I used to listen to music when I ran but over the past couple of years, I’ve completely switched over to listening to Podcasts. I know, incredibly geeky and definitely has no rhythm for running. The Podcasts I listen to do keep me entertained and I don’t have to try to find “energetic” Podcasts that keep my pace up like I did with music.
The Podcasts that I listen to are:
- The Java Posse. These guys are great, they love tools (for writing software) and are very smart. The emphasis here is on Java but lately, they’ve been focusing on some of the other languages that run on the JVM like Scala and Groovy.
- Security Now. Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson riff on the security issues of the day. Lots of good stuff but you have to wade through a few commercials they read.
- MacBreak Weekly. Leo Laporte and a variety of hosts talk about themselves and their various Apple products. This is a pretty lightweight Podcast, it’s like brain candy if you are a Mac fan.
I also keep a few episodes of Car Talk on my Palm Pre but I rarely have time to listen to them before I update the others. I used to listen to Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me but again, I didn’t have time so I stopped downloading it.
