Five Podcasts You Must Listen To

To spend idle time enriching your life

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I know. Looking at the title, you might be thinking, “Podcasts? Are they still a thing? Is this the 2000s?”

It feels funny talking about the200s like it was ancient history, but in the world of technology, it is. I’m from the 1900s in case you haven’t taken the time to check me out.

But I digress.

Yes, it turns out podcasts are still a thing and the more popular ones get 10s, if not 100s of thousands of listeners.

The idea of finds good podcasts originated on my morning walks. I’ve always just listened to music on my walks, going back to the original Walkman. Now, we’re talking 1980. Before the Internet. When you had to buy music on physical media like magnetic tapes. You’ve probably seen them in old re-runs of Star Trek.

Fast forward 40 years and now I’m listening to music streaming on my phone through wireless earbuds.

“Streaming on my phone through wireless earbuds.” Lieutenant Uhura, are you hearing this?

Interestingly, I went all the way through the iPod phase and never once listened to a podcast.

Now, it’s the mid-2020s and I want something more informative to listen to than music. I tried learning languages, but…