Uncommon Edification On the Go
I have a new distraction as I jog in my hilly NorCal neighborhood: Peter Robinson’s Uncommon Knowledge, now available as an audio-only file for download at iTunes.
If you’re hooked on seeing Peter and friends each week, don’t worry. The Hoover Institution is a pro-choice place – in the consumer sense at least – so the video version remains available. In my case, I simply don’t have enough free screen time to view each week’s installment at NRO, and my iPod’s memory is more flatworm than dolphin. So while there’s no room in machine or schedule for video, audio podcasts are a different matter.
Podcasts are the sand poured around the walnuts clogging my day. I listen while driving, gardening, and of course running. Today, I effortlessly consumed four separate UncKnow shows (Hill, Junger, Boskin & Lazear, Steyn and Long) while working on the car, then running in the woods behind my house. It sure beats listening to more Lady Gaga. And my legs didn’t hurt a bit . . . until I got home.
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May '10
Re: Uncommon Edification On the Go
Squee!!!! Downloading as I type. I turned off the TV in 1976. Really. My geography homework was much more interesting. Ever since I have found it really hard to make time for TV. I do watch the occasional Yankees game, and every UConn women's basketball game, but that's about it. I know I miss a lot, but I am busy doing other stuff. Podcasts go with me to the gym, while I'm doing laundry, or winding down before bed. Looking forward to tonight!
May '10
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You know, if you're looking for another weekly podcast...;)
May '10
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Saw Peter talk about this on Facebook earlier today. Wonderful development.
I can't make any great claim to athleticism but I listen to all my podcasts while doing housework... my only attempt at exercise most days.
May '10
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Waiting for more.....
May '10
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I have a list of things I grab and listen to every week. I never listen to music, except to learn something new on the way to rehearsal that I have to play that night. My weekly download list is:
1) Ricochet every Thursday night from the Ricochet RSS feed page
2) PJM Political every Saturday evening from Pajamas
3) UCK from the National Review RSS feed page for UCK
4) Econ Talk, from Russ Roberts' (a Hayekian Hoover fellow) www.econtalk.org page
I supplement that with events from AEI, Manhattan Institute, and even American Conservative University, my Dennis Miller podcasts, events from Heartland and the Center of the American Experiment (the Minnesota right-minded think tank I support), and the occasional course from The Teaching Company.
I listen to Ricochet every Saturday morning on my longer run- the conversation helps me forget the pain. In today's world, there is no excuse for being ignorant about anything. You can learn all the time you are working on any physical task, driving, etc. Thank God for the brave new world of ubiquitous mp3.
May '10
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Listened to "New Rules of War" at the gym this morning and made a start on the archive. I learn so much from Ricochet, and now Uncommon Knowledge. It helps me flesh out my opinions. Being born in 1962 I have only my public school education so the bit in the archive about the causes of the Vietnam War (with WFB and Christopher Hitchens) was enlightening.
I'd love to know what other podcasts my fellow Ricochet members recommend. Duane's gotten us started!
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PJS, I have a special reason to remember that show from the archives featuring WFB and Hitch. Peter invited me to the studio for taping that day and it was the one and only time I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Buckley.
May '10
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Yes, podcasts may be up there with mayonnaise as important inventions. FWIW, my favorite podcasts include the Ricochet podcasts; Prager's radio shows; Hewitt's radio shows; Mark Levin's radio shows; Rick Moran's weekly BTR podcasts; This American Life; Uncommon Knowledge; Jimmy Bise's The Delivery. Each has its own cadence; some are appropriate for heavy workouts, some for winding down and falling asleep; a few somewhere in between.