…brings answers to questions!
Last week, I had a very, very chatty “Currently” post and despite how chatty I was, I left some questions unanswered. They were good questions, so thank you Sprite!
She asked two questions:
“Inquiring minds want to know what Snippets Show Notes are? Thoughts on podcasts you’re listening to?”
Question one… Snippet’s Show Notes… yes, I do take notes during The Snippets Show. What is the Snippet’s Show? Well, I am so fortunate to be an inaugural member of the delightful MDK Society and once a month Kay and Ann spend an hour chatting with someone in the making community. It is really so much fun and I always learn something in that hour… sometimes it is a book I had not heard of, sometimes a thing… like Fibershed’s, (note, here is a link to the PA Fibershed, but if you Google Fibershed, you can find dozens of them across the nation!) and sometimes it is a new book, like Kate Atherly’s Math for Knitters… it is nice to have notes to refer back to about things I heard.
Question two… thoughts on podcasts I am listening to… Yes, I do listen to podcasts but I really balk at anything longer than 30 minutes. I always start my day with NPR’s Up First podcast… these days the 10-ish minutes of news is “just enough” to begin my day. To balance out that brief dip into the news, I also listen to a Monday – Friday podcast, The Slowdown (now hosted by Maggie Smith!) I love to listen to poetry, because I think that is the best way to read poetry… out loud! And I appreciate Maggie’s thoughts on the poem she reads each day. I have been a long time Slowdown listener… going back to Tracy K. Smith’s time (she was the inaugural host!) I also listen to Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American… I generally listen to these when I am doing the “dinner dishes” She is good company for cleaning up! (ha!)
And there you have answers for some very good questions!
Today is supposed to be our last “warm” day for a bit… I will be eagerly welcoming Sweater Weather! Happy Monday everyone!
I wish I could listen to more snippet shows! I know I could pull up the recordings, but there is something about joining in live that is more appealing. Thanks for the Slowdown link!
I’m not much of a podcast person (many of them seem to like hearing themselves talk) but your recommendations sound interesting. I’m going to try the NPR podcast to see if that is an approach to the news that works for me. And poetry is always a good thing, so thank you for the recommendations!
I go in spurts when listening to podcasts as long as I have knitting in my hands I can listen. I don’t like super long ones either.
Thanks for bringing up the Snippet show — I’m a member, but like Vera, can never attend the “lives”. (It’s nearly always during the ESL class I’ve volunteered to teach.) I should probably sit down with my knitting and look at one of the recorded shows and check it out. Do you find listening’s enough? That would be more likely.
I listen to a lot of podcasts while I’m running or walking and while doing chores, like cleaning the bathroom. Most of the time, they’re for escaping the news, so if they’re longer and immersive, I don’t mind so much. But I also zone out a lot; listening isn’t my best way of getting information.
I used to listen to Up First in the morning but I stopped because I realized hearing the news is more triggering for me than reading it. I’ve actually cut way back on podcasts and I’m turning to music instead, it puts me in a better mood!
You mention a nice variety of podcasts. My listening runs in spurts. Recently I am enjoying Haptic and Hue, a podcast about the history of all kinds of textiles. You remind me to return to The Slowdown.