I hear a lot of people complaining about traffic, or the train ride, or this delay or that delay.
Well, I say, stop complaining!
This time where you can isolate yourself and listen is very valuable. An hour a day is 5 hours a week( if you are working a 5 day week ). Why not fill your ears with some goodness? A podcast or two is a great way to start the day.
Here are 9 podcasts that I love:
How I built this with Guy Raz
From the Website:
Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.
Find How I Built this on your favourite podcast app, facebook or at NPR website
The Tim Ferris Show
From the Website:
The Tim Ferriss Show is generally the #1 business podcast on all of Apple Podcasts, and it’s been ranked #1 out of 500,000+ podcasts on many occasions. It is the first business/interview podcast to pass 100,000,000 downloads, and it has been selected as “Best of” Apple Podcasts for three years running (In 2016 under “most downloaded”). It has now surpassed 300M downloads and readers of Fortune Magazine‘s Term Sheetrecently selected The Tim Ferriss Show as their top business podcast.
Past guests include Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Foxx, Edward Norton, Tony Robbins, Maria Popova, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Amanda Palmer, Malcolm Gladwell, Vince Vaughn, Rick Rubin, Reid Hoffman, Jon Favreau, Whitney Cummings, Mike Shinoda, and 300+ more.
You simply must listen to the Jamie Foxx interview, it will blow your mind.
Ear Hustle
From the Website:
Ear Hustle brings you the stories of life inside prison, shared and produced by those living it.
This Podcast has made me laugh and cry. It has taught me so much, I am so humbled and thankful for its existence. It is a true testament to humankind. The music will have your heart.
Giant Robots Smashing into other Giant Robots
From the Website:
A weekly podcast discussing the design, development, and business of great software. Hosted by thoughtbot CEO, Chad Pytel, and rotating cast of fellow developers, designers, and entrepreneurs, we delve deep behind the scenes of the products and technologies we love.
I have learned so much about business
99% Invisible
From the Website:
Ever wonder how inflatable men came to be regular fixtures at used car lots? Curious about the origin of the fortune cookie? Want to know why Sigmund Freud opted for a couch over an armchair?
99% Invisible is about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world. With over 250 million downloads, 99% Invisible is one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes and is available on RadioPublic, via RSS and through other apps.
Roman Mars's voice is like candy, he will have you hooked.
Design Matters with Debbie Millman
From the Website:
The world's first podcast about design and an inquiry into the broader world of creative culture through wide-ranging conversations with designers, writers, artists, curators, musicians, and other luminaries of contemporary thought.
Becoming Super Human
From the Website:
THE BECOMING SUPERHUMAN PODCAST has 2,000,000+ downloads, they interview extraordinary people to bring you the skills and strategies to overcome the impossible.
Sounds Tacky doesn't it, well its not really. You will have to trust me on this.
Think Memory, Performance, Nutrition & Productivity.
Criminal
From the Website:
Criminal launched January of 2014, and is based in Durham, North Carolina. New episodes come out twice a month, always on Fridays.
In 2015, we won a Third Coast International Audio Festival “Best Documentary” award for our story, 695-BGK, and were chosen as an iTunes “Best of 2015.” In 2016, we were featured in “Best of” lists in Wired, The Atlantic, USA Today, and Rolling Stone. We travel all around the country to interview people, and sometimes take the show on the road to tell stories live.
Criminal is like a scary movie, or good series, you get hooked and you have to come back for more.
DataFramed by Data Camp
From the Website:
DataCamp’s official podcast. Presented by Hugo Bowne-Anderson.
Data Science is one of the fastest growing industries and has been called the « Sexiest job of the 21st Century ». But what exactly is Data Science? In the podcast by DataCamp, Hugo Bowne-Anderson approaches this question from the perspective of what problems Data Science tries to solve instead of what definition fits it best. From automated medical diagnosis and self-driving cars to recommendation systems and climate change, come on a journey with industry and academic experts to explore the inner workings of the industry that will color the 21st century.
This one is really one for the nerds, or soon to be nerds. Hugo humanises Data science and makes it available to everyone.
I hope that helps you catch the podcast bug, let me know you favourite podcasts in the comments below.