Podcasts

Here's my current podcast lineup and why I like them. Just in case you're like me and like listening to fun things while commuting.

• Welcome to Night Vale - New episodes every two weeks, about 40 minutes. It's the public radio show of the Twilight Zone. I love it beyond all reason. ALL HAIL THE GLOW CLOUD!
• The Reduced Shakespeare Company - New episodes weekly on Monday, about 20 minutes. I love their stage shows and their radio show. They talk about books and theater and it's really funny.
• The Hidden Almanac - New episodes MWF, less than 5 minutes. It's sort of like WtNV, but a little more weird. History, what's happening in the garden, and which saint's feast day. It's written by Ursula Vernon, so that may tell you something. The last couple of shows have been...inspirational.
• Kevin and Ursula Eat Cheap - New episodes almost every Saturday, about 80 minutes. It's a food review show where Kevin and Ursula eat the cheap, pre-packaged food and review it. They also drink (reviewing the beer and cider, naturally), swear, and generally be themselves. I want to have beers with them. They are of our people. The last 25 minutes of the most recent show made me laugh so hard that I was seriously considering pulling over to avoid a car issue.
• News in Slow Spanish - New episodes weekly on Thursdays, either 8 or 30 minutes. They read headlines, talk about world current events, and have conversations in slow, clear Spanish, usually with simplified grammar/sentence structure. It's nice for immersion and for falling asleep. I have hope that this will remind my brain how Spanish works.
• Slow German - New episodes about every two weeks, usually less than 10 minutes. She picks a topic and talks about it in German. She speaks slowly, enunciates clearly, and uses sentence structures that aren't torturous. Again, I love falling asleep to this, hoping that my brain will pick up on the word patterns and reinforce my Duolingo practice.