Becoming addicted to podcasts

From Wikipedia:

A podcast is a series of digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers.

The first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. I might have a problem. I am addicted to podcasts. It started a few years ago with the Colin Cowherd radio show on ESPN radio. I started downloading the show and listening to it on my ipod. The downloaded show does not have commercials, so a 4 hour live show is only 2.5 hours downloaded. Awesome. Fast forward to this year. I read a blog post by Dwight Silverman who writes for Houston Chronicle that mentioned that he was a guest on This Week in Technology, TWIT for short. I like Dwight's blog, so I went to the itunes store and clicked on podcasts. I have not been the same since.

I am currently subscribed to 23 podcasts through itunes. The good folks at TWIT produce a bunch of quality podcasts that relate to technology. I am interested in photography as well and This Week in Photography, TWIP, is excellent.

Due to my work schedule, I choose to attend Sunday school and not service at UBC. Therefore, I do not hear the sermons. I miss the sermons. Through itunes, I subscribe to the weekly sermon series of three churches; Fellowship Church, Denton Bible Church, and Lakewood Church. Ed Young, Tom Nelson, and Joel Osteen preach in very different styles but I enjoy them all.

The real gem that I found through itunes is The Daily Audio Bible. Every day Brian reads a passage from the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, and a Proverb. Over the course of a year, he reads the entire Bible. Every week he reads from a different translation. For me, it is a great way to make sure that I hear or read the word of God every day. I absolutely love it. Hearing the Old Testament stories read aloud helps them to come alive in my mind.

I find myself looking for an excuse to put on the headphones and listen to some podcast through my iphone. Driving, vacuuming, or just sitting at the computer, whatever I might be doing goes great with a podcast.