I totally missed podcasts when they were first a thing. But I've rediscovered them as part of my love of all things retrocomputing. There's some really fabulous ones out there, more than I can ever possibly listen to, but they keep me reasonably entertained while I'm washing dishes or doing house work or commuting.
It helps that the app I use kind of makes the entire thing pretty painless.
What worries me though is that several of the podcasts I subscribe to, but haven't gotten around to listening to yet are dead and thus the feeds are dead, and some of the feeds only show the most recent n podcasts, so I'm missing out on lots of the earlier shows.
Podcasts and old radio shows now keep me entertained when I can't watch. I think of them basically like on-demand tv. There's more available than I could possibly ever listen to.
For the topic area I'm interested in, it honestly doesn't matter at all if the show is old.
Yeah sure, I use Podcast addict. It let's you search and subscribe and either stream or download for offline playback. It also works with your chromecast.
Here's my list (warning it's long and some may no longer be alive):
- active time babble
- retronauts (there's a run of the show from 1up.com that's dead, and a new run that's in progress)
- 2 dudes and a nes
- all gen games
- ANTIC - the atari 8-bit podcast
- arcade and retro.com
- arcade hunters
- arcade impossible
- arcade outsiders
- arcade repair tips
- arcade tired
- armchair arcade radio
- brokentoken classic arcade
- cactus jacks arcade podcast
- catridge freaks
- chicken lips radio
- completely unnecessary podcast
- factory sealed
- famicom flashbacks
- floppydays vintage computing
- game boy crammer
- gameroom junkies arcade
- gaminghistory101
- genesis gems
- guys games and beer
- hardcore gaming 101
- how I started my own arcade
- insert coin
- jmac's arcade
- knights of the arcade
- last coin at the arcade
- lazy game reviews
- matt chat
- nes podcast
- nintendojo
- no quarter
- one man & his mic
- player one podcast
- radio free nintendo
- retro asylum podcast
- retro computing roundtable
- retro gaming roundup
- retro junkies minies
- retro junkies network
- retro obscura
- retro rejects
- retro rundown's podcast
- retrobits podcast
- retrocollect fm
- retrocore
- retrogaming with racketboy
- retrograde
- retrospin
- sprite castle
- super arcade theater
- super gamer arcade
- tadpog
- ten pence arcade
- the arcade (there's 2 of them)
- the atari 2600 game
- the c64 take-away podcast
- the colecovisions podcast
- the intellivisionaries podcast
- the mustache arcade
- the nes club presents
- pinball blahcade
- retro junkies super show
- the retro league
- retro tech addict's podcast
- retrobits podcast
- tone control
- vgmpire
- watch out for firewalls
Looking at that list, I think you might like Arcade and Retro, a podcast from Ireland which is still a going concern. I know the makers but have no stake in it, pretty good show. - http://arcadeandretro.com/
Edit:
Scratch that - they're already on the list, missed it the first time
I'm a big fan of the DOS nostalgia podcast: http://www.dosnostalgia.com/?cat=91 It only comes out once every few months, but the interviews and discussions are awesome if you're nostalgic for DOS & early home computing topics. The interview with Jim Leonard/Trixter on the early days of the PC is my favorite so far: http://www.dosnostalgia.com/?p=329 It's also a fun podcast because the host grew up in the Soviet Union so you get a different take on what was happening in DOS compared to the west.
It helps that the app I use kind of makes the entire thing pretty painless.
What worries me though is that several of the podcasts I subscribe to, but haven't gotten around to listening to yet are dead and thus the feeds are dead, and some of the feeds only show the most recent n podcasts, so I'm missing out on lots of the earlier shows.
Podcasts and old radio shows now keep me entertained when I can't watch. I think of them basically like on-demand tv. There's more available than I could possibly ever listen to.
For the topic area I'm interested in, it honestly doesn't matter at all if the show is old.