If like me, you love reading and dislike wasting time, you might like to embrace the incredibly varied and interesting world of podcasts 🙂 They are perfect to listen to during all sorts of chores we need to do everyday when reading is out of the question and they let you learn something new even while you seemingly “wasting your time” washing floors, hoovering, cleaning tack or poo picking the fields.
I first really got into listening to audio books and podcasts when I worked on my own as a groom and had to muck out 10 to 15 stables a day. There was pretty much no one to talk to and there is nothing more boring than a repetitive shovelling. Manure really doesn’t need acute concentration and I was so bored with the radio in the barn which pretty much repeated songs to the point of brain death, I loaded my phone with various files and gave it a go.
And I still love it. It’s great for washing dishes and tidying up around the house (which I also find infinitely boring but like everything to be clean and tidy), great for when you travel London style (i.e. a’la sardines) and reading a paper book or a magazine is out of question, for driving long distances etc etc
I have since started to listen to all sorts of podcasts from business through psychology, coaching, marketing to, of course, horses. I will list a few equestrian titles which update regularly in case you wanted to give them a go:
http://www.thehorse.com/podcasts – great for anyone interested in equine medicine, latest research and general horse health
http://chrisstafford.podbean.com/ – very enjoyable podcast with interviews, educational segments, book reading, veterinary episodes. A little bit of everything from UK and US.
Horse Radio Network: http://www.horseradionetwork.com/ These guys have many shows within the network and here are some I listen to regularly:
–Dressage radio: http://dressageradio.horseradionetwork.com/
– Horsemanship radio: http://www.horsemanshipradio.com/ (new addition)
– Eventing radio: http://eventingradio.horseradionetwork.com/
They also recently started a kids show too but I haven’t listened to it yet. Here’s a link if you wanted to share it with your pony mad offspring: http://www.blazekidsradio.com/
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This is good, I like all the articles from The Horse website, my problem is that I don`t get enough time on my own to listen to this sort of stuff. I`d love to be able to record the wanderings of my mind while I`m driving home or walking through town etc, it would make crazy reading after! 🙂
🙂 Once it’s on your phone it’s like a recorded audio so you can listen for as long as you can, pause and then go back to it.
And you can totally record yourself with almost any phone now! I do it a lot for teaching ideas after each lesson when I have things fresh in my mind. On mine it’s called “Voice Memos”…