First up is a fascinating talk from forensic pathologist guru and media superstar Cyril Wecht. This is an excellent 83-minute talk he gave at the University of Alaska in Anchorage in May 2007 covering his long career as a pathologist, touching on everything from OJ Simpson to the JFK assassination. It's a big file (around 76 MB) but the sound quality is excellent. LINK
Up next we travel south to Mansfield University in Pennsylvania for Episode 3 of "Forensics: From The Lab To the Street," a 2006 series by Dr. Scott Davis, who heads up the school's forensics program. In this episode, Davis talks about lab work and critiques the various CSI shows, pointing out what's real and what isn't. He's an interesting, engaging guy, and it's a fun listen. Here is a direct link to the MP3 file -- you'll need to right-click to download (if you left-click you'll launch an audio stream). Here is a link to Mansfield's podcasting page -- scroll down a little to the archives and you'll find other episodes in the series, along with a boatload of podcasts on other subjects, all available for free download.
For those who prefer video (and don't mind downloading huge files), Stetson University's National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law offers four free downloads of lectures from forensics superstars Drs. Michael Baden and Henry Lee, along with a couple of others. LINK
The Naked Scientists' latest audio podcast focuses on the science of forensics -- the how's and why's. LINK
Dr Helen Smith, a forensic psychologist (and, incidentally, the wife of blogging superstar Glenn Reynolds, aka Instapundit) has her own blog and podcast. In this episode from January 2007, she interviews forensic anthropologist Bill Bass, who created the famous "Body Farm." LINK
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