The other day, Nance mentioned that she does not like podcasts. A couple people in the comments agreed with her and one person wondered how people have the time to squander on such things?
Well… I love podcasts! Here are some of my favorites, and my listening schedule.
Monday is an exciting day, because Best Laid Plans and Currently Reading both drop new episodes. I’ll listen to Currently Reading on my run, and BLP while I’m driving to and from work.
Tuesday- Best of Both Worlds is my to/from work podcast.
Wednesday is an exciting day. Happier and Girl Next Door episodes drop on this day. I’m usually in the car a little more than usual, because instead of going to work I’m driving around doing errands, and I’ll listen to both of these.
Every other Thursday there’s a Patreon episode of Currently reading- the Indie Press List and All Things Murderful (yes- they also do Love and Chili Peppers but I don’t listen to that one because I don’t like romance novels). Again, I usually save these for my runs.
Those are my regularly scheduled podcasts. Then there are some that drop episodes randomly. Everyday Ultra and Choose Strong are great for running. Rich Roll has an episode every Monday and Thursday, but I don’t listen to all of them. When I do, it’s usually in the car.
Recently I’ve started listening to Books Unbound, which comes out on Monday. Since it’s a new addition, I don’t have a specific time slot for it- I’ll listen either in the car or during a run.
Stephany also has a podcast! For some reason I don’t listen to this one a a regular schedule (as you can see, my schedule is pretty full) but every once in a while I’ll binge listen. I see that I’ve missed several fun episodes about morning and evening routines, and five year plans.
In the rare event I run out of things to listen to, I’ll listen to back episodes of Currently Reading. I’m working my way backwards and I’m now in season 4 (they’re currently in season 8).
I LOVE the fact that I always have things to listen to! I know I could spend this time listening to audiobooks, but I don’t want to- I really enjoy my podcasts.
Do you like podcasts? What are your favorites?
4 Responses
I am with Nance. I RARELY listen to podcasts, and definitely not on a schedule. I usually prefer reading over listening.
I enjoyed the Serial podcast, the first season. I’ve listened to recap podcasts of TV shows that I used to watch in the 90s. I listen to shows that I call podcasts, but are produced on NPR and the New York Times. My husband has a music podcast, meaning he talks about podcasts. But that’s kind of it. I don’t listen to many podcasts, and like Nance, it’s all of the chatter that gets on my nerves.
I don’t listen to podcasts. The only episode of anything I ever listened to was Elisabeth’s guest interview recently.
I have too many people talking to me during the day- I don’t need more words. Sometimes I don’t even listen to music on the way to work because I like the quiet.
I also hate wearing headphones, so I never used a walkman or mp3 player, and so the podcast revolution just swooped past me.
Team podcast! My go to listening times are: in the car, while cleaning, usually while hiking, and often during dog walking. All of that time adds up!
I always listen to BLP and ChooseFI (financial independence podcast) as soon as I can when they come out, and everything else gets listened to when it gets listened to. I don’t feel obligated to listen to every single episode of every podcast that I’m subscribed to. My rule is that if it’s fun/interesting then I listen, and if I start to feel bored, it’s time to move on to something else.