The recent rundown of GeekDads' favorite podcasts was the kick in the pants I needed to start blogging about my own podcast listening habits. The intent to do so has been kicking around the back of my head for some time -- most often thought of while I am driving, but then work or life at my destination often intervenes.
Podcasts have been my commuting savior. When I used to have to drive to New York a couple of times per month, I would load up for the 7 hours of driving to and fro. But I would never listen to the programming outside of the car. I find I can't read or work and consume podcasts at the same time. I fail to concentrate on the former two, and simultaneously don't absorb the latter in any meaningful way. A byproduct was I'd never catch up on my subscriptions. I found myself having to delete shows that were more than 30 days old without listening to them.
Not so anymore. The 3-hour round-trip daily drive to Waltham means there have been a few days I've run out of shows. So I've actually been expanding my podcast horizon to sample some new shows. Nothing has stuck yet, though.
I have a few pretty well delineated interests when it comes to podcast listening, so rather than lump them all together in one post, I'll break it up over the course of this week. Given that we've been doing a lot of cooking this weekend (steamers, chocolate chip pancakes, grilled halibut, horseradish tuna melts, Vietnamese quick-pickled vegetables, lobster, slow-cooked ribs -- not all for the same meal, mind you), the food category seems the best place to start:
Podcasts have been my commuting savior. When I used to have to drive to New York a couple of times per month, I would load up for the 7 hours of driving to and fro. But I would never listen to the programming outside of the car. I find I can't read or work and consume podcasts at the same time. I fail to concentrate on the former two, and simultaneously don't absorb the latter in any meaningful way. A byproduct was I'd never catch up on my subscriptions. I found myself having to delete shows that were more than 30 days old without listening to them.
Not so anymore. The 3-hour round-trip daily drive to Waltham means there have been a few days I've run out of shows. So I've actually been expanding my podcast horizon to sample some new shows. Nothing has stuck yet, though.
I have a few pretty well delineated interests when it comes to podcast listening, so rather than lump them all together in one post, I'll break it up over the course of this week. Given that we've been doing a lot of cooking this weekend (steamers, chocolate chip pancakes, grilled halibut, horseradish tuna melts, Vietnamese quick-pickled vegetables, lobster, slow-cooked ribs -- not all for the same meal, mind you), the food category seems the best place to start:
- The Splendid Table: Lynne Rossetto Kasper always starts with Jane and Michale Stern's audio version of their "Road Food" column from Gourmet Magazine. Then it's on to a few interviews -- sometimes with authors; other times with other food experts. There's an occasional bit where she plays "Stump the Cook" with a listener, and she always closes by answering listener questions. It's the latter two I enjoy the most, because they are the most off-the-cuff and creative, which tends to match my cooking approach -- at least in spirit.
- NPR: Food Podcast: This is essentially an aggregation of food-related segments from Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Bryant Park Project and other NPR shows. The network does the same in other topic areas, and it's a brilliant alternative to forcing the audience to subscribe to each show individually.
- NPR: Hidden Kitchens Podcast: The aggregated podcast above is now picking this up more regularly, so the subscription is more redundant than it used to be. Either way, I enjoy listening to it. This one speaks to my passions for food and history in what essentially is a audio documentary series.
- Whole Story >> Food Podcasts: This one is too scripted and rehearsed for my druthers, but I still like the food ideas it inspires, so I keep listening.
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