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Thanks for listening

A woman said this to me yesterday: “Thanks for listening.” And it reminded me that this is the fundamental gift that we can all give each other. It costs very little to spend a few moments listening to another person. (The pictures here illustrate people listening: my friends Kyle and Estelle get a lot done while they listen to podcasts, too…Weenta, on the other hand, likes to get quiet and close her eyes while she listens seated on her bed.)

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I’m a horribly slow reader. And while I haven’t completely given up on books, for myself, I’m instituting listening days, those when I tune in to all the podcasts friends and others are recommending. And the beauty of listening to pre-recorded audio is that I can also get my dishes done, run, and cook while listening.

So here’s what I’m listening to today: Happier with Gretchen Rubin: The Power Hour; Invisibilia: Fearless; my favorite British Jesuit prayer podcast. So… what are you listening to? Thanks for listening, er, reading.

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Jennifer Szweda Jordan is a founder and producer of Unabridged Press. She is a native Pittsburgher who's worked at The Associated Press, The Allegheny Front Environmental Radio, and other news outlets. She intermittently tweets @jeniferpossible

  • Kyle Winkler
    April 4, 2015 at 11:14 AM

    Two “news” favorites on my list of podcasts include “Counterspin” and Harry Shearer’s “Le Show”. I put “news” in parenthesis because like the Daily show, Le Show is sometimes more satire and has silly songs that are kinda so so. Counterspin is meta-news because they tend to focus on what was missed and how the presentation of news in corporate media (and NPR) leads listeners of those stories to certain outcomes that are incorrect. I don’t usually watch THE News, so this is where I get some of my information about what is going on in the world.

  • Jennifer
    April 9, 2015 at 8:31 PM

    Thanks for commenting, Kyle! Insightful as usual!