I don’t know how people find time for listening to podcasts 🤷♂️
I can mostly do 30 mins without feeling like I’m wasting time.
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Depends on the podcast. But I also have 1 hour of driving every day. Sometimes more.
Listen at 2.5x speed while washing the dishes or cooking
2.5x?! You can hear that?
Yes. The human brain can adapt very well. If you progressively go from 1x to 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.5, you don't quite notice the change and they seem to be taking at a normal speed.
I plan on raising it soon to 2.75
I max out at 2!
Do you feel you retain the info?
Yes. Unless there is external noise or distractions or the audio quality is bad. It's not like most podcasts are discussing String Theory
Frankly I cannot listen in normal speed anymore. It would be different if I needed to write transcriptions.
Samish. 1 hour is my sweet spot, including intro/outro. The unedited 2-4 hour podcasts are usually not good anyways
You're supposed to do stuff while you listen...
I thought that was the whole value prop of podcasts. You listen to them while doing something else.
That being said, I can’t even really think anymore if I hear talking at the same time. I assume lots of podcast consumption is done during commutes.
I listen to podcast while driving alone.
before i started working from home, i used to listen to so many podcasts on my 45 min commute to and from work.
i listen to them while running or doing yard work. multitasking is key.
Somehow agree to this feeling. I prefere to listen to selected audiobooks because reading them would feel like wasting time.
Still waiting for the audio version of #brokenmoney
I do it over walks. Though Huberman's one and the 2-3 hours can stretch over 2 days of walks
Do it when you’re mowing, driving, working out, doing dishes, making food
So it while you’re doing something else - taking a walk, showering, cooking, cleaning, driving, etc.
I listen at work.
I have a job I'm fortunate to be able to listen all day, every day. Looking forward to when Spaces moves to NostrNests
Time can't be wasted and if you believe it can then remember its all relative. What is waste to you is a life well spent to another.
I always listen in 2x when I'm doing chores.
Definitely while driving 🥷
Driving. And since I live in a car, there is a plenty of it :).
I literally am always listening while doing something else. It's the best way to learn/multitask while you are doing repetitive or thoughtless work. Dishes, laundry, cleaning, working in the shop, yard work, walking, putting Rad to sleep, cooking, driving, errands, browsing socials, etc.
Been consuming audiobooks and podcasts like this for more than a decade and it's a ridiculous life hack.
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Everyday walking outside for health reasons…
I personally do it while washing dishes, or other more mechanical things, but there is a reason I don't like and is that is a fucking pain in the ass taking notes on them specially those i find valuable.
Pod + (Driving, Exercise, Chores, Certain work eg lawns) = Stacking Time
I listen at 2x or greater while I work so long as I'm not doing anything to technical. I get a lot of listening in. It's one of the few things I love about my job.
only while driving 30 min plus
If I'm designing (pixel pushing stage) I can listen to them fine but if I'm coding or doing thinky work then no way. 2.5x when out walking.
1.5x at the gym, when cooking, when doing laundry, and when doing the dishes... That can get you at least 5h of episodes weekly. Then, curate wisely the episodes you want to listen and the shows you follow.