As listeners may have noticed, I have slowed down the pace of the podcasts recently, releasing just one episode per month (rather than two per month).  This is a temporary measure due to my sabbatical this past year which left me with no new material to prepare for podcasts.  So (with the break in July and August with no episodes) the historical Jesus series will continue into the fall of 2010 (ending in December).  Then I’ll begin preparing my course recordings from 2010-11 for the next series, which will begin in January 2011.  Corresponding to my courses for 2010-11, this means that the next series will likely be on apocalypticism (my course is titled “Visions of the End”).

Another slight change will be my method of recording.  Rather than depending on the university’s recording system (for large classes) and on my half-decent yet not excellent logitech computer microphone for recording, I have now bought a Zoom H2 (a tiny but amazing recorder with five microphones that allow 90, 120, and 360 degree recording).  The Zoom H2 seems excellent so far, and it should improve the overall quality of the podcast.  So far I have tested the Zoom H2 by recording a concert by David Gray (who permits and encourages audience recordings of his concerts). If you want to give that concert a listen, you can find it on David Gray’s archive.org page (FLAC is the best quality to download):