cam: podcasts

Growing up, my family drove everywhere. No distance was too long or short to drive. Although my 3 sisters and I had plenty of activities to keep us busy (like watching Austin Powers for the millionth time or playing The New Adventures of Mary Kate and Ashely on Gameboy), there were always those lulls where my parents would turn on the radio and tune into NPR. My sisters and I would groan and brace ourselves for the monotone Charlie Brown adult voices (mwop mwop mwoooop) talking about current events and local traffic reports, or a live audience laughing at someone calling in to answer trivia questions.

It wasn't until this summer that I gained an appreciation for what those live audiences were laughing at. It was "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me..." which has now become one of my favorite NPR radio shows. Instead of listening to them on hour number 6 during a 10 hour drive to North Carolina sitting in the way way back of a GMC Suburban, I now enjoy the listening experience through my headphones in the comfort of my office or at the gym. I subscribe to a few of NPR's Podcasts that automatically download to my iTunes each week. Here are my favorites:

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me... - 

This American Life

That American Life

Radiolab

The Moth

Do you have any favorites that I'm missing? Keep in mind, I don't love politics...

Happy listening!

-Cam