Continuing our feature on Podcasts, we have a few suggestions for you and welcome your recommendations. What do you listen to? What’s your favorite? Do you prefer your news in the written word or streaming? Have you thought of making your own Podcast? Send your Podcast suggestions to j.hilburtdavis@comcast.net
For those of you who are not familiar with Podcasts, it’s easy to get started. And, also, since Podcasts are portable, it’s a good way to avoid the “driveway moment”--- a radio segment so compelling that people will leave their cars running in the driveway to finish listening to it. There are many ways to search for a Podcast; just use your search engine (Google, Firefox, Safari, etc) to find a person, subject, or specific Podcast you’re interested in (‘how to’, sports, cooking, travel, black holes, films, etc.) and click on. If you already have Apple Podcasts, Spotify or You Tube, you can look through them.
Here are our a few of our suggestions:
Now that Chat GPT has entered our world, listen to a brief discussion of it and AI in general:
“Did Artificial Intelligence Just get Too Smart? The power and potential of a technology called ChatGPT have some to complain that it heralds a new era of computing.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/podcasts/the-daily/chatgpt-openai-artificial-intelligence.html
And how about another sleep aid from the Brits!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/magazine/falling-asleep-shipping-forecast.html?smid=em-share “A Secret for Falling Asleep So Good It’s a British National Treasure Tune into serenity with the BBC Shipping Forecast, a weather report from deep in the analog era.”
And now a few Podcast samples from our readers (Thank You!):
From Lisa Frusztajer :
“There's a podcast I like, which, like How I Built This, (https://www.npr.org/series/490248027/how-i-built-this) is hosted by Guy Raz. It's called Wisdom From the Top and profiles leaders. What's striking is the extent to which successful leaders have both absorbed a lot from their experiences and their failures, and have put their distinctive marks on the organizations they have led. The podcast website is: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510363/wisdom-from-the-top
From Jessie von Hippel:
Huberman Lab podcasts
https://hubermanlab.com/category/podcast-episodes/
Neural Network Newsletter: https://hubermanlab.com/neural-network/
Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and professor in the department of neurobiology at Stanford School of Medicine. He has made numerous significant contributions to the field of brain development, brain function, and neural plasticity …Huberman Lab podcasts discuss science and neuroscience, how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health… In every episode he provides behavioral tools and discusses the role of nutrition, exercise, supplements, prescription drugs, and electronic devices for measuring and changing the way our nervous systems work. Here are a few sample episodes:
Use Sleep to Enhance Learning, Memory, and Emotional States:
https://hubermanlab.com/dr-gina-poe-use-sleep-to-enhance-learning-memory-and-emotional-state/
How to Stop Headaches Using Science-Based Approaches
https://hubermanlab.com/how-to-stop-headaches-using-science-based-approaches/
What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain, and Health
https://hubermanlab.com/what-alcohol-does-to-your-body-brain-health/
Rich Roll podcast
https://www.richroll.com/all-episodes/
Newsletter: https://www.richroll.com/subscribe/
In each weekly podcast Rich delves deep into all things wellness with some of the brightest and most forward- thinking minds in health, fitness, nutrition, art, entertainment, entrepreneurship, and spirituality. These are not interviews, they are conversations. Rich Roll is a graduate of Stanford University and Cornell Law School, now a 50+-year old ultra-endurance athlete, dedicated vegan, recovering addict, and former entertainment attorney turned full-time wellness and plant-based nutrition advocate. Here are some sample episodes:
How to Heal Your Gut, Sidestep Disease, and Thrive
https://www.richroll.com/podcast/will-bulsiewicz-680/
Mind-Body Transformation Through Hypnosis
https://www.richroll.com/podcast/david-spiegel-711/
Becoming a Centenarian Decathlete and the Pillars of Healthspan with Dr. Peter Attia
https://www.richroll.com/podcast/peter-attia-695
Awaken Your Brain: The Science of Spirituality
https://www.richroll.com/podcast/lisa-miller-654/
From Susan Barron:
“Hidden Brain” – NPR’s science correspondent, Shankar Vedantam, the enthusiastic and knowledgeable host of Hidden Brain, combines science with storytelling to bring to us the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior. Each episode unleashes complex scientific ideas in an understanding and compelling format. https://hiddenbrain.org/
“This American Life” – deserves its place as a staple in the podcast community. This American Life remains my go-to when I’m searching for a podcast but don’t know what I am in the mood to listen to. Each week Ira Glass and his team of reporters bring to life several stories, loosely based on a single theme – the true-life stories of Mr. and Mrs. America. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/
We hope you enjoy these and, now, search for your own favorites and let us know what you recommend! We’d love to hear from you.
--Jane Hilburt-Davis