Appropriate Podcasts For A Bioinformatician?
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What podcasts are the bioinformaticians here listening to that tie in with their work?

The most relevant podcast that I know of (the currently even more irregular than normal) Coast to Coast Bio Podcast is still in my list of podcasts.

For programming related topics I still find the StackOverflow podcast an interesting and engaging listen.

Whilst at one point or another I subscribed to both Nature and Science podcasts for general science I no longer do so.

What podcasts might I be missing out on that other people are enjoying related to their work?

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We should be back next week and given our absence from the airwaves lots to cover and some interviews lined up

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If there's such a concept here as Stack Overflow, this should probably be community wiki; helpful links should be curated and compiled in the question.

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@mndoci - This is excellent news!

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Deepak - that is good news, I think you should know the podcast is quite sorely missed between episodes!

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Good observation, I turned the question into a community wiki

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It's not bioinformatic-specific, but [?]RadioLab[?] is a great science show. I especially like listening on days when I'm frustrated with my work - it helps me remember why I have a passion for science.

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Looks interesting Chris, will certainly give that a try!

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I love RadioLab too.

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Michael Barton ★ 1.9k

I like The Changelog. It highlights interesting and useful open source software with a slight ruby slant.

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Oooh I need to add that to my list. Always looking for new Ruby-centric podcasts.

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So up-vote me! ;)

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I second Changelog. I occasionally listen to FLOSS Weekly and IT Conversations too, for programming. Aside from c2cbio, I can't think of another podcast with a strong bioinformatics focus.

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Related, but not bioinformatics, BBC podcasts:

Both have very good presenters, and make for an entertaining listen.

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Yep Mpre or Less is great, and I nearly added it into the list above. Statistical podcasts are even thinner on the ground than coding ones I suspect!

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I enjoy Futures in Biotech, which is about life science in general but does touch on bioinformatics sometimes.

EDIT 2012-03-06: I have now started to follow Mendelspod, which is almost shockingly good (especially if you are interested in sequencing), with recent shows about companies like DNANexus, nuMedii and Ingenuity.

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Thanks Mikael, that's a new one on me - I will give it a whirl

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Agreed. FIB can be pretty good. There was a recent episode (poor audio) with David Haussler you could start with.

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Seeing as this was the first suggestion for FiB, you get the accepted answer :)

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Today, nodalpoint was rebooted as a podcast: http://nodalpoint.org/

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Well that is news indeed - thanks Pierre

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Allpowerde ★ 1.3k

That is a great question. I am not aware of any podcast or vodcast(video) that specifically cover bioinformatics topics so far. But there are other services that provide bioinformatics content in a audio-visual form:

http://www.scivee.tv/

http://videolectures.net/Top/Computer_Science/Bioinformatics/

http://www.bioscreencast.com/

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I should also add that things like the MIT Courseware sites are excellent and similar resources: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

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Markf ▴ 290

From the same people as Futures in Biotech: Floss weekly. About free & open software, they had an episode on Bioperl a while ago.

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Gareth Palidwor ★ 1.6k

For general science podcasts, I'd recommend Quirks and Quarks from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/

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Dave Carlson ★ 2.0k

I know this is a super old question, but I recently came across the The Bioinformatics Chat podcast and wanted to add it for consideration.

http://bioinformatics.chat/

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skbrimer ▴ 740

I like Not So Standard Deviations

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