Would if I could, but I'm about as far from local as it's possible to be.
However, as an alternative: I spend a lot of time doing fairly repetitive things in the lab (dosing critters, slicing brains, staining tissue samples, mounting tissue on slides, etc.), so I burn through a helluva lot of podcasts (unsurprisingly, mostly science-themed). You might find some distraction/entertainment in there somewhere...
Craig’s brainslicing/mounting greatest hits:
Are we Alone (http://radio.seti.org/): the SETI Institute’s science & scepticism podcast. Although it takes a particular interest in ETI-related matters, the topics covered are much wider than that. Entertainingly presented, too.
The Brain Science Podcast (http://www.brainsciencepodcast.com/): hosted by Ginger Campbell – occasionally a touch dry, but covers a wide range of neuro material in much greater depth than most. Worth digging through the archives.
The Pseudo Scientists (http://www.youngausskeptics.com/category/podcast/): amusingly enthusiastic irregular podcast on scepticism & atheism from the Young Australian Sceptics.
Intelligence Squared U.S. (http://www.npr.org/series/6263392/intelligence-squared-u-s): Oxford-style debating on a range of chewy topics. Some are better than others, but even the weaker ones are pretty good.
The Guardian’s Science Weekly (http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/series/science): absolutely brilliant; good and topical subject matter, very well presented. Alok Jha rocks.
The following are all from ABC (as in the Australian equivalent of the BBC) Radio National:
The Health Report (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/): hosted by Norman Swan. Completely woo-free quality journalism on everything medical.
In Conversation (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/): hosted by Robyn Williams, consisting of ~15 min interviews with scientists on a wide range of topics. Stopped production in 2009, but has many years worth of archives available online.
The Science Show (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/): Robyn William’s main gig, the oldest and best weekly science broadcast from Australia.
Ockham’s Razor (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ockhamsrazor/): short (~15 minutes) scripted talks by a wide variety of scientists, again with a massive archive.
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However, as an alternative: I spend a lot of time doing fairly repetitive things in the lab (dosing critters, slicing brains, staining tissue samples, mounting tissue on slides, etc.), so I burn through a helluva lot of podcasts (unsurprisingly, mostly science-themed). You might find some distraction/entertainment in there somewhere...
Craig’s brainslicing/mounting greatest hits:
Are we Alone (http://radio.seti.org/): the SETI Institute’s science & scepticism podcast. Although it takes a particular interest in ETI-related matters, the topics covered are much wider than that. Entertainingly presented, too.
The Brain Science Podcast (http://www.brainsciencepodcast.com/): hosted by Ginger Campbell – occasionally a touch dry, but covers a wide range of neuro material in much greater depth than most. Worth digging through the archives.
Quirks & Quarks (http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/): Canada’s #1 science show.
The Pseudo Scientists (http://www.youngausskeptics.com/category/podcast/): amusingly enthusiastic irregular podcast on scepticism & atheism from the Young Australian Sceptics.
Intelligence Squared U.S. (http://www.npr.org/series/6263392/intelligence-squared-u-s): Oxford-style debating on a range of chewy topics. Some are better than others, but even the weaker ones are pretty good.
The Guardian’s Science Weekly (http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/series/science): absolutely brilliant; good and topical subject matter, very well presented. Alok Jha rocks.
The following are all from ABC (as in the Australian equivalent of the BBC) Radio National:
The Health Report (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/): hosted by Norman Swan. Completely woo-free quality journalism on everything medical.
In Conversation (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/): hosted by Robyn Williams, consisting of ~15 min interviews with scientists on a wide range of topics. Stopped production in 2009, but has many years worth of archives available online.
The Science Show (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/): Robyn William’s main gig, the oldest and best weekly science broadcast from Australia.
Ockham’s Razor (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ockhamsrazor/): short (~15 minutes) scripted talks by a wide variety of scientists, again with a massive archive.