I’m a big fan of podcasts as you well know. Then when I was leaving comments on an Instagram feed the other day, I realised I actually have a podcast for everything. Ha!
Podcasts for cooking
Roisin meets – this is a lifestyle podcast by the Irish Times. She interviews (mostly) Irish celebrities of all kinds – authors, musicians, politicians, all sorts of interesting people. Easy listening in the kitchen and I don’t mind pausing to listen to a child asking a question here and there.
Desert Island discs – this is a podcast by the BBC. I’ve only listened to Michael Buble’s one so far because I’m saving them for actual cooking 🙂 The celebrity shares 8 songs they’d take with them on a desert island, and she plays portions too. It’s so fun – and perfectly light for kitchen time.
Podcasts for showering
You need good sound to hear above the water splashing but the podcast also needs to be easy listening because it’s relaxing time.
- God Centered Mom – also great sound and I listen to every single one of these episodes but… when it’s my GCM Podcast Club episode, then I listen while in the study so I can take notes.
- The Simple Show has great sound but I only listen to the episodes where she interviews people, and not the chit-chat about books or travel. I listen to some of the home episodes though.
Podcasts for editing photos/ tidying/ cleaning the house
(in other words, mindless activities)
For this category, I suggest long podcasts or those that need you to concentrate on the content… and have a notebook handy.
Off Camera with Sam Jones – I listen to the interviews with only the celebrities I know and since I’m not a big TV/ movie person…. that’s about 5 so far 🙂
What should I read next? – 3 books you love, 1 book you hate, and what are you currently reading… then she recommends 3 books for that reader. I used to not listen to this podcast at all because I don’t read the books these people do (they’re usually literary fiction, and I mostly like a lighter type of novel) but I do listen to most of them now because of the chat before that part of the show. They talk about their reading life and all of that is very interesting to me.
Podcasts for driving
This one is similar to the shower category (for me) because I go on the highway and I listen through my actual phone because my (very old) car doesn’t have all these fancy gadgetry where you can listen through your car’s speakers.
But…. the podcast needs to be upbeat because I’m on my way to work. Bonus if I can get a 40-minute episode since that’s my commute time most days.
Mom Struggling Well with Emily Thomas
The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey
Quiet with Susan Cain – only 9 episodes but like I said on Instagram, 20-something minutes of awesomeness per episode
A podcast for Fridays
Happier. This one publishes every Wednesday morning and I save it in anticipation for my Friday drive to work. I look forward to listening every week – it’s wonderful. Incidentally, this is Gretchen Rubin’s stategy of pairing – to link something pleasurable to something else.
Which are some of your favourite podcasts, and when do you recommend I listen to them?
Amazing how many podcasts are out there. I love Happier and several others that are not on this list. I listen to several of the Slate and NPR ones and there are a few writing ones I like a lot.
I listen to some writing ones and a few others if linked to by someone I follow on Instagram. But I don’t subscribe to (now, after my April declutter) more than 12.
I haven’t listened to podcasts since my phone broke. I didn’t installed the app on the temp phone that I am using. 2 more weeks till I can get a new phone. I really enjoy What should I read next and I like listening to Young House Love while cleaning the house. I can’t remember the names of the few others Iisten to. When my phone is up and running, will send them to you. Some are about saving money, and ted talks etc
When we see each other again, we should look through each others’ podcasts 🙂