Thanks to our friends at iTunes, the latest equivalent of talk radio can now be accessed for free at any time, at any place (that you are willing to bring your iPod to) and sans commercials. Whether you're looking for advice, interviews, background noise or ways to kill time while traveling, buy into our generation's technology dependence by subscribing to one (or all) of the following non-music podcasts. Because honestly, what's more satisfying than opening your iTunes to find hours of new, listenable, blue-dot-marked 'casts already downloaded for your entertainment?
Dan Savage's Savage Lovecast
You may think that your relationship problems are complicated, but after listening to just one episode of Dan Savage's Lovecast you'll think your love life is as stable as a noble gas. Savage broadcasts a weekly podcast version of his sex advice column "Savage Love" in which he answers questions relating to love, sex and relationships. Callers rely on Savage's sage advice to answer an array of questions ranging from the standard "What should I do about my cheating boyfriend?" (dump him!) to the bizarre "How do I handle my boyfriend's diaper fetish?" Savage does not evade even the most provocative of questions and never fails to offer insightful, witty and sometimes painfully honest advice. So, as Savage would say, stop being such a scrotum and download the Lovecast to your pod.
LSAT Logic in Everyday Life
You go to Penn, you're in the College and you're not pre-med. looks like you're going to law school! But before you get into Harvard Law, you have to ace those LSATs, and that means you're going to have to sacrifice thirsty Thursdays and even schwasty Saturdays for late nights with your Kaplan review books. Want to salvage your social life? LSAT cramming just got easier with the Princeton Review's podcast LSAT Logic in Everyday Life. Perfect your ability to detect flawed logic and become a "logical, empowered skeptic." After tuning in, you can dominate those LSATs without giving up all that is near and dear to your heart.
Fresh Air with Terry Gross
I know, I know, we can all listen to Fresh Air with Terry Gross on the radio, so this much-loved NPR show isn't such a novel choice. But now, thanks to the podcast, you can subscribe and listen to the sweet sounds of native Philadelphian Gross as she interviews your fave luminaries wherever you go and whenever the urge strikes you. So if you can't manage to catch a radio airing of this show or like to get through your workout with Terry, then never fear, Fresh Air podcast is here.
Best of YouTube (video podcast)
The advent of YouTube has brought procrastination to a whole new level. But if you spend as much time as I do exploring YouTube for cool new vids, you're probably both overwhelmed and frustrated with your love-hate relationship with the site. If this is the case, then the Best of YouTube podcast is the podcast for you. This video podcast provides a new YouTube video every five days. Now you no longer have to filter through all the crap out there because this podcast finds those "Charlie Bit My Finger" and "Muffins" treasures just for you.
New Yorker Outloud
I love The New Yorker. But, the 500+ pages a week of reading my professors assign me make it hard for me to want to read anything else. Ever. Luckily for me, The New Yorker has released its New Yorker Outloud podcast. Now I can listen to a weekly conversation about what's in The New Yorker and no longer have to spend precious time reading the mag itself. Bonus: I can save the $3.50 I would have spent on the magazine and spring for a Magic Meatball sandwich.
