Podcasts ???

[kenny]

I want to start listening to them when doing things around the house.
I never have.
Are they free?
Are the best ones not free?

Do they come with with commercials vs. paying for a subscription for ad-free?
Subscribing means they are tracking you and selling data on what interests you to advertisers.

Do you listen to them?
Where do you get yours from?

I'm less into consuming comedy or light entertainment, I'd rather learn something.
My interests: history, science, sociology, psychology, TED talks, and NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.


I'd prefer to get them where I don't have to subscribe and register or link to Google, Apple, FB, IG, TT, Twit, etc.
I resist Big Data building a file on me.

All my searches these days are on Duck Duck Go, not Google.

I will not be using a phone, only my home desktop iMac, so do I have to install an app from Android or Apple?

 

[DutchJackie]

I listen podcasts on Spotify and YouTube. You could try that out.

 

[diamondyes]

Gem Pursuit is educational and music for the ears!

 

[HGar]

I use Stitcher which is free. I adore listening to podcasts - this is a screenshot of some of my favourites.

 

[RunningwithScissors]

I enjoy "This is Love" and "Criminal". They are not at all what you would expect them to be about based one their titles. Both are created by Phoebe Judge. She rocks!

Also, "The Moth", "Hidden Brain", "This American Life" and "99% Invisible" are also very good.

Podcasts have definitely enriched my life. My husband and I listen while we're having lunch together or driving.