I used to have a blogroll on the sidebar, but the current build doesn’t have a slot for it. I may get around to putting it back up. However, that still does not necessarily indicate why I subscribe to a podcast or a blog, so here is a listing of some of the things I ingest visually or aurally on a regular basis.

Podcasts (in alpha order)

• Astronomy Cast – still one of my top favorite listens. Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay have wonderful voices to listen to and their weekly discussion on astronomical or physics topics is a delight. The target audience is your average non-physics graduate, but I still learn things on a regular basis.
• Geologic Podcast – George Hrab is a very non-standard (to me) musician and much of his music is not to my taste. However, I do enjoy his snarky humor and commentary on his weekly podcast, especially the Indestructible Bastards, Ask George, and Religious Morons of the Week. (But, really, can lose the Horrorscopes, Geo!)
• Grammar Girl and Modern Manners Guy are both podcasts from the Quick and Dirty Tips site (along with other themed shows on Math, Money, Health, Pets, etc.). The grammar tips are great and help reinforce things and keep my language skills relatively tidy. The manners show often has episodes on dealing with a variety of awkward situations that I hope I’ll never have to practice. All well-written and spoken.
• inFact with Brian Dunning is  new video podcast from man who brings us the amazing Skeptoid podcast (see below). It has promise! Only bad thing about vodcasts is that I can’t watch them while driving (my standard time to get updated on my ‘casts).
• Memories of the Futurecast – Hey, I like Wil Wheaton (which is in no way the same as liking Wesley Crusher). I’ve enjoyed everything I have seen him in lately (especially a very creepy performance on Criminal Minds and an awesome Evil Wil version on Big Bang Theory). In this podcast, he read excerpts and behind the scenes portions of us new book, Memories of the Future, Volume One, an episode-by-episode recap of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s first series. Incredibly entertaining listen! I wish he would do a full audio version of the book because hearing Wil read his stuff is vastly better than having to use my own voice.
• Mr. Deity – A wonderfully-produced vodcast about the every-day life of the creator and everything he must endure to manage his creation. It’s all hilarious, but I think the “Mr. Deity and the Identity Crisis” and “Mr. Deity and the Woman” are my favorite episodes so far.
• The Skeptics’ Guide 5×5 is a 5-minute, classroom-friendly discussion about a single bit of science, pseudoscience or news item by the creators of the SGU (next item). I like the boiled down aspect of it – no chatter, no silly jokes, just straight up, condensed talking points.
• The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe is a 80-minute(ish) podcast filled with current science news, skepticism and discussion of pseudoscience. There are often interviews with prominent scientists as well as other folks (including some on the “other” side of the skeptical fence). Although occasionally encumbered by too much irrelevant chatter (some is fine), including recently an in-depth discussion of quantum mechanics (which is interesting to me, but has no place at all on a Skeptics podcast), I do find the show entertaining and listen-worthy.
• Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena – My absolute favorite podcast. If I have a new Skeptoid available, I will listen to it even if I am in the middle of another one at the moment. Brian has no fear in tackling any subject in pop culture (paranormal claims, alt meds, pseudoscience, even religion) and he has the hate mail to prove it. Two things strike me most strongly about his work: first, he does a reasonable amount of research (for a 10-minute weekly podcast) to back up his statements; second, he always stresses that you do NOT believe him – he is merely giving you starting points to research if you have doubts as to the facts and opinions as presented. I think his podcasts should be required listening either in-class or as homework assignments for nearly all school ages. (E.g., listen to this week’s podcast, and then do your own research to verify or dispute the statements that Brian made.)

I have a few other podcasts that I get regular downloads for, but those generally sit there unlistened to until I get rid of the backlog of my favorites (with no school and no job currently, my car-time is reduced substantially – in the house, I usually have other things to do). Finally, there are some science news-based shows I only subscribe to when I can keep current, because it isn’t news if I don’t listen to it for 8 months!