I don’t miss school, but I sure miss learning daily. And while it’s nice to be able to seek out any information I want, I don’t really have the time to read all the books I already have. Podcasts, I know, can fill this role, but how to find the great ones when there are so many?
While at work I have the major plus of being able to shut my office door and listen to music, talk radio, and anything else. So I need your help making the most of this time.
iTunes has a whole section devoted to university lectures, but I haven’t figured out what to make of it yet, and I lost all my iTunes subscriptions when my computer hard drive failed.
What are you listening to? Have any cool friends podcasting? Are you making your own podcasts? Do you know how to navigate iTunes University? Do tell.
Here’s my top 3, pretty mainstream, so you know these are covered:
What else?
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I’m a podcast junkie at work, (when I’m not listening to audio books,) these are what I listen to, by category, but not in order of preference:
Cultural:
(Ahem) The Flight and the Fall http://hoodturkey.com/the-flight-and-the-fall/ (oooh! Plug!)
Art Talk AM (interviews with PSU Monday Night Lecture Series lecturers)
New Yorker: Fiction
Fresh Air
Phonography: Writing In Sound (my buddy in NY’s podcast, he used to intern for Radio Lab)
Spiritual:
Audio Dharma (awesome! But I’m biased/Buddhisty)
Comedy:
Savage Love Podcast (if it makes me laugh, it’s comedy)
You Look Nice Today
The Bugle
Jonothan Ross
Jordan Jessie Go! (I am the Swan! C is the Duck!)
News:
On the Media
This Week in Tech
President Obama’s Weekly Radio Address
Radio Lab is the best, but you already have that.
For short stories, I subscribe to: Escape Pod (sci-fi), CastlePod (fantasy), and Pseudopod (horror).
I like the “All in the Mind” podcast from http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/ , made all the better by its delivery in charming Australian accents.
Also, http://www.thelancet.com/audio/laneur is a very accessible brain-science podcast.
If you really want to get your twee on (wait, no, keep reading!), Slumberland Records has fantastic podcasts, curated by a bunch of different folks:
http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/extras/podcast
I LOVE The Moth and anything unabridged on Audible.com. Best, SH
I really enjoy Slate’s podcast, especially the political gabfest and the culture fest one.
Why, the Literary Arts podcast of course!
Zen is Stupid
Sound Opinions (A chicago music show I’ve listened to since high school, now a podcast)
Buddhist Geeks