Podcasts and audio books.

[dave0010]

I'm now having to spend more and more time driving day to day with work. I get bored with more of the radio stations and was after some ideas for a few good podcast an audio books to listen to. Anyone have any general recommendations?

[rst99]

I am in the same boat. My commute is 45-60 mins and radio fries my brain.

For podcasts I subscribe to This American Life, Mayo & Kermode Movies, Freakonomics, NPR Car Talk, Dr Karl on Triple J, Radio 4 Friday Comedy and a few others.

[Meoricin]

Similar situation (though I've found myself having to alleviate boredom for the day rather than a couple of hours)

I've been listening to Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre podcast, and Steven King's The Dark Tower on audiobook. The Infinite Monkey Cage podcast is fairly decent too.

[dave0010]

I'm trying to find a podcast now to help learn some basic Spanish for a upcoming trip, Anyone have any recommendations?

[BryanC]

With Le Mans coming up, the Motor Sport podcasts with ex Stig - Perry McArthy, David Brabham and a very fine interview with Derek Bill have put me in the mood....oh and Murray Walker was interesting and had some contraversial views to make.

All worth a listen.

[RizzoTheRat]

Never tried audio books but the Radio 4 Friday Night Comedy podcast is a good start, usually the News Quiz or The Now Show

If you're in to sciencey stuff then some of my favourites are:
- The Life Scientific, Jim Alkelili interviews someone interesting
- Little Atoms, interviews with authors about science related books.
- The Infinite Monkey Cage, panel/discussion show hosted by Robin Ince and Brian Cox, mix of funny and interesting stuff.

[LordGrover]

5 Live Science with Dr Karl and The Naked Scientists' podcasts are usually pretty good.