What to Listen to While Driving to the Slopes?

A lot of people enjoy listening to music on an MP3 player while on the slopes, but what do you listen to if you have to drive there?

You could listen to yet more music. Or perhaps a book on tape or CD. I prefer to listen to podcasts. You can find a podcast on just about any subject you can think of, and as is the case with any medium of communication, some of them are just awful, while others are worthwhile.

My favorite podcasts come from WGN-AM, Chicago. Milton J. Rosenberg interviews authors, politicians, pundits, scholars,

on the WGN web site. Rosenberg regularly interviews authors, scholars, journalists, public officials, and other interesting people. With his guests, he informs and offers thought-provoking questions and commentary on the ancient Greeks and Romans, politics, literature, architecture, food, the use and development of the English language, and social networking media, to name just a few topics. Choose full-length replays (about an hour long) or abridged versions (one 30-minute podcast will have two 15-minute excerpts) of the show. Since there’s no overlap, choose both!

For the lighter side, I enjoy Martini Shot, by Rob Long. Long was an executive for the TV show “Cheers” (one of many “great” shows I have largely neglected) who makes Hollywood interesting even for someone who never reads “People” magazine or watches many films or TV shows.