast I recommend the most.

Fraser’s Rating: 4.75 out of 5 (if totally family friendly, it’d be a 5)

COLLATERAL, THE NEW SHOW FROM THE ACCIDENTAL SURVIVORS, JOINS WAR PIG RADIO LINE-UP.

25 FEB 2009: The Accidental Survivors, www.accidentalsurvivors.com/, launched a new show called Collateral today. A concentrated burst of the inspiration and opinion listeners have come to expect from the Accidental Survivors, Collateral is a weekly podcast on role-playing game related topics. Unlike the Accidental Survivors podcast, Collateral will cast further afield than just modern gaming. Any topic connected to role-playing games is grist for this mill.Collateral is available online and will also be featured as a regular program on War Pig Radio, www.warpigradio.com/, the internet radio station for gamers.

ABOUT THE ACCIDENTAL SURVIVORS: Beginning in September of 2006, the Accidental Survivors have brought their diverse perspectives to topics relating to role-playing games in the modern genre. With advice, interviews, and reviews, the Accidental Survivors cover the modern gaming scene. POC: Fraser Ronald, accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca.

ABOUT WAR PIG RADIO: War Pig Radio broadcasts game-related programming 24 hours a day. War Pig is available online, through syndication on gaming websites and blogs, and is played over the speakers at a growing number of local game retailers. POC: Ed Healy, warpigradio@gmail.com.

Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the podosphere, Warpig Radiogets hit by some Collateral from the Accidental Survivors.

A concentrated burst of the inspiration and opinion listeners have come to expect from the Accidental Survivors, Collateral is a weekly podcast on role-playing game related topics. Unlike the Accidental Survivors podcast, Collateralwill cast further afield than just modern gaming. Any topic connected to role-playing games is grist for this mill.

And you can listen to Collateral on the gamers’ radio station, Warpig. Warpig Radio streams a variety of role-playing game podcasts, all of them under 20 minutes and all of them clean and safe for work.

So go check out Warpig Radio.

Just when you thought it was safe to go to Indianapolis . . . oh, wait, it is safe now, since the Accidental Survivors have left the building. And by building I mean the convention centre which hosted GenCon. But even though the Survivors are gone, their thoughts remain.

Possibly forever.

Now that’s frightening to consider.