Why listen to music on the train when you have podcasts? I only recently discovered the beauty of podcasts. I have always thought that they purely consist of Ted Talks or debates; aspects of which I am not remotely interested in. I love stories. I love listening to people tell stories. I love listening to people telling personal stories.  Little did I know these could be found as podcasts! So exciting.

So over the past week I have listened to the podcast ‘Story Club’ hosted by Ben and Zoe, recorded live in Sydney. And guess what – it’s people telling personal stories!! It’s fantastic. These people are so engaging, and have the most interesting, funny and pleasurable stories to listen to. It’s exactly what I want to listen to on the way to uni. There’s only so much music you can listen to when waiting for public transport, and often I find listening to music on public transport is just frustrating because there are so many things going on, I’d rather just listen to nothing; but then I get super bored. The whole process and situation is a serious dilemma. The only time I listen to music on trains or trams is when it’s virtually empty, I have a seat, and I am staying on for at least 3 stops. When it’s busy and all the seats are taken, there is so much going on with people constantly hoping on and off, especially when I’m standing awkwardly near the door way because that’s the only spot. I always find myself awkwardly getting out of people’s way and embarrassing myself half the time by yelling ‘sorry’ because I can’t hear myself due to the music, or just getting so confused with people talking and my music. I just can’t enjoy it!!

So with these podcasts, I can actually enjoy myself because there is no distraction, I get lost in listening and completely zone out so the train time flies, and I can just easily hop out of someone’s way because I can actually hear what’s going on!