Another good thing about 2020 is that I (finally?!) discovered podcasts.

I’m feeling a bit late to the party on this, but wow, there is a whole world of free, fascinating, useful, and entertaining audio programs out there. Working from home, I’ve found that sometimes it’s a productive use of time to listen to the news or other educational programing in the background, especially with So Much Going On these days.

Today I learned that Google has a podcasts app to which you can add subscriptions to your favourites. All those that I’d been listening to on my Android phone are there, so this will (probably?) be quite a convenient way to access them from my desktop.

Check out: Google Podcasts

Here are a few podcasts that have been recommended to me and that I’ve been enjoying, all of which are available via Google Podcasts.

• The New York Times: The Daily
• Toronto Star: This Matters
• TVO: The Agenda with Steve Paikin
• The Champlain Society: Witness to Yesterday / Témoins d’hier
• BBC Radio 4: In Our Time
• Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited