Podcasts I Like: All Songs Considered

Here continues a series where I discuss the podcasts I like to listen to. Because I’m sure you all care a great deal what it is I’m grinning like a kid about while I’m driving down the freeway. Perhaps you’ll find something interesting to listen to that will help you explore the world around you, or maybe just make you laugh.

If you are a discoverer of music, like myself, All Songs Considered is an invaluable resource. If you can spare 30 minutes a week to hear five or six full songs that host Bob Boilen (who I recently interviewed for Ghettoblaster Magazine) picks out of all the CDs that are mailed to him every week. He considers himself a curator of music, and the show is the product of his time and focus.

Aside from that, Bob and his crew travel the country and go to shows by the bands they like, then streams them on NPR’s site soon after for free. Boilen himself was at the Radiohead show in Santa Barbara that I went to last year.

Can I have your job, Bob? Cause… yeah, that’d be awesome.

I’ll keep this short: if you like music, and you want a quick, free and enjoyable way to get a few new samples every week, All Songs Considered is for you.