Comments | spiritseeker: Better than an earworm

spiritseeker

Better than an earworm

Feb 08, 2011 09:50

Radio stations drive me batty. I don't like commercials, and listening to the same few songs over and over again brings me down. Even the news and talk stations push me over the edge quickly. I've got a decent music selection on my computer, and a portable MP3 player, and access to internet radio like Pandora, but after a while music also pales. ( Read more... )

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ms_lorelei February 8 2011, 15:27:49 UTC

For years, I have been enjoying Live365.com. This is radio of a sort - stations, yes, but also old time radio play broadcasts (LOVE them!!) on MANY stations, swing music, big band/war era, dozens of genres, Pagan stations, too (like All Things Pagan Radio, though she has a small playlist and lousy professionalism), talk radio, just hundreds and hundreds of stations. Some are free, but the no-commercial ALL station subscription is $71 and change a year. I pay it gladly. You can also do a 5-day free trial of VIP (no commercials and ALL stations). Gods, I sound like an advert. :o)

eetmewithtoast February 8 2011, 16:48:14 UTC

Not appropriate for car, but if you want good fun stories while you're at your computer, there are some great stations on iTunes radio that rebroadcast the old radio serials. They're a hoot! And listening to them has made some of my dad's odder sayings make perfect sense. They're under News/Talk Radio.

aerynne February 9 2011, 00:40:29 UTC

It isn't science, spirituality, or story, but we love Planet Money.

kyrielslight February 19 2011, 06:54:53 UTC

since you know how tech savvy I am NOT can you answer a few questions without laughing at me too hard?
Do the podcasts of NPR shows cost anything?
How does one subscribe to podcasts?
Can I download them to the computer or do I need an ipod or other such mobile device?

thank you.
I love several of the shows you mentioned but I can't get NPR in my house so unless I'm in the car I'm out of luck. Figuring this out would make my day.

spiritseeker February 24 2011, 16:10:00 UTC

Answers to your questions:

All of the podcasts I listen to are free. There are many other NPR and non-NPR podcasts that are also free.

You subscribe to a podcast though some sort of podcast friendly program. I use PodTrapper directly on my phone. Before that I used Juice on my desktop. Either one you can set up to automatically download and manage your podcasts and then listen to them though whatever media player you prefer. I also understand you can download podcasts directly though ITunes, but I've never done it.

Juice will download the podcasts directly to your computer. A mobile device is completely optional.

Good luck and happy listening.

kyrielslight February 26 2011, 00:02:22 UTC

thanks Ken. I've been getting grumpy lately because it seems like the only NPR shows I can catch are the Kojo Naandi show and Diane Reims
this will be a big help
I realized recently that one way to combat my insomnia is to listen to audio books but podcasts should do the trick too. Cheaper than buying an audio book and more convenient than a run to the library.