Podcasts

Can’t do thinking work while listening to podcasts? How to solve it.

I used to never be able to have podcasts playing while doing thought-intensive work. If I’m doing monotonous monkey-work, then yeah, I can listen to podcasts. But the moment when I need to think through things, the podcasts just get in the way. To get my mind to focus, I pause the audio. Most times …

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Use Twitter threads to keep a list of blogs and podcasts you follow

Throughout this year, I’m using Twitter to keep track of every time I subscribe to a new blog or podcast. Normally when I find a new blog, I just simply subscribe to the blog—either by email signup, or by adding the blog to my Feedly reader. Boom. Done. But now when I subscribe, I’m also …

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Use Downcast for your podcasting listening

Looking to replace iTunes as your podcast app? Downcast is really cool. It has both an iPhone iOS app and a MacOS desktop app. Four reasons to use Downcast as your podcast app: Create your own custom playlists Mobile and desktop syncing Different settings for each device Automatically skip ahead, custom setting for every podcast …

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Pulling five-minute highlights from a 60-minute podcast

Imagine a service where podcast listeners can select five-minute highlights from podcasts. I would very much subscribe to people’s highlight clips. In most cases sixty minutes in one podcast episode is way too long. Lots of chatter, but what are the best parts? Podcasts that are 10 minutes long are my sweet spot. Focused. To …

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Nine new podcasts

iTunes’ “New and Noteworthy” section had nine podcasts that piqued my interest. I’m subscribing to these nine podcasts to give them a shot. We’ll see which ones make it onto my podcast playlist on my iPhone. In no particular order, here’s the nine: Imaginary Worlds By Eric Molinsky Science fiction and other fantasy genres — …

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