Podcasts: A Commuter’s Salvation

I used to think commuting without an iPod was dangerous. You know, you’d be distracted fiddling with the radio, or changing CDs, or just listening to the voices in your head. Bad idea. Then the cassette deck in my car died, which is what I use to listen to my iPod. Now I know that commuting without an iPod is dangerous. What makes the iPod so critical? Podcasts. Obviously. In the 10 months I’ve been commuting from Fort Collins, Colo., to Greeley, Colo., here are the podcasts I’ve found that are best at keeping me awake, informed and sane, broken down by topic.