I walk daily. I love listening to podcasts when I walk. These podcasts help make the time pass and I walk three miles before I know it!
Most of these come out weekly or every 2-3 weeks and are usually about 45-60 minutes long. I am sharing the iTunes image for each so you will know when you've found it if you're searching the iTunes store. I also share the link to each podcaster's website because you can also listen to these right from their websites.
- Drew Smith and George Morgan have been hosting this podcast of genealogy news, information, and answers to readers' questions since September 2005! It started as a weekly podcast, but these men are are so busy that they now release a new podcast every couple of weeks.
- Lisa Louise Cooke has been hosting her podcast full of genealogy "gems" for several years as well. She offers a couple of quick research tips (genealogical and technological) in each show, as well as answers questions from reader email. She also sometimes has interviews with interesting folks in the genealogy world.
- Marian Pierre-Louis started this podcast about a year and a half ago. Every week she interviews an author who has written a book about some aspect of New England (and sometimes New York) history. My "to-read" book list grows every month! In a recent podcast, Marian interviewed Jane E. Wilcox (see below), which was a wonderful conversation to listen to! (Look for Season 2 if you're subscribing through iTunes; Season 1 was recorded using BlogTalk Radio and she had to change the subscription setup when she changed from recording the show at BlogTalk Radio.)
- Jane E. Wilcox hosts this radio show on BlogTalk Radio twice a month, interviewing a variety of historians and authors. One interview will be with a genealogist and/or historian with a New York state focus and the other interview will be with a genealogist or historian who strikes Jane's fancy. Jane is a great interviewer and has interesting guests.
- I read about this podcast about a year ago at Marian Burk Wood's Climbing My Family Tree blog. This podcast, which is broadcast weekly on various public radio stations, is hosted by three historians, each an expert in the history of a different century - 18th, 19th, and 20th. The topics are as varied as U.S./Russian relations (April 25, 2014) to Fair Wages (March 28, 2014) to Alcohol in America (December 27, 2013).
- More recently, Marian Pierre-Louis started this podcast in which she interviews professional genealogists in order to offer listeners ideas about what being professional genealogist entails. I have only listened to a couple of these podcasts, as I am not currently planning to become a professional, but it is very interesting to hear what a variety of jobs these professionals have and how they got to where they are.
- This podcast is just for fun. It is the weekly NPR radio program which has been on the radio since 1998 that I always forget to listen to when it's on during the weekend, so I subscribe to the podcast and enjoy it during the week.
So if you're saying: "I need to get out for a walk," subscribe to a couple of these podcasts, figure out how to get them on your iPhone, iPod, or other smart phone, and get walking and listening!
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