Toxie the Toxic Asset

A group of reporters decided to buy a $1000 toxic asset bond like the ones that came close to bringing down the world financial system in Sept. 2008. They traced the underlying real estate loans that made it up, and interviewed some of the individual debtors whose defaults were partly the cause of the upheaval. An excellent of the crisis. Listen to the podcast here.

Naked Scientist

The Naked Scientist podcasts are created by young scientists at the UK's Cambridge University.
The topics are wide ranging, and individual disciplines are covered by separate programs. Check the latest Naked Archeologist for an report on the excavation of ancient  Roman toilets.

Beethoven's Symphonies Explained

Listen to Bramwell Tovey, conductor of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra explain the importance and structure of Beethoven's nine symphonies in words and music. To download free audio files of most of the symphonies, go to Internet Archive and search "Beethoven symphony".

Grateful Dead Concerts

The iconic 1960's band The Grateful Dead has a number of classic concerts available to listen or download at the Internet Archive site. Have a look at some of the other audio resources on the site as well.

Testing

Testing ipso facto