Adventures with Podcasts: Intro

I don't do podcasts. When we decided it was reasonable to get iPods, I obtained it with several sacred truths in mind. One of these being, iPods, CD players, etc, are for music. If I wanted to listen to someone talk, I'd, well, usually I don't, so I don't know what I'd do. Anyway, you get the idea.

We were getting ready for our long flight to the US for summer break, so we decided to load some videos and other goodies on our iPods for the journey. Out of curiosity, we browsed and loaded a handful of podcasts from different sermons and Christian radio broadcasts. I figured if I had trouble sleeping, this would do the trick. If not, maybe I'd learn a thing or two.

A handful turned out to be more than I originally thought, and one or two casts turned out to be videos. By the way, the Nano (or iPod slim, as I like to call it, as it makes it sounds like a woman's cigarrette, the thought of me with a woman's cigarrette is funny and we need laughter in the world) doesn't like video especially. The batteries don't, anyway. Yet, the handful of casts I managed to hear/see gave me an idea. Good or bad, I'll leave to you to decide.

As an outsider to the podcast trend, I decided to run a marathon and post a series on it. Each post will have thoughts on at least two different speakers' takes on a topic. For example, one considerably aged speaker addressed the importance of dressing your best for church, while the video I watched right after that showed another pastor in jeans, cowboy boots and a sensibly casual shirt preaching about Biblical truth. There is no doubt in my mind this second fellow dresses up in a suit every morning, looks in the mirror and smiles as it transforms istelf into a sensibly casual shirt, jeans, and cowboy boots. Then he grabs his Bible, ready to go.

There will be no name-dropping, as that's not the point. In the end, maybe we'll learn something. At the very least, we'll learn how to turn suits into jeans. That's just too cool.