An ipod is my only concession to high-tech gadgets (I carry a 5 year old cell phone that does not take pictures, does not browse the Internet, does not check emails, does not play MP3s .. well you get the picture). The primary reason I got the ipod is the amazing wealth of information now available in the form of podcasts and online multimedia. It will make you bike more and go to the gym more.. Or you can just listen to it on your computer.

Recent recommendations. Here is my (irregularly updated) recommendations. If you find it interesting, subscribe to the RSS feed.

Below's a sampling of the Best of What is Out There.. Enjoy!

1. University Channels. A wealth of content from seminars, lectures, even classroom material from many universities. My picks:
   • A fascinating series of lectures and events from many different institutions are available from UChannel hosted at Princeton University's web site. Recommended: "How Silicon Valley was made".
   • UC Berkeley offers webcasts of both events and classroom lectures. Recommended: "The Past, Present and Future of Food".
2. Business news. If you obsessively follow the financial news like I do, you may like to check these out.
   • BusinessWeek's Cover Stories. Especially recommend episode on what happens to companies unfortunate enough to fall into the hands of penny-pinching private equity financiers: "Perform or Perish".
   • TIME Business podcast.
   • Bloomberg On the Economy.
3. Public Media.
   • The BBC's In Our Time. Especially recommend episode on "The Arabian nights"

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