Sources of Intelligent Audio for Commute?

confusus writes "Trapped in the daily routine of commuting for 1-2 hours every day, I started to ponder different ways of recycling commute-time waste. I tried listening to the radio, but 9.9/10, it ends up being just 'duh-whatever.' Then, I tried listening to audio books: it is really hard to find audio books that are tailored toward nerds. Thus I decided to find audio of interesting/geeky/nerdy/sciency interviews, talks, lectures. What would be the websites which provide such content?" I'd really like to find more informative downloadable audio content, too. Perhaps informed commentary and self-guided tours of historical and other sites, like national parks and significant buildings in the U.S. and elsewhere, basically self-guided audio walking (or driving) tours. Can anyone recommend a source?

Comments

If commuting means "driving car"

[imsabbel]

Please stay away from audiobooks and other similar distractive stuff. All those people not killed in traffic accidents will be thankful.

Re:How about just paying attention to the traffic?

[Anonymous Coward]

How about using the train, metro, bus or bicycle?

Oh I forgot, commuting alone in a SUV increases the size of your small american penis.

Re:CBC "Ideas"

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey gvc, timothy was looking for "intelligent" audio suggestion not biased, state controlled media programming for the over-60 demography.

Re:podcasts - what they are...

[Sefert]

Thx for the very informative reply! I will indeed be your John and go check out the site.

Not an audio book, but interesting content

[chevman]

I have been listening to this guy's work for a while now: http://www.hypnotyza.com/radio/ I'm not affiliated with the site at all, just stumbled across it while reading a message board. He's a DJ who mixes live to hardrive and puts up the shows (about an hour long) as mp3's. Interesting stuff.