NPR Podcasts With A Touch of Classic Rock!

Have you ever been gotten in your car and turned on your radio only to catch the end of a really fascinating radio show? If so then you may want to check out a number of neat podcasts that are available for online for free. And if you’re wondering what on Earth is a podcast? The answer to that is that a podcast is a recorded radio program that you can access from the Internet and even subscribe to via your portable Wi-Fi device or computer so you never miss a show!

There are many podcasts available online and through apps stores including the following great free NPR podcasts which are updated weekly:

NPR Books Podcast: Check out this podcast to find out about new and upcoming book releases:

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=89697155

 

NPR Car Talk Podcast: Check out this podcast for the humor of the hosts and to learn more about how to fix cars or determine what is wrong with a car:

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=9911203

 

NPR Music Podcast: This podcast showcases critically acclaimed music from artists of all kinds including some of the best musicians in the jazz, country, rock, classical and popular music genres:

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=4819384

 

NPR Planet Money Podcast: This podcasts features stories relating to economics, politics and current events:

http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=127413729

 

NPR Popular Culture Podcast: NPR notes that this podcast offers:  “Perspectives on the cultural landscape: stories, interviews and reviews from Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other award-winning NPR programs:” It is always an interesting listen!

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=4985904

 

NPR Technology Podcast: Listen to this podcast to keep up on what is new and exciting in the tech world:

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=4819382

 

NPR Science Friday Podcast: This Friday favorite focuses on science stories of all kinds:

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=13994790

 

And on a non-NPR podcast note if you are a classic rock fan you should check out the fun Roots Rock Radio podcasts produced weekly by Richard Taylor and found at  http://rrradio.com/ — You are guaranteed a fun time and there is not a synthesizer or drum machine in sight (or sound)!

And if you are a music fan and have a smart phone or tablet NPR even has a music app titled NPR Music – it can be found in Apple’s iTunes store so if you have an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch you can download the app and listen to a smorgasbord of music of many genres.

 

And on a final note, if you do own an Apple device you can always the music store (iTunes) and simply search for “NPR” and you’ll find a whole host of free NPR podcasts to listen to!

 

Linda R.