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Instead of wasting your ear-buds on music--how about expanding your mind with information? Open up to the wonderful world of podcasts! Here are some of the ones that I listen to (or watch, in the case of vodcasts). You DO NOT need an iPod to listen or watch these--you just need a computer capable of downloading iTunes or some other podcatcher program (iPodder, Yahoo's version, Armangil, juice, Synclosure, etc.). Click on the link below to download iTunes (it is free), then you can get these (and many more) podcasts--all of the ones listed on this page are free, though an exhaustive list is available through the iTunes store and some may have a fee associated with them. Once you have iTunes you can search for podcasts related to your interests (science, technology, nature, word origins, comedy, etc.) There are now thousands upon thousands (if not millions) of podcasts to enjoy--of course, there is a lot of junk out there, too, so please be careful. Good luck and enjoy!
Top-rated podcasts (website link where available, followed by iTunes subscription button--again, all of this is free!)
National Geographic vodcasts (amazing video--view
animals
in the wild
or take a look at
different
cultures)
Good podcasts:
NPR (National Public Radio) podcasts (no particular order):
World Story of the Day (click here)
Technology updates (click here)
Health and Science (click here)
Environment (click here)
Future Tense (a podcast about technology, click here)
New York Times--Science Times Podcast (click
here)
Chemistry World Podcast (by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, click
here)
Boston Museum of Science and Technology (website: (click
here)) podcasts
AND vodcasts
National Geographic podcasts (interviews
or issues
)
New Scientist Magazine podcast (click
here)
Scientific
American magazine podcast (click
here)
Terra, nature videos (can be LARGE files for download)--but you
can also watch these on their website: click
here
TED (Technology,
Entertainment, Design talks)-speeches by thinkers at the cutting edges of
their fields (click here)
MicrobeWorld (wash those hands!! from the American Society of
Microbiology)
Merriam-Webster Word-a-Day podcast
NOVA podcasts (short and infrequent)
NOVAScience Now podcasts (short and infrequent)
NOVA vodcast (very infrequent)
Hmmm.... Krulwich on Science
(click
here)
Science at NASA (click here)