The second episode of Freakonomics Radio is nearly complete; it’s about fat, and will be posted here soon. (For earlier installments, visit iTunes, where Freakonomics Radio has been the No. 1 podcast for the better part of two weeks; or subscribe to the RSS feed here.) In the meantime, here’s a preview — in which we visit Ira Glass, the ringleader of This American Life and the undisputed heavyweight champion of Radio. I asked if he had any advice for a podcast novice like me.
“Why in the world,” he replied, “would you want to make a podcast?”
Ira Glass, in his New York office, tries to warn Dubner that radio makes you chubby.Oh well. Ira was nevertheless cordial and, in the end, quite helpful. We talked about the obesity “epidemic,” and the state of weight in his profession: “Generally, the world of radio tends to attract a glasses-wearing, chubby crowd, as you might expect.” You can listen to the preview below, or subscribe here to get all podcasts delivered in your sleep.
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Dubner should speak in a falsetto voice with an outrageous French accent in the future when he interviews Ira, just so we don’t get confused.
To #7, and I quote from the brief text above:
“(For earlier installments, visit iTunes, where Freakonomics Radio has been the No. 1 podcast for the better part of two weeks; or subscribe to the RSS feed here.)”
If you don’t want to install iTunes (or Zune, presumably, since your opposition seems to be about installing software to access the podcast — though the podcast is also available there), you can subscribe to the RSS feed using the link in the blog post above, or by using a similar link in the sidebar area. You’ll still need some sort of RSS feed application to download and catch the files; I think it would be easier to simply install Zune or iTunes, but it’s up to you.