How do podcasts fit within your life these days
What I wrote in the New York Times survey for how I listen to podcasts.
Podcasts
Listening to a podcast and music at the same time
Have you ever listened to music and a podcast at the same time?
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 …
Will the golden age of podcasts disappear?
With so many wonderful podcasts available, we truly live in a golden age of podcasts. I love it. There are thousands of great podcasts out there. Listeners have such a wide range of podcasts to listen to. Podcasts about general topics like current news, sports, health, or finance. Wide selection of topics And then there …
Soundcloud connects you to podcasters, iTunes does not
When I listen to podcasts on Soundcloud instead of iTunes, I feel about 100 times more connected to the podcaster. In iTunes, the podcast is a piece of media that I listen to. Much like the radio or tv. It’s just consumed. But with Soundcloud, there are comments directly below the podcast. The comments can …
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The 39 most essential iPhone apps of the past five years
The apps that make your phone’s home screen have special honor. The home screen can hold around 24 to 28 apps. You hand-pick them for easiest access. The other apps on your phone? Buried on secondary pages. Chances are, over the years you fine-tune this list of apps that appear on your home screen. Comparing your home …
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Post short clips of audio onto Instagram and Twitter
Come across an interesting segment on a podcast? Do you ever want to share one snippet of a long podcast? Right now, it can be a challenge to even find a direct link to the podcast; and impossible to share just the snippet. WYNC is looking to solve this problem of sharing podcast snippets with their …
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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 — …