This year I decided to wipe out all of the podcasts in my library and start fresh. I also condensed the amount of blogs that I follow. Below is a list of what I’ll be listening to and reading as 2010 starts.

Podcasts

Music

I got some good recommendations via twitter from Paul Irish, who also contributes to the yayQuery podcast I mention below. Somehow I missed the whole Huffduffer boat, so thanks for that Paul!

• Aurgasm.us
• KEXP Music That Matters
• KEXP Song of the Day
• Random Huffduffer feeds

Programming

Nothing surprising here. Lots of Python/Django stuff. Of note is A Little Bit of Python which stars PSF members Michael Foord, Andrew Kuchling, Steve Holden, Dr. Brett Cannon and Jesse Noller. I also started checking out some JavaScript and general programming/software engineering focused podcasts.

• A Little Bit of Python
• Django Dose
• Django-NYC
• Software Engineering Radio
• Stack Overflow
• This Week in Google
• yayQuery

Miscellaneous

If you’re into random things like How Kleptomania Works, check out Stuff You Should Know. It’s got a decent collection of useless knowledge. At the suggestion of Sean O’Connor I’m checking out This Week in Startups which looks pretty promising and has some good reviews.

• NPR Planet Money
• Stuff You Should Know
• This Week in Startups

Reading

In 2009 I suffered from a massive amount of unread blog feeds. This year I trimmed the fat and focused on a few that I’ll be reading regularly. I also added some promising feeds thanks to recommendations.

• 43 Folders
• Coder Who Says Py
• Coding Horror
• Danny Greenfield
• Django Dose
• Doug Hellmann
• Greg Newman
• Ian Bicking
• James Tauber
• Jannis Leidel
• jQuery Blog
• JSMag Blog
• Michael Foord
• Monty Lounge
• Paul Irish
• Sean O’Connor
• You Look Nice Today
• Zed A. Shaw

Suggestions welcome

I’d love to know what all of you are listening to and reading in the new year. Leave a comment below if you think you’ve got something that’s not on my list and worth checking out.