Good Podcasts *Mostly Off Topic* (Off-Topic)

by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Sunday, September 06, 2015, 21:42 (3369 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I have a really hard time listening to podcasts. I bet if I had a smartphone and a commute I might actually have a prime situation to really get into them. As it stands now, when I try and do art on the computer and listen to a podcast.... nothing else happens. I just have to sit and listen. And then two hours go by and I haven't accomplished any work. :/

That said, I've recently found that I can listen to comedic podcasts while working sometimes, because I don't have to pay 100% all the time. I can zone in and out and still enjoy what I do catch. I listen to Comedy Bang bang every couple of weeks; I guess I enjoy zany improve with people unable to stop breaking character.

I've also listened to a lot of WTF with Maron lately which is often funny, but, again, not always a good one to work to as you can get wrapped up in it. It's an acquired taste (I didn't 'get' Maron until I watched his show on Netflix) but they're some of the most down-to-earth, human interviews I've heard, and most of the time due to the nature of the interviewees, they're really inspiring for me. Anytime he talks to a comedian, an actor, artist, or anything like that, there's usually a stage in the walkthrough of their life where they get to their twenties and can't get work, feel like they've failed, are never going to make it, and feel all around shitty. Trying to make a career out of art myself, it's really motivating and comforting to hear others talk about the same kinds of doubts and fears that are in front of me everyday I wake up.