As anybody who reads my blog probably has noticed, I'm a bit of a public-radio addict. In particular, the advent of RealAudio streaming has essentially delivered audio-on-demand: I can pick and choose from programs from stations across the country, skipping the boring nonsense and just focusing in on that which intrigues me.

As I'm an unemployed house-bear at the moment, this fits well with my routine: at any given moment, I'm likely doing some chore or task around the house, with my small little wireless speaker following me around like some extrememly chaty little pet, streaming the latest and greatest audio from anywhere and everywhere.

At any rate: in the last few weeks there's been more bloggers than usual venturing out into the radio world, and it seemed time for a roundup of where folks in the community have popped up.

If you find this stuff interesting, leave a comment or drop me a line (email N.Z. Bear); I'm considering attempting a regular feature of good audio programs available on the net and feedback will encourage me.

On to the roundup:

Mickey Kaus was on KCRW radio's To The Point, discussing his views on the 50-50 nation theory. Kaus wiped the floor with the other commentators, imho, and I'm not just saying that to suck up. Well, maybe to suck up a little. But anyway, I continue to find the whole 50-50 nation theory fascinating; I keep thinking I've got a good followup post in me about it but still haven't quite formulated my thoughts.

Also on To the Point, I was surprised to realize that a commentator I had been half-listening to for a few minutes as he discussed the Minnesota Senate race was none other than James Lileks himself. (The half-listening is no comment on Lileks; just distracted with other activities, as tends to happen). His segment is only a few minutes long; you'll find it about twenty-one minutes in.

Christopher Hitchens doesn't actually qualify as a blogger, but his partner in crime Andrew Sullivan certainly does, and they were both on CSPAN's Washington Journal two weeks back for a full two-hour segment. This is doubly fun because a) you get video as well as audio, and b) The show is taped bright and early, and both Sullivan and Hitchens lean towards the vampiric hours, so they are even crankier than usual. The index page you need is here, scroll down, the program is the very last link.

That's it for this week; more to come if the interest level is high enough...