Podcasts

I admit it, I'm a radio nerd. I think it all started when I would sit on my Dad's lap and listen to his short wave radio. I remember hearing voices speaking in foreign languages I could not understand, and my Dad saying: "That's Russia! or Finland! or Japan! The idea that I could hear these people from THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD was a revelation to me. Remember, this is WAY before the Internet (I was born in 1958) and back then, a long distance telephone call was a big deal.

In my 20s I became an NPR junkie. I loved the news stories, the special interest programs and the soothing voices of the hosts. Several years into my addiction, they started making more entertainment-type programs, but the ones I really wanted to hear were always on at 3:00 a.m. or some otherwise inconvenient time. Then I discovered podcasts!! This was almost as exciting as those shortwave broadcasts and I could actually understand what was being said!

Here are a few of my favorites now: