TOTP - Top Of The Pods Gold

Today we announce the launch of Top Of The Pods Gold. You wanted access to our old shows so we've started putting them all back up again on the server. If you've recently started listening then you can subscribe to Top Of The Pods Gold and build up your collection of all the old shows that you've missed. We've even put a handful up already to get you started, and from now on there will be an oldie released every day. Even if you are an avid fan there may be a show which you may have missed, there might even be the odd treat hidden away in the feed too - so get subscribing now!

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TOTP - Top Ten Myths About Chatting Up Girls

Roger Smalls from Guildford has sent us his list of myths about chatting up girls for todays show, apparently these ten bits of advice are complete rubbish:-

• 10 - A girl who says call me anytime is really keen on you
• 9 - Always remember to dress smartly
• 8 - Always talk about them, not yourself
• 7 - Always maintain eye contact
• 6 - Women will look like their mothers in 30 years time
• 5 - You can choose your friends but you cant choose your family
• 4 - When walking with a girl, walk next to her
• 3 - Do not take rejection personally
• 2 - Never sleep with a girl on the first date
• 1 - Yes means no and no means yes

Keep those lists coming in to topofthepods@gmail.com. The audio comment site we mentioned is at Evoca - record your comments straight onto the web site and we'll play them on our show.

If you'd like to try out a new experimental way of live commenting then try InnerToob and let us know what you think of the show.

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TOTP - Top Ten Cartoon Totty

Rowley from The DarkCompass Podcast provided the list for todays show. His list combines cartoons and totty and might be deemed rather rude for some of our younger audience:-

• 10 - Princess Fiona
• 9 - Jessie from Toy Story 2
• 8 - Cinderella
• 7 - Oki
• 6 - Danger Girl
• 5 - Betty Rubble
• 4 - Wilma Flintstone
• 3 - Betty Boop
• 2 - Aeon Flux
• 1 - Jessica Rabbit

Keep those lists coming into topofthepods@gmail.com and those audio comments coming over to Evoca.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things That You Will Find On Darth Vaders Belt

We got a list from 'The Batman' (not the real batman) detailing things found on Darth Vaders belt, we didn't have a clue what any of the things were on todays show, but we carried on regardless:-

• 10 - The Staples Easy Button
• 9 - E-Z Bake Oven
• 8 - Speech synthesizer
• 7 - Holding bay for small sons
• 6 - Child proof seal
• 5 - Rap O Matic
• 4 - Spaceballs Flame Thrower
• 3 - Do Not Pull
• 2 - Acme Rocket Boots
• 1 - Flux Capacitor

If anyone actually knows what on earth these items are then feel free put some comments on our board and enlighten us.

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TOTP - Top Ten Most Influential Rap Records In History

Rob apologies profusly for the choice of songs on todays 4th of July rap music show:-

• 10 - Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
• 9 - Salt And Pepper - Push It
• 8 - The Wee Papa Girl Rappers - Wee Rule
• 7 - Falco - Rock Me Amadaeus
• 6 - Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right
• 5 - Wham! - Wham Rap!
• 4 - Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines
• 3 - MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
• 2 - Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
• 1 - MC Miker G & DJ Sven - Holiday Rap

Check out the state of these guys we mentioned on the show.
We also talked about Gill and the wonderful iCast podcast - head over to www.icast.uk.com or subscribe using iTunes.

Is everyone on holiday? We sure is lonely here in Peterborough, send us an email and let us know you still care.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things I Wish I Could Do But Are Mostly Impossible

Keri longs for so many impossible things, so she wrote down the 10 most important ones for todays show as a kind of wish list. We couldn't help her, but if anyone listening can then get in touch to topofthepods@gmail.com:-

• 10 - Change ends of films
• 9 - Swim underwater
• 8 - Control weather
• 7 - Speak to animals
• 6 - Speak all languages
• 5 - Alter time
• 4 - Fly
• 3 - Read minds
• 2 - Transportation
• 1 - Become invisible

It was one of those shows where we talked about Lost (don't worry - no spoilers). Rob recommended a fan podcast called Deltapark Gets Lost, so subscribe and work your way through the archives (check which episodes you listen to depending on how far you are in the series).

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TOTP - Top Ten MySpace Quirks

Its been a mere 16 days since our last show and all hell hath broken loose, sorry for nothing sooner but the team at Top of the Pods towers has been really busy. Rob picked up a few things about the social networking tool MySpace in todays show, join them by going to Rob and Jon's profiles and adding yourself as their friends:-

• 10 - Tom
• 9 - Picture comments
• 8 - Podcasters
• 7 - Names
• 6 - Bad design
• 5 - Work
• 4 - Annoying music
• 3 - Stalkers
• 2 - Searching
• 1 - Pictures

Happy now?

