With the furious pace of progress the .NET Framework has experienced over the years it is increasingly more difficult to keep up.  One of the easiest ways to stay abreast, even though I hate the term, is through podcasts.  What better way to spend your daily commute than to listen to something educational and often entertaining?  Here are my favorites:

  • .NET Rocks! – Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell host one of the most popular .NET podcasts out there, pumping shows out at a furious pace.  The pair holds interviews with representatives from all walks of the .NET ecosystem on this well produced show.
  • Hanselminutes – A weekly show with Scott Hanselman, a senior program manager at Microsoft.  Covers a wide variety of topics covering Microsoft technologies and software development practices.
  • Polymorphic Podcast – The best produced podcast I’ve come across, it’s a shame shows are only released once in a blue moon.  Host Craig Shoemaker is a UX-centric developer / Infragistics-evangelist who often focus his shows on web technologies.
  • Software Engineering Radio – Recoding quality can be a little spotty but the content is usually the opposite.  Covers topics in software engineering through general discussions/tutorials and interviews.
  • Herding Code – A frequenty and lengthy discussion usually about third-party .NET products rather than the baked-in .NET technologies.
  • This Developer’s Life – A wonderful clone of NPR’s This American Life with [obviously] a software developer twist.  Hosted by Rob Conery (who does a pretty good Ira Glass) and Scott Hanselman.

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