In which we tune in to the occasional podcast

I've been listening to This Week in Tech for as long as I've been listening to podcasts, going back to when TWIT was always in the top ten. Once upon a time, podcasting was new.  It was, insofar as choice was concerned, analogous to the early days of television in that it was fairly limited. And I did literally listen on an iPod. Since that time, podcasting has come and gone and come and gone, but mostly now it's here to stay, providing mostly narrowcasting to audiences interested in whatever the podcast is covering. TWIT is my tech podcast, aimed at the listener fairly interested in general technology, hosted by longtime technologist Leo Laporte with a revolving roundtable of guests, mostly tech journalists but occasionally others as well. If you're curious about, say, the high points of this year's CES or Claude AI or the fact that the richest man alive (that schmegeggie) has a net worth four times greater than the second-richest man alive (that other schmegeggie), you've come to the right place. 

I used to listen to audiobooks during my commute and podcasts during my morning treadmill exercising, but now it's books on my daily walk and podcasts in the car or cooking, so I admittedly listen less than I would like. I can't listen to anything just sitting there and listening. If I sit down I'll read or, as likely as not, nap. But I do never neglect to listen to Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me It is the perfect length for the weekly trip to the supermarket. 

And then there's the previously mentioned History of Rock in 500 Songs.  I can't imagine anyone interested in the genre not enjoying it, as well as picking up something new from it every time.

Needless to say, I do follow a couple of Disney podcasts. WDW Radio from Lou Mongello and Disney History Institute Podcast. You know who you are if you want to listen to these.

My last regular listen is You Must Remember This, a podcast about Hollywood by Karina Longworth. If you love (or at least used to love) movies, you'll like this one. Longworth takes a theme for the season, and then runs with it. The most recent one was "The Old Man is Still Alive," about the late films of great directors. With both this one and History of Rock,  you should start at the beginning. They're all good. 

Finally, there's the ones I listen to occasionally if the subject moves me. Mobituaries with Mo Rocca. Home Cooking with Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesy Hirway. Imaginary Worlds. And, oh, yeah, there's also Cocaine & Rhinestones, which I put on hiatus, and which I'll go back to if I ever catch up with 500 Songs.