Editor’s note: I’m trying to give back a little to community by sharing things I find exceptional. I hope to be able to share a couple of these a week.

I love listening to Leo Laporte’s TWIT podcast (netcast?) network. I’ve been listening to these podcasts for a couple of years now and they continue to deliver each week.

These are my favorites:

This Week in Tech

This is the flagship podcast, the weekly roundup of tech news and gossip. It’s quality varies widely based on the guests, but it’s still worth a listen every week.

MacBreak Weekly

This is a really fun podcast in which the team, usually including Alex Lindsay, Scott Bourne, Andy Ihnatko and Merlin Mann, talk about the Mac, along with many many many other topics. MacBreak Weekly is like hanging out with some of my geekier friends for a couple of hours. That’s probably the highest compliment I can pay.

The weekly picks are very useful, too. Scrivener, which I’m using to write this post and which will likely be the subject of future fan mail, came to my attention via a recommendation from Andy Ihnatko.

Security Now

This is Steve Gibson’s podcast, in which they talk quite geekily about security topics. A lot of the topics fly over my head, but I’ve learned a decent amount on web security topics by listening to this one. The bi-weekly listener question shows always contain a tasty nugget or two.

Since I’ve stopped communiting into Boston each day, my podcasting time is way down. I still make sure to listen to these three each week, though.

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