Monday, July 16, 2012

The Wide World of Podcasts


Podcasts are a great way to listen to your favorite radio show whenever you want. Want to go on a jog and listen to Fresh Air? Just download their podcast to your MP3 player or smart phone. Or clean the house with the Click and Clack Brothers from Car Talk? You can download it right to your computer and listen. There are a wealth of podcasts on subjects ranging from classic literature to home repair.

Podcasts can introduce you to new and interesting topics that you either never knew about or never knew where to start researching them. They package their educational material into narratives and are usually hosting by interesting personalities like Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant from Stuff You Should Know or Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich from Radiolab. Or the podcast could just be an amazing presentation series, like TED talks.

Or look at podcasts that can help develop your current interests. Searching via iTunes can be a good start, as well as on NPR's site. The best part? They are almost all free! So dig deep into the trove of podcasts out there and listen to anything that interests you. And, if you want to learn more, stop by the reference desk and one of the librarians will be happy to help you find more information on apiaries, economic theory, or the the book by one of the numerous interesting people interviewed by Milt Rosenberg.

What are your favorite podcasts?


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