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Entertaining and educational. What kinds of things do you like? There's probably a podcast for it. I listen to podcasts on subjects I dind't even know I liked a
by bhandziuk 8y ago
Entertaining and educational. What kinds of things do you like? There's probably a podcast for it. I listen to podcasts on subjects I dind't even know I liked and now am much more interested in them (medical history: SawBones; economics: Freakonomics, The Indicator, Planet Money)
- k__ 8y agoBut when to listen to them?
- jccalhoun 8y agowhen i'm in the car, walking, or riding my bicycle.
- cf498 8y agoThats exactly the aspect of why I listen to podcasts. If you need to clean your apartment, go for a longer walk or anything else were you cant read or look at a video instead. Thats also why I dont think that podcasts will actually vanish. As a medium they fill a corner
- replicatorblog 8y agoIf you're at all interested in a new industry, there is usually a podcast focused on that vertical where notable luminaries get interviewed. Listening to a few hours of shows, while doing chores or commuting, can get you up the learning curve fairly quickly. And the tendency to prattle can be fairly helpful. It helps illuminate the thought process of the subject in ways you wouldn't get in more formal settings, or in the few sentences of quotations that appear in a press account.
- bhandziuk 8y agoI listen while working out or while at work if I'm working on something that is not that intense.
- matwood 8y ago...or when doing yard work or other chores around the house. I'll also listen when getting ready in the morning or when cooking dinner.