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Late 2024 Podcast choices

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Daily writing prompt
What podcasts are you listening to?
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The last time this question came around, I had a list of a handful of podcasts that I had been listening to up to that point. Unfortunately, I’ve backed off of that list. I just haven’t made a lot of time to listen to them. I’ll still go through a couple items, though.

First off, the Writing Excuses podcast is something I still occasionally listen to, and I even made my own playlist (click here if you’re interested in learning about what they call the Elemental Genres) for one of the particular years that had structured content. I go back from time to time and listen to this subset of their content because I find it fascinating how they deconstructed stories into easily identifiable themes/genres. Each listen through I’m either learning something new/connecting new dots or I’m being reminded of something that I should go back and check in my own writing.

The other podcasts in the 2023 posts have fallen off substantially in my routine. Instead, I’ve ended up listening to a lot of D&D Live Play content this year. Particularly Legends of Avantris when I’m working on my painting/printing projects. They’re an absolutely hilarious group that I discovered through animated scenes that get shared in Reels or Shorts.

I should probably go back and look through the rest of the podcasts I used to listen to and maybe see about working them into my listening routine again. We’ll see, though, because there is only so much time in the day.

P is for Podcast

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What podcasts are you listening to?

I don’t listen to many podcasts, but the couple I do involve Brandon Sanderson.

I’ve listened (and relistened) to hours upon hours of “Writing Excuses” to help me learn more about the many facets of writing fantasy and fiction. Where I started listening in Season 10 it’s mostly hosted by the same four people (Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, and Mary Robinette Kowal) but they also have guests from time to time. I love the way that its tagline refers to their original intent of keeping it short, and they do! Episodes are typically much shorter than other podcasts, ranging from the referenced “15 minutes long” up to maybe 30 minutes when they really get into a topic. I am very much behind in keeping up with this podcast, because I was going back and relistening to specific episodes several times so I could make sure I caught everything I wanted to pick up, but also partly because I would listen while falling asleep and wouldn’t remember.

I also enjoy listening to “Intentionally Blank” hosted by Brandon and Dan. Less educationally focused than their Writing Excuses days, but still fun and fascinating. They like to provide their opinions on how they did or didn’t enjoy something from pop culture, for example the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They don’t always agree on things, and they completely understand that listeners are going to like things they don’t so they never go on tangents bashing something, but they do provide their own analysis of why they enjoyed something.

Aside from those two, I don’t listen to many others. The next one I occasionally listen to (when I remember or see something that reminds me) is “A Hotdog is a Sandwich” hosted by Josh and Nicole from the Mythical Kitchen YouTube channel. That can be a fun listen if food is your thing because they occasionally like to analyze the background and history of food in culture while sharing their controversial opinions about food and flavors.

Any other podcasts I listened to until now have been little onesie-twosie bursts to check them out or because they had a specific guest. On “Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People” he had the chance to talk with Kelly Gibson who was one of my high school teachers from when my family lived in Colorado. (Wonderful episode, you should all go listen to it!)

Outside of that, I prefer to just listen to music.