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If you’ve considered using podcasts in your own philosophy courses, but don’t know where to start, I’ve compiled some resources here that should help lead the way.

“How-To”

What is a podcast? - a brief introduction to the technology of podcasting, which mentions some instructional benefits and considerations for using this new medium for information delivery

Podcasts in the classroom - an interview with a professor who uses podcasts in his courses (though he’s not a philosophy professor, his message still applies)

Collections of Philosophy Podcasts

Philosopher’s Zone - your “guide through the strange thickets of logic, metaphysics and ethics” by Alan Saunders

Philosophy Bites - podcasts of top philosophers, interviewed by David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton, on bite-sized topics

Philosophy Talk - a weekly, one-hour radio series produced by Ben Manilla. The hosts’ down-to-earth and no-nonsense approach brings the richness of philosophic thought to everyday subjects. Listen to Philosophy Talk for free (requires you to sign up at: http://www.prx.org/user/PhilosophyTalk/)

Ethics Bites - David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton go in search of answers to the big ethical questions in this 14-part podcast.

Philosophy: The Classics - Nigel Warburton reads from his book Philosophy: The Classics  read more »

A few more stories I missed while out of town:

• A story about participants in the national “Kids Philosophy Slam” from their hometown paper (The Signal - Santa Clarita Valley):
  Meadows students dominate in philosophy slam
• A story about a Canadian 12-grader who won an essay contest with an essay on Aristotle in The Barrie Advance:
  He’s an athlete and a philosopher
• A response to Appiah’s X-Phi essay in the NY Times from last Dec on ScienceBlog.com:
  God is a Corporation?
• And a bizarre snipit from ‘Reporters without Borders’ about a man being sentenced for threatening Robert Redeker after his controversial op-end (see Death Threats in Brussels, France (Robert Redeker) for a summary:
  27.06 - France: man gets suspended prison sentence for threatening French philosopher

Donald H Taylor at ‘trainingzone.co.uk’ has an article about recent research on the myth of remembering only 10% of what you read, etc.: Modern myths of learning: You only remember 10% of what you read. It follows the research summarized at ‘Will at Work’: People remember 10%, 20%…Oh Really? This research has been around for a while (and it has been discussed widely since the ‘will at work’ post in 2006), but what I find the most interesting is the last section of the trainingzone.co.uk post:  read more »

From the Wall Street Journal horoscope!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You may feel defensive about some philosophic position or a particular concept but you can generally support yourself well. Separate your ego from the beliefs that you hold.

And notice, it might be a good time to assign a paper to Cancers:

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are able to express yourself succinctly and accurately.

[From: Your Daily Horoscope - UPI.com]

I’m out of town at the moment, so here are a few stories that I missed:
Yeah, these philosophy professors will give it some thought - LA Times story on Ken Taylor and John Perry’s radio show ‘Philosophy Talk‘.

It was fascinating Retirement interview with Alfred D. Stewart of Midwestern State (Texas) from the Wichita Falls Times Record News  read more »