Podcasts are super for consuming information on the go and listen to the world's greatest minds. Here are a few tips to up your podcast game!

Apps

iPhone

• The default Apple podcast player is pretty poor
• I recommend Breaker, a social podcast app that enables you to follow others and view what they listen to. This app is also great for discovering new podcasts.

Breaker - podcast listening & discovery

As you listen

By default podcast apps play audio at 1X speed. This seems normal right?! However, podcasts are a one way conversation, where all you do is listen, you never have to talk or think of a response! This greatly reduces the cognitive effort, allowing you to speed up the audio playback and still comprehend.

I advise:

1. Downloading a podcast app with granular playback speed controls, such as Breaker.
2. Increase the playback speed incrementally over time. eg. 1x → 1.2x → 1.4x over a few weeks
3. Don't increase too quickly, or beyond a speed that is comprehensible and enjoyable!
4. Your preferred speed will vary from podcast to podcast. I find American hosts tend to speak slower than Irish hosts for example.
5. If you hear great content you'd like to remember, pause the podcast and jot down a note in your favourite note taking app.

Suggested Podcasts

Finding great podcasts can be hard.

Here is my list of all-time favourites:

Best of all time