I have finally done it! Years ago, when I first got an iPod, I started, like any good iPodder, downloading podcasts. Over the years I've tried out various ones - some have stuck, some not so much. For the ones I really liked and which did not necessarily have to do with time-sensitive news (This American Life, RadioLab, To The Best of Our Knowledge, Books on the Nightstand), I also downloaded all of the back episodes.At my peak, I probably had 400 un-listened-to podcasts on my iTunes. Whoa.
But I'm finished! After many years of doing chores and working out with earbuds plugged into my ears, I can happily say that I've listened to them all. And oddly, I feel as though that is an accomplishment. Now only have current episodes to contend with - until I find another podcast I love, that is.
POST SCRIPT: I have found another podcast. Or two. Or four. And - horror of horrors! - I realized that my Splendid Table podcast had somehow disappeared! Now I'm back up to 39 un-listened-to podcasts, including the eight or ten episodes of ST that I missed. But for one brief and shining moment, I did it.
Congratulations - that's a lot of discipline!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I am still sitting on 1443 unheard podcasts. I am pretty sure that number is going up, not down. I'm still listening to Science Friday from 2009...
ReplyDeleteThanks! But seriously Jeff, you just put me to shame. I never had anything close to that many. On the bright side, you have a long, long, looong drive ahead of you. Maybe you can get down to 1400?
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