I think I may be "over" listening to podcasts. There were some days at work when I'd have 4 or 5 different podcast shows to catch up, each with multiple episodes. I wouldn't get to listen to any music and at the end of the day, I would find myself not remembering anything significant about the podcasts. So if none of these podcasts were making any impression on me whatsover, why was I spending so much time listening to them? Plus I get pulled away from my desk a lot so it's hard to listen to a continuous conversation.
I started cutting back on my subscription list by axeing I Want Wrestling, Kevin & Bean Show, Mohr Stories and even my beloved Walking the Room. Sorry, guys. Even a weekly podcast seems so disposable when you realize you can't remember what they talked about last week. The only one I listen to daily is Adam Carolla, and I am still subscribed to The Art of Wrestling and the B.S. Report but I will only listen to those if the topic/guest seems entertaining.
At least I have a lot more time to listen to music.
Is anyone out there listening to any podcasts, or multiple podcasts, with regularity?
Saturday, January 28, 2012
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I do listen to podcasts, and usually will listen to them when I'm in the kitchen making dinner or cleaning around the apartment, and sometimes when I am working on some design project, but don't need to think too hard.
Sometimes I miss listening to music, but when I do, I just start listening to music and let the podcasts pile up. It doesn't really hurt me to have them there.
The podcasts I like to listen to regularly are the Madeline Brand Show (covers a large range, they usually start out with politics/news, and then they talk about other types of interesting stories), The Splendid Table (about cooking), and This American Life (longer, interesting essay-type episodes...I think you would really like that one). I also like the Moth (for shorter 15-minute episodes...I think you would really like this one, too...it's true stories told by people without notes). I also like to listen to the Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, but their volume is really low, so I can really only listen to them when I am at the computer.
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