The importance of Podcasts-- Education everywhere you can go!

Links: Go here, go anywhere http://www.kurzweilai.net/ Ray Kurzweil is a furturist, author, inventor, and major proponent of the Transhumanist movement. His experience is too vast to encapsulate. He is committed to funding cutting-edge science and educating the public about the singularity-- where technology and biology merge. http://humanityplus.org/ Our parent site that keeps us updated about the field. http://www.extremetech.com/tag/transhumanism A great tech site that provides updates in science and technology. http://www.theskepticsguide.org/ A portal for critical thinking and a popular podcast. http://www.skeptic.com/ Critical thinking with the great minds of skepticism. http://www.thenakedscientists.com/ Great science podcast and site for current events in the science world. http://www.nasa.gov/ We should all care about what is "up there". Here is the definitive site. http://www.pbs.org/ For media about everything educational, you cannot beat PBS. Nova, Frontline, and POV are always informative. This may also be the best television station for children (and adults for that matter). http://www.maine.gov/ Learn about our state and find out what is going on here. Sometimes we don't even understand our own backyard. Take a look. http://www.mainetourism.com/ More to do in Maine. Maine's  motto has been, "The way life should be". I would say that is the Transhumanist mantra as well. http://www.planetaryresources.com/ Keep an eye out for this team of scientists and visionaries. The Kardahsev scale system mentions 3 Civilization Types-- the first uses all the resources of the host planet and the second of its star. We are still Type 0, but with their help, we will improve to a Type I and glimpse the glory of a Type II.

Podcasts: Education anywhere If you are like me, your hands are often busy doing something. Luckily, technology makes it easy today to carry portable media around with you almost anywhere.      While we all know music as an option, audio books and moreover podcasts are great to pass the time while learning! I have been subscribed to an average of 30 weekly podcasts for over 8 years. These are like radio shows but are varied on any subject you can think of. While there are good and not so good shows, Itunes has a rating system to help weed out a great playlist for you. Updates may be slow and sometimes shows end-- that gives reason to keep searching: it is estimated that well over 120,000 podcasts currently exist.      In order to improve ourselves, we need to have accessible knowledge for an accessible mind. You can't always read. Many authors, doctors, scientists, professors and journalists have podcasts, so the amateur realm need not be searched (for those questioning quality).    Here is a short list of podcasts that have become mainstays for keeping me updated on science, technology and philosophies.  -- The skeptic's guide to the universe -- The naked scientists -- All in the mind -- Dan Carlin's "Common sense" and "Hardcore History" -- Freakonomics Radio -- History Extra -- NPR (there are so many to list. NPR.org has an amazing directory of great shows: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php -- Science Friday -- Studio 360 -- WNYC's Radiolab -- Travel with Rick Steves (a great adventure right from home) -- Reduced Shakespeare Company (entertainment professionals about their craft)   These above and more are worth the effort. Play in a car, while exercising, doing dishes, using your hands...Knowledge can happen anywher