These are free online audio sites which I have stumbled across in my travellings on the net. They offer interesting spoken-word stuff which can be listened to at leisure and for free (except where marked).
You'll need a relatively fast net connection to cope with the RealAudio ones without hiccupping all the time, at least cable or a DSL/ADSL line. But the others, which are downloaded first and listened to later, should be fine. Enjoy!
RealAudio
MP3/Ogg
- TechNetCast - MP3 Archives
- Audiobooks For Free
- Audio Books
- Internet Archive: Open Source Audio
- Common Content: Catalog: Audio : Speech
- Audiotexts read by Raph Levien
- Lawrence Lessig
- KNTU-FM Archives
- Poetry and HipHop, Joe Ray Sandoval and DJ Rockwell.
Multi-Format
Radio Stations
- BBC Radio (several stations)
- BBC World Service
- National Public Radio
- ABC Main Audio Index
- BBC 7 ListenAgain
Not Free Ones
If you know of any sites which could usefully be added to this list, please email me and I'll add them when I get a free spoon.
