Good streams/talks to LISTEN to at work?

CandyStripes05

I recently started my first job in the industry! It's at a VFX studio but I'm sure I'll eventually get myself over into games which is my goal. (very happy with this job so far though!)

Any ways I was wondering if anyone can suggest good streams/talks that are related to the industry that I can listen to while at work preferably ones that don't require me to have to visually pay attention to it.

I've listened to a fair bit of The Crunch Cast and the odd Ted Talk videos, any others? Just stumbled onto a good video on gdcvault.com so hopefully they have more.

CreativeSheep

80's Radio is what I like, nothing beats those 80's tunes.

Selaznog

Not related to the game industry, but sometimes Joe Rogan has some interesting guests on his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience.

I also listen to Star Talk Radio (Neil DeGrasse Tyson) and Infinite Monkey Cage (Brian Cox). And some spooky UFO ones cause those are always fun.

I've tried listening to art themed podcasts but it's tricky because art is so visual. Sometimes I'll put Feng Zhu on in the background while I work. Typical I just listen to instrumental music though.

And yeah, 80's radio, man.

Daew

grats!

Haven't listened to this, but plan to some time in my life,
http://synstudio.ca/resources/podcasts/

jordu schell podcast
http://www.jorduschell.com/nerd-casts.html

warfram devstream, talk about the development/updates of warframe. Played the game for a little while but dont anymore but its still interesting listening to its development. There are art bits here and there.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDmrv5FhAWj8Sl367cyN53oPmEdE33bFf

motiga gigantic, champion spotlights, super crazy art in here. Its a champion spotlight that goes into the creation and thought process of the characters. You dont have to look at it but your eyeballs will be sad.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbLA67nLHkAwhzZTesHQX4ELCRPrbExcV

darkest dungeon devstreams
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG882PAIv26NsFEMp848qKVzbuE7eJ-oy

Ash Thorp collective podcast, podcasts with many cool artists
https://soundcloud.com/the-collective-podcast

Sean ODaniels podcast with many cool artists. (but darn it, asking "what is art " is not controversial..gah...you will see what I mean if you listen to it .)
https://soundcloud.com/creativetrek

path of exile developers talking about games,
http://frontseatgamer.libsyn.com/

leveup, podcasts(?)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUeT0PhhDb3OdaZyiYAidr2rtrCWj8mj3

basically Anthony Jones telling you you haven't worked hard enough ;P
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/robotpencil

GrevSev

http://gim.acanaday.com/

Design cinema is nice to listen to while working.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X0Npd5REQw[/ame]

froyok dropped this in the slack group recently and its awesome
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykydymOF6YA[/ame]
They have more stuff with the diary's in image/text format if you visit the site.
I want more stuff like this.

fearian

I burn through stuff to listen to while I work! I've found that shows that update on a regular weekly schedule are gold. If you can build up enough shows that update on time and last more than 40 min, you really eliminate on ever having to look for something to listen to while you should be working.

99 Percent Invisible is probably my favorite podcast. It's really interesting and very regular. How Did This Get Made is like a comedy book club for bad movies, and is fantastic. If you like Kevin Smith or have a fairly immature sense of humour, Hollywood Babble-on is really long and pretty regular.

I recommend finding some Youtube talk shows that update on a regularly weekly schedule, so you get a somewhat steady stream of stuff. I like the Tested podcasts and Kinda Funny Games for backup podcasts

Finally, it's a TV show, but I love having Castle on while I work. It's dumb and mainstream enough that you can just listen to it and never be out of the loop. Everything is explained in dialogue! But it has great plots, the perfect cheesy writing, and a bit of a nerdy streak. Love me some Castle.

WarrenM

I like more ambient stuff ... try this channel, for instance:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDOPL6xgSpIJQZhkCvO8pWg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyUXbyOm8GLj3W3KUHNn86A

12 and 8 hour long videos in specific themes (some are stupid but some are really nice). Most of the time I just need something to fill in the silence and these are awesome.

CandyStripes05

thanks for all the links guys! much appreciated : )

and thanks for editing your comment CreativeSheep I still got the e-mail notification with the original comment in it and wow was that ever insulting and personal. I very much hope that it was horribly mistyped and not actually meant the way it read.

ZacD

Movie and game soundtracks - they typically don't have lyrics, which I find is better when you're really in the zone. They can also help set the mood and feel of what you're working on.

leleuxart

If you're like me and sometimes don't want to listen to music or anything you really have to pay attention to, check out Coffitivity. "Coffitivity recreates the ambient sounds of a cafe to boost your creativity and help you work better." Probably better for the people that enjoy working at a Starbucks or something similar, though.

fearian

haha, leleux that's pretty neat. It reminds me of the Black Dog album 'Music for real Airports' - taking the idea of Brian Eno's 'Music for Airports' and making a whole ambient electronic album from samples of background sounds recorded in actual airports.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvffT_T8sl4[/ame]


there's also rainymood + police scanners (which is probably one of the cooler things you can do with a web browser! )

[HP]

https://www.youtube.com/user/PowerfulJRE

beefaroni

Learned a ton of info from this awhile back.

Games Industry Menotr
http://gim.acanaday.com/

Jean-Pascal

Jon Troy Nickel and Gavin Goulden released the first episode of their character art podcast this week, with Marie-Michelle Pepin as their guest. It's definitely worth listening to!

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_s5n7IUMB8[/ame]

kolayamit

lots of nice information here, thank you..can it be sticky please