Back in the old days of podcasting (two or three months ago), I tried listening to non-ITConversations podcasts, like Adam Curry and Dave W. I didn’t like it at all: it was too self-referential.

After exausting my ITConversations downloads this morning, and finding PodCastAlley, I thought I try out some podcasts again. Here’s two I listened to while walking the dogs that I liked:

• The Dawn and Drew Show – this is one of the alpha-podcasts as I understand it. I didn’t think I’d like people just sitting around talking, but Dawn and Drew and entertaining and funny. I never liked Howard Stern because it always seemed to be about 3 subjects (1.) the FCC hates me, (2.) check out those tits, (3.) listen to this guy fart a Foo Fighter’s song. That gets old for me in about 3 seconds. I can’t really tell you what Dawn and Drew talked about (there’s a funny skit at the end), but I laughed to myself several times. If anything, it was nice to hear (what seemed like) a functional couple having fun just talking about letters and sodas, chewing the fat with each other.
• Infonomicon – on the other hand, these dudes are pure-out assholes. It’s got the level of shit-talk, ass-fucking, and making fun of everyone that you’d expect from two techie-males talking. It’s the kind of show where you wouldn’t be suprised to hear “dirty sanchez” or “chaco taco.” But, on the other hand, it’s entertaining, and I laughed out loud plenty of times. They don’t lay out the poop and pussy jokes exclusivly, it’s just the background chatter between other topics, mostly of about tech stuff.

So, if you’re one of the pod-people, I’d recommend those two. (Not Infonomicon if you’re one of those “easily offended” people.)