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This is a purely informational blog, intended as a base for those who have not yet explored the realms of podcasting. For those of us with commutes, it provides a welcome calm in the morning that would instead be spent listening to the new Ryan Adams which would result feeling dejected all day (Good album by the way, but made for drinking and not for morning cheeriness).
Here are some I enjoy:
1. Everything with NPR before it, which includes: NPR Books, NPR Music, NPR Movies, NPR All Things Considered, NPR On the Media, and NPR Story of the Day
I didn't really feel that old when I graduated from college, just a nother academic achievement that will hopefully not be the last. And I didn't feel that old getting my first apartment, probably because it's size resembles a college room. But I did feel old when I realized that I knew what day of the week it was because of what episode of NPR I would get on my ipod. On the Media came on friday, so I'd listen to it on Monday. Books on Tuesday. Music on Wednesday. Story of the Day, well, everyday.
They are all perfect, and I particularly like On the Media.
2. ABC Nightline.
I am not against TV's. But the effort required and the money mandated to get a regular service-cable or satellite-seems a little absurd considering we probably wouldn't watch much. That, or I'd spend all day watching beautiful Giada De Laurentiis create some Italian meal on the Food Network instead of finishing Don Quixote (page 685 or 950 as of now). So this is my only outlet to the outside world that I don't have to read.
Nightline, I'm sure, you've all at least seen once. Even without the images, it manages to convey the message surprisingly well.
3. Cinecast.
Obviously, it would seem that a podcast called Cinecast would appeal to my snobbish mentality, the inner critic. And it does. Maybe it's just the fact that they openly talk about their netflicks account or that they often tell their audience that they didn't see the movie of the week because they were busy with their kid. It's not that I agree with them, they have a pretty bad knowledge of older movies. But they are like me. They like good movies, and get excited when they see one. Yet, unlike Ebert and the such, aren't afraid to just rip on a bad one.
They disagree with each other often, but they are so damn civil the whole time, they could be talking about anything that interests me. Like good friends, they are a comfort.
4. Podictionary
I can't spell. As I writer I find this troubling, but not all together unsolvable, since handy little spell check and numerous checks at www.dictionary.com is all you really need. But I mix up tenses, have no idea where comas go, and am essentially ignorant of good grammar. I've tried numerous easy-ways-out, subscribing to word of the day e-mails, buying grammar books with great titles, but nothing has really worked.
But I really like this one. Each day they take a word, dissect it, tell you the origin, and then go off on a little tangent about anything that interest them along the way. It's short, and really my only educational class the whole day.
5. Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves is a loon, but an informative one. My parents swear by his European guidebooks, because he is unpretentious, respectful to the culture, and very American. He disdains large American group tours and tourist traps, preferring the local hotels and cuisine. But he's also 50, from Seattle and talks like a woman.
Go for the talk about Italy, stay for him discussing wine like a giddy 15 year old out for his first drink. I laughed for an hour.
Here are some I enjoy:
1. Everything with NPR before it, which includes: NPR Books, NPR Music, NPR Movies, NPR All Things Considered, NPR On the Media, and NPR Story of the Day
I didn't really feel that old when I graduated from college, just a nother academic achievement that will hopefully not be the last. And I didn't feel that old getting my first apartment, probably because it's size resembles a college room. But I did feel old when I realized that I knew what day of the week it was because of what episode of NPR I would get on my ipod. On the Media came on friday, so I'd listen to it on Monday. Books on Tuesday. Music on Wednesday. Story of the Day, well, everyday.
They are all perfect, and I particularly like On the Media.
2. ABC Nightline.
I am not against TV's. But the effort required and the money mandated to get a regular service-cable or satellite-seems a little absurd considering we probably wouldn't watch much. That, or I'd spend all day watching beautiful Giada De Laurentiis create some Italian meal on the Food Network instead of finishing Don Quixote (page 685 or 950 as of now). So this is my only outlet to the outside world that I don't have to read.
Nightline, I'm sure, you've all at least seen once. Even without the images, it manages to convey the message surprisingly well.
3. Cinecast.
Obviously, it would seem that a podcast called Cinecast would appeal to my snobbish mentality, the inner critic. And it does. Maybe it's just the fact that they openly talk about their netflicks account or that they often tell their audience that they didn't see the movie of the week because they were busy with their kid. It's not that I agree with them, they have a pretty bad knowledge of older movies. But they are like me. They like good movies, and get excited when they see one. Yet, unlike Ebert and the such, aren't afraid to just rip on a bad one.
They disagree with each other often, but they are so damn civil the whole time, they could be talking about anything that interests me. Like good friends, they are a comfort.
4. Podictionary
I can't spell. As I writer I find this troubling, but not all together unsolvable, since handy little spell check and numerous checks at www.dictionary.com is all you really need. But I mix up tenses, have no idea where comas go, and am essentially ignorant of good grammar. I've tried numerous easy-ways-out, subscribing to word of the day e-mails, buying grammar books with great titles, but nothing has really worked.
But I really like this one. Each day they take a word, dissect it, tell you the origin, and then go off on a little tangent about anything that interest them along the way. It's short, and really my only educational class the whole day.
5. Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves is a loon, but an informative one. My parents swear by his European guidebooks, because he is unpretentious, respectful to the culture, and very American. He disdains large American group tours and tourist traps, preferring the local hotels and cuisine. But he's also 50, from Seattle and talks like a woman.
Go for the talk about Italy, stay for him discussing wine like a giddy 15 year old out for his first drink. I laughed for an hour.
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