{"id":1214,"date":"2009-03-25T20:40:16","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T01:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2009-03-25T20:40:16","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T01:40:16","slug":"podcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/podcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

I take a lot of public transportation. Which means that I spend a lot of time standing around waiting for said transportation. One of my new favorite methods of passing the time is listening to podcasts on my iPhone. They help to drown out crazy people. Plus I usually learn a few things from them.<\/p>\n

These are a couple of my favorites.<\/p>\n

Sound Opinions<\/a>. This show is the greatest thing since sliced bread. In fact, it might be even better<\/em>\u00a0than sliced bread. Sliced bread doesn’t tell you about all sorts of awesome music. They tend to like a lot of pop and rock music, but there’s all sorts of other genres represented as well. The other day, I bought a K’Naan<\/a>\u00a0album on their\u00a0recommendation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

NPR’s Planet Money<\/a>. Planet Money helped me to understand how the Madoff ponzi scheme worked. And to come to a more nuanced understanding of the AIG bonus situation. Mostly, I like it because it helps me to become better educated about the current financial crisis without becoming completely and utterly depressed. Well, mostly not completely and utterly depressed. It’s a fairly depressing situation.<\/p>\n

I’m also a fan of the NPR Books podcast and the ability to listen to Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me and Car Talk.<\/p>\n

What are some of your favorite podcasts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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