Run and Listen! My Favorite Fall 2014 Podcasts
The Rich Roll Podcast, Rich Roll
Rich Roll is an ultra-athlete as well as author of “Finding Ultra” (which I have not read, whoops) and is a former over-worked and overweight man that found redemption in endurance athletics and vegan living. This is a harder one for me to get into from time to time because I am really intimidated by this dude and all he does – but I always find that once I get going that his tone is really accessible and interesting. He brings on a host of people to interview and their stories are always very fascinating and take you on a different journey than you would expect. He gets pretty deep with each podcast, also, they’re super long and perfect for a long-run. I end up feeling refreshed in more ways than one when I am through.
Crybabies, Sarah Thyre and Susan Orleans
I found this podcast just this last week and I am already in love. I am a crier when I run, so this is perfect and fits the bill. Instead of crying while listening to Katy Perry’s “ROAR”, I can listen to two awesome ladies that make me not feel so weird about it. I don’t quite know how to explain this podcast, but its about the emotional life with pop culture tied in. Susan remarks about reading a touching passage in “The Tales of Despereaux” with her younger son and I am being wistful while listening to it. In their first episode, they speak with Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show) about his emotional life and actors. There’s a lot of laugh-crying, give it a shot.
Another Mother Runner, Dimity McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea
An oldie, but a goodie – I always come back to listening to Dimity and SBS tell us about the running life of a mother – but even more so, as a woman. Some episodes are recaps of races they have done, other mother runner guests and athlete-professionals, but there’s always a lot of good chatter from these two. This was especially important to me when I was training for my first marathon last year – I listed to a lot of this and it really helped me focus and carry on in my very challenging long runs. My favorite episodes have been when they interviewed Lauren Fleshman, Kara Goucher, and Paula Harkin of Run With Paula. These ladies are really the bees knees and the questions they ask are great!
Are you listening to anything great?! Tell us about it in the comments section below.
Glad you are enjoying my podcast! Thank you for sharing it (and PLEASE don’t be intimidated by me!!!) Peace + Plants, Rich
In addition to Another Mother Runner, my other favorites are This American Life, Snap Judgement (similar concept to TAL, but younger and more urban), and Radio Lab (science-y topics from various viewpoints–science, history, philosophy, etc).
Thanks for getting me into Serial Bonnie! I tend to listen to sports-based podcasts (The Tony Kornheiser show based out of DC being my favorite, and the Dan Patrick Show). However, I have also been listening to How Did This Get Made?