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TOTP - Top Ten Cats

Shaun in Kent supplies Jon, Rob and Ande from the Premiership Podcast with todays cat podcast:-

• 10 - Tygra
• 9 - Cheshire cat
• 8 - Salem
• 7 - Garfield
• 6 - Snowball II
• 5 - Sylvester
• 4 - Bagpuss
• 3 - Top cat
• 2 - Scratchy
• 1 - Puss in Boots

Having a short break this week but we'll be back bright and breezy next Tuesday. Enjoy the sun! Stay in touch using topofthepods@gmail.com, or leaving an audio comment at Evoca.

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TOTP - Top Ten Semi Pretentious Reasons Why The New Series Of Doctor Who Is Fantastic

Conrad from Spainful Films joins Rob on todays show for this Dr Who Podcast:-

• 10 - New talent
• 9 - Rite of passage for actors
• 8 - Makes surrealism and post modernism mainstream
• 7 - Nationalism
• 6 - Brings out the inner child
• 5 - Children reading
• 4 - Dissipates fandom
• 3 - Family audience
• 2 - Saturday night viewing
• 1 - It a great show that people enjoy watching

Stay subscribed for tomorrows show with Jon and Andi, it's gonna be a fun one...

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TOTP - Top Ten Advancements That Have Happened In The Last Few Years

Alex, aged 11 thought long and hard about some of 10 best advancements mankind has made in recent years, here is the mp3:-

• 10 - The changeover from Tape to CD
• 9 - The changeover from Video to DVD
• 8 - Digital Cameras
• 7 - Digital Camcorders
• 6 - MP3 Players
• 5 - Free Useful Stuff on the Internet
• 4 - Improvement of the Internet
• 3 - Plasma Screens
• 2 - Podcasts
• 1 - Games Consoles

If you have anything good to say then skype us at topofthepods* or email us at topofthepods@gmail.com.

*Remember that by calling us on skype you agree that we can record you for the show. So please don't say yes before and after the show, then contact us later on changing your mind (and also request a copy of the material to use on your show). For one thing its a pain in the neck to edit out the conversation and every back reference to it without ruining continuity, for another we really don't have time.

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TOTP - Top Ten British Oddities

Poor old Vivek, he's stuck in his car for 50 miles a day with nothing better to do than compile lists of the Top Ten British Oddities in his mind. He then proceded to write his list down in an email, send it to topofthepods@gmail.com, then we recorded this MP3 podcast for you all to download.:-

• 10 - Biros at the bank
• 9 - Ordering diet coke with fatty foods
• 8 - Pizza quicker than ambulance
• 7 - Answering machines to screen calls
• 6 - Eating Christmas decorations
• 5 - Open beer with teeth
• 4 - Cracker pulling accidents
• 3 - Watering Christmas decoration
• 2 - 9 volt battery
• 1 - Toilet skull cracks

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TOTP - Top Ten Wolves

Robs list. Jons back. Here is the top ten list of wolves:-

• 10 - American Werewolf In London
• 9 - The Wolf off Due South
• 8 - Cry Wolf by A-Ha
• 7 - Morgrim Chief of Police
• 6 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• 5 - Wolf the Movie
• 4 - Wolfman Jack
• 3 - Wolfurine from X-Men
• 2 - Wolf from Gladiator
• 1 - Teen Wolf

Miss Hollywood Marilyn joins us on todays show - check out Robs Myspace account for some photos of her great gifts, and while you are on Myspace add totp_jon and totp_rob to your friends list (and tell all your friends too).

We'd also like to thank jousting expert Dominic Sewell, member of the Order of the Crescent for joining us on the show.

Plus check out the great Wolf from Gladiator photo we were on about.

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TOTP - Top Ten Annoyances About Video Podcasts

Conrad from Spainful Films teaches us about his specialist subject of video podcasts in todays show, including a few mistakes people make:-

• 10 - Web cams
• 9 - Use of music
• 8 - Title sequences
• 7 - Bandwidth/file sizes/length of show
• 6 - Codec and Compression
• 5 - Same few People
• 4 - Green Screen
• 3 - Home-made Autocue
• 2 - Women
• 1 - No verbal communication

A couple of starting points mentioned on the show for video podcasts - http://www.podguide.tv, and http://www.vlogmap.org.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things You Find In A Textbook

Adam from Yarmouth hasn't been concentrating in class, instead of working he's been writing lists and sending them to us. Here is todays mp3 of the show of the top 10 things you find in a textbook presented by Amanda and Rob:-

• 10 - Old Clothes
• 9 - Hand drawn people
• 8 - Likenesses
• 7 - Funny Names
• 6 - Defacement
• 5 - Rudeness
• 4 - Funny Accents
• 3 - Double Entendre
• 2 - Farmers
• 1 - The Class Idiot

Keep those emails flooding to topofthepods@gmail.com. Thanks to Amanda for filling in while Jon is working - if you want to hear more from Amanda then head over to http://distortionnews.blogspot.com.

