A lot of people have asked me lately what Podcasts I am currently listening to (or watching to be more specific). So for all of you time-poor information sponges out there I have compiled a list of my favorite ones in no particular order. I didn't include everything but hopefully there are a few there that you haven't heard of.

There are a few towards the end of the list which are not strictly work related either so beware. Please leave a comment if there are any others that you think need to go on the list.

SVA MFA Design as Author
Guest Lectures Lectures by renowned critical graphic design writer Stephen Heller. Always very well prepared and incredibly insightful. Topics cover a broad range of historical topics.
http://design.schoolofvisualarts.edu/weblog/guestlecture/

SVA MFA Design as Author
Paul Rand Lecture series This is a truley amazing podcast. Visiting designers and critics talk with MFA Designer As Author students. Guests include such greats as: Milton Glaser, RIck Poyner, Jessica Helfand and many more...
http://design.schoolofvisualarts.edu/weblog/paulrand/

Design Matters with Debbie Millman
Debbie has kept me company on many long dog walks and I feel much better for it. She always have great guests on her show; Stefen Sagmeister, Chip Kidd, Barbara Kruger, David Carson, Malcom Gladwell, Art Chantry, Hillman Curtis, Rich Valicenti, Michael Bierut ... the list goes on. Great format, always time there for a few laughs in-between hard hitting questions and contemplative observations.
http://www.sterlingbrands.com/ListenLive.html

Tweed Museum of Art
Graphic Design Lectures The Tweed Museum of Art hosts numerous special events and artist lectures, including the Art + Design Lecture Series, a joint venture of the Department of Art + Design and the Tweed Museum of Art that brings artists and designers to UMD to speak about their work and experience. Events are held in the Tweed Lecture Gallery unless otherwise noted.
http://www.designernetwork.org/?q=node/46

Typeradio Podcast
This is a very entertaining podcast with lots of international guests - most of which are designers I should have heard of but usually haven't. One of the guys is from Underware.nl http://www.typeradio.org/loudblog/

Idents.tv
This is a great one to subscribe to. Particularily for those of you with a short attention span. As the name suggests it is just a record of all the latest television identity sequences (idents).
http://idents.tv/blog/

NGV Podcast and online audio
This is a great audio podcast for those of you who live in Melbourne and often frequent the National Gallery of Victoria. My only comments would be that I would like to see more frequent updates but otherwise good.
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/podcasts/

MoMA Think modern lectures
The Museum of Modern Art NY also provides a similar service which is great:
http://www.moma.org/visit_moma/audio/2006/pub_prog/downloadAAPAA_2006.html

Not quite art
Host Marcus Westbury, founder of the This is Not Art Festival in Newcastle and the former director of Next Wave Festival in Melbourne, takes on a tour of how the art world looks from the other side.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/notquiteart/

Cool Hunting Video
For anyone who cares anything about design and design culture needs to subscribe to this. And for those of you who are dads like me and don't have time to find cool stuff yourself this serves it to you on a silver platter.
http://www.coolhunting.com/

WFMU's Music to Spazz by with Dave the Spazz
This is literally what I'm listening to as I write this list. Maybe not everyone has the same musical tastes that I do but give this a go if you are open minded. A broad range of obscure, 50's, rockabilly, country, punk etc. Nothing quite like it.
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/MS

Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir
This is a fantastic audio podcast which analyses Films Noir in order to better establish the definition of Film Noir. Covering early movies like 'Double Indemnity' (my favorite) and "The Maltese Falcon" and much more recent Neo-Noir movies like "Blade Runner" and "Brick". It's just great knowing there are people out there that love Fm Noir this much.
http://outofthepast.libsyn.com/

Tim Kotsiakos, Creative Director

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