I used to miss the show frequently, since Saturday mornings we often find ourselves running errands, taking day trips to Salado, or just in general too busy to sit down for an hour and listen to radio. Then I discovered podcasts.
It’s astounding how technologically backward I can be, considering that I work as a technical writer and program manager for a high-tech company. I don’t know much about podcasts, but I do know this much: I had iTunes, which is what I use to listen to music on my computer. I had an iPod, which is what I use to listen to music everywhere else. One day I realized that I could download podcasts (chunks of audio, including various radio shows and broadcasts) onto iTunes, hook up my iPod to my computer, and move the podcasts over. Tada! Portable Wait Wait.
Now I listen to the show anywhere and anytime I want, but typically it’s when I’m doing sort of “mindless” work with my hands that still allows me to concentrate on something else—cleaning the studio, machine-quilting, etc. I chuckle along with the panel and the audience, and occasionally laugh out loud, which I know must look slightly deranged to anyone watching me at my machine, head down, cords dangling from my ears.
I don’t know enough about podcasts to explain how to get some of your own, but it should be easy enough to find out. Ask your friends; if you have kids, ask them. Google “podcasts.”
Other podcasts bring me please as well, but I’ll save them for another post. Right now, I have some earplugs waiting for me.
And what did you find pleasurable today?
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