Free video podcasts

July 15, 2007 9:36 AM

What are the best *free* video podcasts available? News and cooking are what I'm really looking for.

I love listening to NPR and BBC World Service, and I love watching PBS and the Food Network. News and cooking video podcasts are what I'm really looking for, but if you have any other fun suggestions, please let me know.

posted by HotPatatta to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

Best answer: The BBC's experimental video podcasts are quite decent. Since you already like BBC World, some of it may be familiar to you.

NBC has podcasts for the Nightly News and for Meet The Press. CBS does the same thing with its Nightly News and Face the Nation.

ABC news puts extras in their podcasts, sometimes going into more depth than they have time to on the air. IIRC, they do not resyndicate any full-length shows.

There's an unofficial Frontline feed (rss). PBS is probably aware of it, but doesn't sponsor it.

PBS is sponsoring a feed for WGBH's Victory Garden -- the longest running garden show on TV. It's not cooking, but lots of times cooks and gardeners have things in common.
posted by toxic at 10:35 AM on July 15, 2007

Democracy Now! has a video podcast.
posted by sugarfish at 10:40 AM on July 15, 2007

I always liked Ctrl-Alt-Chicken for a geeky, can't-cook cooking show. Seems they haven't made an episode in a while unfortunately.
posted by puddpunk at 12:03 PM on July 15, 2007

For audio, I suppose you know of The Splendid Table from APM (not NPR)?
posted by cmiller at 12:25 PM on July 15, 2007

Global National also has a video podcast, if you care about what's happening up north.
posted by oaf at 2:53 PM on July 15, 2007