Learning on the road...

Hawk Teflon

Hawk Teflon

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I have a 45 minute commute each way to work. I usually just listen to whatever morning show is on at the time in the morning, and music on the way home. I realized I could be utilizing this time better to learn. Are there any podcasts or anything you guys could suggest for me to check out to help better in the video editing world? An hour and a half each day can go a long way.
 
I tried a bunch of books on tape once, nearly killed myself (listening to them literally lulled me to sleep), so I had to stop. If that's your thing though I'd check out Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/). One thing I do like is This American Life podcasts (I think they have an app that provides the same thing though) - great stories, you do get to learn things, and it's energetic enough to keep me awake.

Cheers,
Adam
 
I listen to books on tape. Luckily they don't lull me to sleep, haha.

When I moved from North Dakota to Arizona, I listened to the Steve Jobs biography for about 17 straight hours on my first day's drive (I was alone driving alone.) I didn't fall asleep, but I didn't come close to finishing it :)

Btw, didn't realize Project Gutenberg had audio books. Thanks for the heads up Adam.
 
great tip on the Project Gutenberg books

I commute a fair bit... depending on the jobs, often ~3-4hours one way twice a week. The smart phone is my friend.

Some resources I've used:
- TED talks. Sure, there's plenty of weeding through pretentious fluff, but you can find some gems in there. My rule of thumb is to skip any video the moment they say "sustainability."

- YouTube. No, I don't watch the videos while I'm on the road. What I will do is find some good tutorials on a subject and listen to them. Might miss visual hints, but the audio of the tutorials are often chock full of info.

Otherwise, yes, google podcasts on whatever your interests are... You'll probably find something.
 
Since others are sharing as much on listening as learning, and expanding on Adam's suggestion of This American Life, there's nothing quite like Radiolab.

Stories about the brain, dreams, memory, consciousness and other fascinating topics, with some of the best, tightest audio editing you'll ever hear. Highly recommended, and definitely not sleep inducing!

But I would think there's podcasts on editing, etc out there, right???
 
I think I used to download/subscribe to some podcast by Apple that dealt with interviewing filmmakers and video industry movers and shakers, I can't remember the name though, it was decent, nothing to really write home about, but had some ok content. Also, the PG audio books are kind of a pain to download sometimes - they come in segments, and I definitely had several books read by the same talent, which might explain putting me to sleep. Radiolab is a great source too, I haven't gotten much into it, but I have a couple good buddies that absolutely rave about it (and Krulwich is awesome, he spoke at an event in my town last year).

Cheers,
Adam
 
Podcasts I subscribe to currently:

"Scriptnotes," by Craig Mazin and John August - "a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters."
"Nerdist Writer's Panel." Interviews with television/film writers.
"Breaking Bad Insider Podcast." Cast & crew of the show go behind the scenes. A little self-congratulatory, but usually very informative and entertaining.
"NPR: Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me!" - the weekly current events quiz show. Keeps you up-to-date on happenings in the real world.

If you like Kevin Smith, he's got a half-dozen or so different podcasts/SModcasts to check out - probably "SMovieMakers," where he interviews filmmakers/actors/etc. would be most informative.

Shane Ross (frequent contributor at Creative Cow) has a podcast called "The Edit Bay" that I need to check out.
Several other writing podcasts - "Script Reporter," "AmericanWriters.com Creative Writing Podcast," "The Writing Show" - I haven't gotten into these yet, but have heard good things about them.
 
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