There are so many great things to list to in the podcast category for free through I-Tunes or on the web. These are great to listen to while driving, doing housework, or even while updating your blog.
If you aren’t a regular listen to KQED radio’s program FORUM in San Francisco you may well become a regular listener once you hear one of the outstanding programs. One that struck my fancy of late was on called Why Books Matter an interview with LA Times book critic David Ulin about his book The Lost Art of Reading. If you are a fan of reading this program will tickle your fancy.
If reading interests you the Thomas Jefferson Hour‘s program on Education#839 is a must-listen. Clay Jenkinson’s program in character as Thomas Jefferson is usually outstanding but this was one i sent to several friends who are teachers.
“People generally have more feeling for canals and roads than education. However, I hope we can advance them with equal pace.” -Thomas Jefferson to Joel Barlow, 1807
It got us to sit down after dinner and write down as many countries in Africa we could each recall, indeed an interesting exercise. We studied the atlas to find out which we missed and did it again the next night, it’s a good brain stretch and certainly proves Jenkinson’s point about American’s limited knowledge of geography especially the continent of Africa.
The Curious Autodidact 
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