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It'd be cool to see a video BOL from time to time. The SoaP premiere video podcast was really awesome

Nah, it's good the way it is.

It got me thinking though. What would happen if one of the BOL crew left the program? For instance, if Molly, Tom or Veronica went on to bigger and better things, would I keep listening to the program? I really don't want to think about that anymore. I'll just enjoy the ride while it lasts.

More random humor with the subtle use of a laugh track so I know what is funny. In all seriousness you have a winning formula...keep on keep'n on.

I thought the random comments and off-topic discussions were pretty hilarious! Keep those up! Mmm, Cheese!

I love this podcast and all three of the hosts, but occasionally, when Molly is making a great point, I find that she gets really quiet. I have to hurry up and turn up the volume of my ipod (maybe even backup and replay her comment), and then hurry up and turn it back down before Tom or Veronica start speaking.

Maybe it's just me. Anyone else notice this?

As a Daily Podcast, you're already more timely than say, TWIT. Throwing out some things off the top of my head:

Video: It's always fun to watch!
More Swag: It's always fun to win things.
Swag Store: For those not minding to pay to show their BOL support.
Guests: Cranky Geeks had Neil Gaimon!!
BOL Favorites: Incorporate some of Cnet's reviews into your shows. Maybe adding Books and movies about technology.

If you need to add another sponsor or two to pay for some of these things, that wouldn't chase me off either.

Dennis O.

The podcast is similar to The Best Week Ever, Daily Show or The Soup in which news is being recapped and or reviewed. I watch these types of shows more for their entertainment value and less for the actually news or information. If I want news I'll go to Ars Technica, WSJ on line, CNN or I have access to a scrolling news i.e., Business Wire and PR Newswire. I listen to the podcast for its entertainment value and the jovial manner in which it's delivered. The podcast should skew more entertainment rather than hard core news. You should also reduce the number of rants. I equate rants to pet peeves and the only people who find them interesting are other people with similar pet peeves e.g., Molly, I get it you hate DRM and why Tom won't admit he went to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Go Illini! class of 1995). You hear bits and pieces relating to the school but never a full fledge admission of attendance. Continuing my rant, I don't like Veronica's east coast bias. My displeasure with the east coast is from the following: why do they call sprinkles "jimmies"? Don't even get me started on frappes vs. milk shakes. See, Molly's rant full of hate and mine some what amusing. The long and short of it, BOL needs some comedy writers and maybe some comic timing classes. Punchlines tend to get trampled on by the others.

Later

Esteban from Chicago

I attended from 1988-1992.

I was a Journalism major.

I lived in Scott Hall for two years.

There.

Happy?



-Tom

You must embrace your Illini roots....just not during football season.


ILL-INI!!

I wish it were not so, but I sometimes can't listen to the podcast for a while, and when they back up, I end up scanning the show notes to see what I've missed, and what I should listen to. But, while the notes have good links to some of the topics, it really doesn't say what was discussed. I'd love to see a topic list (insert obvious joke about not staying on topic here) and maybe even time markings so I could go right to what I want to hear (engadget does a pretty good job of this on theirs). I hate missing any of the banter, but it would be better to know how to hear pieces of this rather than just deleting it all.

But as for the show--it's fun, keep it up

Perfect personalities - don't change a thing (Don't drop M, T, or V). I think BOL could have a bit more "news component", before getting to the phones and e-mail. I suggest continuing with the same stories and ongoing commentary toward the beginning, but then introduce a short news-only segment with a little less commentary. Each person providing a couple quick stories.

You may want to open this up just a little bit further than games, phones, and OS's. I know you do already, but there could be just a bit more. I think you could add focus-segments. For example: Car technology (aka Brian Cooley), Networking and connectivity, Home theater, Home Automation (me), new software products/revisions and many other topics.

I think the current logo and intro music are just fine. If you change it, please keep its air-time the same, i.e. don't introduce bumper-music or otherwise. This is wasteful of air-time.

I too, LtS. I hope you guys are paid well!

-Andrew
(San Leandro)

You guys are doing a great job! And our hosting, by far, my favorite netcast. Specifically
You have great chemistry together (all three of you), and the conversational tone of the show makes me feel like Im grabbing coffee with friends as opposed to listening to a program.
And you gladly share your geekiness with us from Toms love of baseball, Mollys love/hate relationship with HD, and of course where to start with Veronica (Bacon lovin, WOW playin, Apple fan-girlin, Beverly hills style campin and SOoo much more). Yes, this is a good thing.
You add to the conversational tone by including our e-mails/calls another good thing!
News Research you guys do a great job combing the INTERNETS for all that is hip and cool in our techie geek world, and share it with us. It makes me seem much cooler and more knowledgable at parties (Youre still on myspace?! that is so 05, facebook is where its at dude!) than I really am. And you guys do a much better job gathering this news, and making it seem interesting than a headline I might pass over.
The balance is good you guys make time for tech news, gadgets, tv shows and movies, sometimes all at once.
Oh, and I even like the intro music, its short, sweet, and tells me my favorite podcast is about to begin. Thanks guys, good show.

Suggestions: Free stuff! Give aways are always good!

My only suggestion is occasional live call ins. Maybe once a week try to record the show at a regular time and let listeners skype in and ask questions live. If they say something bad that's what editing is for.

Also, I'm not entirely familiar with how it works but I understand you can have around 100 people (I think) listening to a Skype Cast in which you could record a show live (to the 100 or so on the cast anyway) and then they could interact as the show is going on. I know that's a pretty limited number of people but it allows people to call in to discuss what is currently being talked about.