Hey you know what’s better than just about anything? PODCASTS! Yeah well i guess that’s old news, i can hear the gritty sound of you media hipsters rolling your eyeballs. But since i have been in recuperation (not rehab) for the past while i can tell you definitively that nothing, NOTHING, beats listening to a choice podcast while doing yoga. Or while knitting. Dharma talks for yoga, anything for knitting. I know, I know…i’m always pushing unitasking not multitasking…but in the case of a good podcast an exception can be made.
As if you’d asked, here are my 10 fave podcasts in no particular order:
Heavyweight— Jonathan Goldstein goes back to the moment everything changed.
Everything is Alive—Unscripted interviews with inanimate objects.
Shit Town— 7-part serial starts as a murder mystery but really it’s…something else…
99% Invisible — Short docs on design and general human weirdness
The Adam Buxton Podcast—likeable British actor’s rambling chats interspersed with wacky jingles
The Allusionist—A Podcast about Language by Helen Zaltzman who cracks me up
Snap Judgment—Stories. Stories. Stories.
Shift Up Podcast—Bicycle Industry Podcast by Bikeshop Girl Arleigh Greenwald
Upaya Dharma Podcasts—Dharma talks by contemporary Buddhist rock stars. You might need to subscribe, no charge.
Ear Hustle—Stories of life inside prison, produced in San Quentin, CA
And so dear friends in exchange for divulging my personal horde, please help me out here by answering two questions:
- What are you listening to?
- If Bicycle Buddha were a Podcast, how would it sound?
Hi Carmen, Thanks for including me in your email list. I’ve been thinking about you lately as I picked up an Elizabeth Gilbert book from my local library called: Big Magic and wonder if it’s the one you were reading in August and recommending to me.
So sorry to hear of your bike crash but sounds like you are using the time to think and write. I love your writing language.
I listen to podcasts but they’re mainly related to practicing therapy and so not that interesting to a wider audience I don’t think. .. but I love how technology allows everyone with a little know how to have a voice. I hope you are mending well. Nice to hear from you. Carol
And she’s back…..