In the comments on last week’s post, Erin mentioned podcasts as a way of learning things while doing something else.<\/p>\n
I subscribe to a bunch of podcasts, though I don’t do a good job of keeping up with them. I listen in the mornings when I’m lifting weights\/doing yoga, and on weekends when I put laundry away or (sometimes) while doing yardwork or cleaning.<\/p>\n
Most of them aren’t nonfiction, though. There’s the Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast, which is the most applicable to writing research, and to generating ideas. I used to subscribe to two podcasts from our local public radio station, but I never listened to them because they’re an hour long, and they weren’t really well edited (they included everything on the radio, like the weather, not just an interview or story on one subject). <\/p>\n
Most of my podcasts are about writing. The current lineup includes:<\/p>\n
On the one hand I don’t have time to keep up with all of those. (And one I listen to for work, and Podcastle, and the random things I’ve downloaded from iTunes U.) On the other hand…what podcasts do you listen to? I’m always happy to try new ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the comments on last week’s post, Erin mentioned podcasts as a way of learning things while doing something else. I subscribe to a bunch of podcasts, though I don’t do a good job of keeping up with them. I … Continue reading