Podcasts! We know them, we love them, we’re frequent guests on them, we’re running one out of our living room, we’re working on a couple with some friends and we have one that we recorded a few episodes of but never released that are just gathering dust. Listening to podcasts has almost replaced listening to music on long car trips for me so I thought I’d share what I’m listening to right now as a bit of a “fuck off Friday” homage.



TED Radio Hour

I’ve seen some TED talks online in the past and while I’ve enjoyed some of the shorter ones, I could never get into the longer ones. Maybe it’s my ADD, maybe I just don’t want to spend 20 minutes listening to somebody with a job title like “futurist” talk about how wind powered toilets will save us all.

The radio show, however, is much more engaging. Same TED talks but with conversations and editing to keep you interested.



By The Way, In Conversation With Jeff Garlin

I honestly knew nothing about Jeff Garlin outside of his work in Curb Your Enthusiasm. Turns out he’s been doing comedy since the early ’90s in both sketch and standup and these are just a bunch of unscripted conversations he has with friends he’s made over the years doing everything in comedy. This is a newer podcast and I’ve only listened to two episodes (Bob Odenkirk and Amy Poehler) but they’ve been really fun.



The CRACKED Podcast

The magazine that was ripping off MAD that turned into a failed Maxim ripoff that turned into a wildly successful website with user generated content is now a podcast! Hosted by a couple of the editors, it’s a bit like the TED Radio hour but with more swears and Simpsons references.



There you go! Now you have a fully loaded arsenal to distract you from human conversation when you’re out running errands. Just pop in your ear buds and avoid eye contact!