I can't try to do any work and pay attention to an audio book or a podcast at the same time. Music, or generic TV in the background, sure, but that's effective

I can't try to do any work and pay attention to an audio book or a podcast at the same time. Music, or generic TV in the background, sure, but that's effectively white noise that doesn't even register. Audiobooks and podcasts are fantastic for driving, though - if I go visit back home, it's a three hour, pretty monotonous, trip each way, so I can get into a Hard-core History show or a few chapters of an unabridged audio book. I'm not sure why driving and listening go together so well, unless it is just decades of training at this point.