Episode 2: How to Find & Hear Your Next Podcast Binge with Shannon Perry

Forever Curious: An Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Podcast

If you want to listen to a podcast, do you have to "borrow" your neighbor's 14-year-old to figure out how? Look, it's totally fine. Technology moves at lightening speed, and needing a little help to figure out the latest-and-greatest is as normal as it gets.

In this one-hour workshop by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Washington, podcast producer Shannon Perry takes us through how to find the right podcast app, how to zero in on your next binge through all the noise, and how to support the shows and creators you love. Without the assistance of a 14-year-old, if you don't have one handy.

Learn about the many categories of podcast topics that are available, from science to politics, from beach vacations to beer brewing and just about everything you can imagine. Discover the features various podcast apps have to adjust your listening to your lifestyle (slow and savored, or one after another like eating popcorn?).

Podcasts are popular because they're so portable — walk through the woods with your favorite author, or fold your laundry on an Arctic exploration. Your hands and eyes are free to carry on gardening or washing dishes or commuting to work, while your mind is happily occupied learning something new or listening to an engrossing audio drama.

If this is useful, we hope you'll share our podcast with others! Find more information about OLLI on our website https://www.osher.uw.edu/, and listen to the Forever Curious podcast here or on your favorite podcast app.

Forever Curious is produced by Audiotocracy Podcast Production.