Introducing an occasional series - Download Pod

You simply MUST listen to and do a review of Lug Radio;

http://www.lugradio.org

...unless of course DLS corporate sponsor forbid it, or some ambulance chaser from Microsoft threatens to sue you into the stone age just for listening to those guys.

You gotta listen to The 404

http://the404.cnet.com/

Without question, Escape Pod ( http://www.escapepod.org ) is one of the most important podcasts I listen to. It's brilliant sci-fi short fiction, and the only thing I don't like about it is that they don't release two stories a day, seven days a week.

Beyond that, another top pick is The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe ( http://theskepticsguide.org ) which is great for debunking psuedoscience and is also a good source of science news in general.

And finally (well, not finally, but the three that come to mind at the moment), Infected by Scott Sigler ( http://scottsigler.com ) is a fantastic new novel (available in hardcover) that is also being podcast by the author. The book has a great eye for science and technology, while being an entertaining mix of horror and sci-fi. I'm really enjoying it so far.

RadioLab from WNYC is very interesting (it's on NPR's directory of podcasts).