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Software Unscripted and Data Skeptic are great podcasts, but honestly, I don't think there's a whole lot of other quality audio technical content about software. And I haven't had much luck listening to courses while driving.

[1] https://taylor.town/podcasts

Rather than limiting yourself to "career" content, maybe try enriching yourself with some classic literature and non-fiction?

I personally love listening to essay collections on readtrips! I highly recommend Gibson's Distrust That Particular Flavor and any collection from David Foster Wallace.

[2] https://taylor.town/eschew-the-new

Rather than listening, also consider taking the time to dictate some essays or short stories! Phones have very good speech-to-text nowadays, and you could probably knock out an entire first-draft of something :)

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>Rather than limiting yourself to "career" content, maybe try enriching yourself with some classic literature and non-fiction?

I'd go a step further and recommend some music, or local terrestrial radio. I'm guessing that during 16 hours of driving there will be some interesting scenery or places to stop along the way. It's a great opportunity to get away from work for a while or cogitate on stuff you've already taken in before the trip.

> local terrestrial radio

My wife and I accidentally turned on AM radio recently.

For 30 minutes, we listened to an insane infomercial about this special tea that can supposedly cure cancer, arthritis, osteoporosis, etc.

It was the hardest we've laughed together in years!

It's weird to think how sanitized my inputs have become over the years. All my feeds are so clean and curated or guided by opaque recommendations algorithms.

I just remembered! On the Metal is an excellent tech podcast too.

I highly recommend this episode about a crazy story of a janky internet exchange: https://oxide.computer/podcasts/on-the-metal/kenneth-finnega...

wow these are some solid suggestions. I wouldn't have thought of them myself. thank you.