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I recently came across the hilarious Lindy West when she spoke on the Filmdrunk Frostcast. (She's actually been a relatively regular feature, appearing on and off for a while now.) At the time she'd been called a c*** by Penn Jillette (her big crime apparently being making fun of adverts. Penn's libertarianism couldn't bear the thought of costly advertising being mocked so he proudly did his part to fend off communism by calling her names. According to Penn's fans it's unfair to criticise him for this... because 'free speech'. *scratches head*)

Left: Lindy West (Awesome!) Right: In case you didn't already know, Penn Jillette is a big arsehole.

Lindy West has sadly stopped writing movie reviews for The Stranger, but she has articles all over the place and is regularly writing for Jezebel where she recently published this little gem...

....An old lady recognizes her boob-doodle on the news and goes to visit Bill Paxton on his rock and roll treasure boat, where they make her watch a graphic CGI reenactment of the Titanic sinking (I believe the working title is Hey Granny, Fuck Your PTSD)....

Lindy West re-watches Titanic so you don't have to. Click here or on the image above for the article.

Ardent Atheist Podcast. Very rude, but often very funny podcast about atheism.

http://www.newdissidentradio.com/rss/ardent.xml

Beyond Belief. Podcast from Radio Four discussing religious ideas and issues from a variety of religious perspectives.

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/...belief/rss.xml

Filmsack. Excellent comedy podcast focussing on older cheesy movies. Anything from Cronenberg's "The Fly" to "Troll 2". From the Frogpants network.

http://filmsack.com/feed/

Fourcast. Discussions about the possible future. Sometimes serious, mostly silly. Great fun. From the Frogpants network.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/fourcastpodcast/hxMY

Friday Night Comedy Podcast. Sometimes this will be the Now Show and rubbish like that. The only weeks you need take an interest is when it's the News Quiz. Funniest UK news-related comedy you'll find.

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/...comedy/rss.xml

Horror Etc. Discussions of all things horror and some things vaguely related. If you like horror, it's worth checking out. Interesting discussion, not comedy.

http://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss72742.xml

Jumpcut Junkies. Vodcast rather than podcast. A short video discussion with a opinions on recent releases with a fair bit of bantering between the two presenters. Like a lower budget version of Red Letter Media, but with the benefit of LJ's resident moviebuff

fabfunk.

http://www.jumpcutjunkies.com/feeds/posts/default

Kermode and Mayo Film Reviews. Often very funny podcast of Radio Five show reviewing the latest films.

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/...ermode/rss.xml

The Movielicious. Ordinary people discussing recent films. It's actually got a bit lacklustre recently with one of the contributors having recently had a baby, meaning that she's often been missing. It's been great in the past and I'm inclined to stick with it. Often very funny. From the Frogpants network.

http://feeds2.feedburner.com/themovielicious

Now Playing Movie Podcast. Quite amusing podcast discussing films. Often dedicated to looking back at whole franchises or similar sets of films. Warning: Spoilers aplenty. If you haven't seen the film yet and actually plan on seeing it, leave the podcast aside until you've watched the film yourself.

http://www.nowplayingpodcast.com/NPP.xml

The Phileas Club. Discussion of the news considering the different perspectives around the world. Each contributor not only says their own views on the latest news, but also the bias in the way the news was reported in their part of the globe. More serious than comedy, but occasionally quite amusing anyway. From the Frogpants network.

http://www.thephileasclub.com/phileasrss.xml

The Pod Delusion. A Podcast about various interesting things. Some episodes are better than others. Particularly interesting stuff will normally be even longer in Pod Delusion Extra (which contains extended interviews and such). Affiliated with the BHA (British Humanist Association).

http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/feed/
http://feeds.feedburner.com/PodDelusionExtra

Red Letter Media. Vodcasts rather than podcasts, but features some very funny reviews of the latest films. (The same people who did the extra long Star Wars Prequels critiques, explaining precisely why those films were awful.) When they try to do comedy sketches, it's a bit lame. However, asides from that, they are hilarious.

http://redlettermedia.com/feed/

Slashfilmcast. My second favourite podcast for film news and reviews after Kermode and Mayo. Not a comedy podcast. I actually prefer the "After Dark" episodes because they discuss movie-related issues rather than simply have people giving their personal opinions on current films.

http://slashfilm.com/filmcast/?feed=rss2

I've got a fair range of podcasts I'm following now:

1. Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo Film Reviews
This week the main feature is "Black Swan". I've only just start listening, but they've already done a review for a brand new John Carpenter movie! I am, of course, a big John Carpenter fan. I'd heard about John Carpenter's "The Ward", but with very little marketing I presumed it would probably go straight to DVD. Kermode actually seems to like it, though he doesn't wax lyrical about it.

Mark Kermode is a film reviewer with some very strong opinions and it's recently been claimed that one of his movie rants woke someone from a coma.

2. The News Quiz
The Friday Night comedy news quiz is a great way to feel better about the increasingly depressing news under this coalition government. The voices I recognise most easily are Jeremy Hardy and Sue Perkins. Sandi Toksvig does a great job of presenting the quiz.

3. Film Sack
I discovered these very recently. They like to pick cheesy movies and pick them to pieces. They also have an announcer who reads movie lines in an even cheesier voice than before. It's really really funny. This month's movie is Time Cop. It's actually the only Jean-Claude Van-Damme movie I've ever really enjoyed, but as you'd expect with this sort of movie, the best thing about it is the premise. It's noted early on that time travel is a great way to make money, yet nearly impossible to police. I'll be interested to see what they have to say about this one....

4. The Pod Delusion
Apparently these guys are now affiliated with the British Humanist Association. I haven't really been following these though.

5. Sounds Jewish
Having made four recommendations, it seems wrong not to add one more on and make this a "top five". Sadly we still haven't had a Guardian "Sounds Jewish" podcast this year. The Guardian podcast on Islam known as "Islamophonic" (who did a joint show on the Gaza troubles with "Sounds Jewish") appears to have disappeared entirely (though Riazat Butt is still busily writing religion stuff and caused some rather OTT annoyance for fellow Muslim bloggers with her twitter feed from Hajj).

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