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TOTP - Top Ten New Media Predictions

Its the longest show so far when Mark from the Tartanpodcast joins Rob to talk about the way media is heading. More of a serious discussion than a fun list on todays mp3 offering, but if you are interested in the way the media is heading then check out this top ten list of predictions:-

• 10 - Newspapers are on a downward trend
• 9 - Consumers will become much more multitasking
• 8 - Music industry will wake up
• 7 - TV stations are going to change
• 6 - Old media doesn’t see new media as a problem
• 5 - Advertising needs to change
• 4 - Personal video recorders
• 3 - Harder to sell
• 2 - Consumers creating media rather than companies
• 1 - People want to watch what they want, when they want to

If you are interested in these kind of topics then we recommend the Media Guardian website which has recently started a great weekly podcast. As usual keep the emails coming to topofthepods@gmail.com and add us to your Skype friends list incase we need to call you for a show - we are called topofthepods within Skype.

Be sure to look us up on Second Life too, we'll also be showing up on myspace in the next few days.

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TOTP - Top Ten iPod Improvements

Richard from Dorset loves his iPod, but no relationship is perfect - here is todays podcast about the ten things that Apple could improve about the iPod:-

• 10 - ID3 tags, album artwork and ratings
• 9 - Click wheel
• 8 - iTunes
• 7 - Not able to fill it
• 6 - Filling it
• 5 - iPod Backlight
• 4 - iPod Headphones
• 3 - iPod Cost
• 2 - iPod Scratches
• 1 - iPod Battery life

Keep emailing those lists to topofthepods@gmail.com, adding us to your skype as topofthepods and leaving your audio comments on Evoca.

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TOTP - Top Ten Burning Questions

Aaron from near Swansea has a great list of burner questions he just had to ask us. We couldn't resist answering them on todays show. Why not join in at home and turn to a loved one to ask them the following questions?:-

• 10 - Describe your perfect day
• 9 - Who is the last person you spoke to on the telephone?
• 8 - If you could invite any 3 people to dinner alive or dead who would they be?
• 7 - Where was your last holiday?
• 6 - How do you get your own way?
• 5 - What did you spend your first pay on?
• 4 - If you could have any super power what would it be?
• 3 - What in your mind is the worst job ever?
• 2 - What do you see yourself doing in ten years time?
• 1 - What is your favourite joke?

We want to hear some of your answers on to these questions, especially your ideas about numbers 8,4,3 and 1 - pop them on our comments board on www.topofthepods.com.

We heard an audio comment from a listener today - he didn't have any special software and neither do you, just go to Evoca and record your comments from there.

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TOTP - Top Ten Beards

The wonderful Tim from Radio Clash joins us skype for his list of top ten beards:-

• 10 - Religious beardage
• 9 - Historical beard
• 8 - Jeff from Byker Grove
• 7 - Evolution of the Hairy Species
• 6 - Beardie Pagan Dungeon Weirdie
• 5 - Who's The Daddy Tache
• 4 - ZZ Top
• 3 - Socialist beard
• 2 - Defying Gravity beard
• 1 - The Luvvie Beard

So if you want a better podcast than www.topofthepods.com then head over to hear Radio Clash and start enjoying a collection of tunes you won't hear anywhere else - and tell us what you think too!

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TOTP - Top Ten Human Animal Hybrids

President Bush stunned the world in his State of the Union speech this year by condemning human-animal hybrids. He gave no reason for this, but it seems very small-minded. Anthony thinks there is tremendous potential here, and the mere fact that George Bush has come out against it will probably inspire a great boom in research. So here is a podcast of the Top Ten Human/Animal Hybrids, and the reason why each would be advantageous:-

• 10 - Human/turtle
• 9 - Human/chicken
• 8 - Human/cat
• 7 - Human/dog
• 6 - Human/mole
• 5 - Human/weasel
• 4 - Human/monkey
• 3 - Human/skunk
• 2 - Human/chimpanzee
• 1 - Human/rabbit

Ever fancied being half human, half animal? Tell us about it on our comments board on the www.topofthepods.com web site. We also want to hear more of your audio comments posted on Evoca - just record a quick message on their site (you don't even need any special software) and save it to the topofthepods group. If you have emailed us recently then sorry for not replying - we are both rather busy but will try and get back to you soon.

TOTP - Top Ten Reasons To Visit Sweden

Christer is Swedish and he likes to tell people how great Sweden is. Guess what, he did us a top ten list of reasons why you should visit Sweden. Then and only then , we did a show about it:-

Don't forget to add topofthepods to your Skype contact list and then you too can be on our happy little podcast too. While you're at it, why don't you send us an email or an audio comment. Ooh, and don't forget the message board. If you have a podcast then why not send us a promo as we like promoting our fellow compadres

• 10 - Nice Air
• 9 - Sweden is Safe Pt 1
• 8 - Sweden Is Safe Pt 2
• 7 - You'll Feel Welcome
• 6 - User Friendly
• 5 - Personal Space
• 4 - Live Out Your Dreams
• 3 - You Will Find A Future
• 2 - You Will Get Drunk
• 1 - You Will Have Fun

Erm, bagpipes