Something productive to listen to while working?

[Chuchunezumis]

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Hey,

So my job does not require my complete focus, but does require me to be working on a computer. I've already taken the MCATs and am applying this year. I'm wondering knows of some interesting/productive stuff to listen to rather than just pandora. Ideally it'd be medically related stuff or just teach me some science concepts in case I need to retake the MCAT or will need to know the stuff for med school.

 

[gmcguitar4]

I would say just listen to music you like and enjoy your time before medical school starts. If you want to stay on top of MCAT stuff just keep practicing it.

 

[Chuchunezumis]

I would say just listen to music you like and enjoy your time before medical school starts. If you want to stay on top of MCAT stuff just keep practicing it.

I do enjoy the music, but the problem is I get kinda bored with just doing my work stuff and would actually enjoy having to multitask a bit more. If there's nothing worthwhile though, Pandora it is.

 

[mcloaf]

Radiolab and/or This American Life podcasts. The former is little more up your science/medicine alley, but the latter is also worthwhile and informative. These things keep me same at work when doing monotonous lab stuff like setting up real-time pcr reactions etc. Both have smartphone apps that you can buy for a few dollars that let you stream all their episodes on demand, which IMO is a steal for the hundreds of hours of content.

 

[DrEnderW]

Check out iTunes U. It has a lot of medical and science related stuff.

 

[Greedo]

Radiolab and/or This American Life podcasts. The former is little more up your science/medicine alley, but the latter is also worthwhile and informative. These things keep me same at work when doing monotonous lab stuff like setting up real-time pcr reactions etc. Both have smartphone apps that you can buy for a few dollars that let you stream all their episodes on demand, which IMO is a steal for the hundreds of hours of content.

Definitely these two, plus the Diane Rehm Show often has medical topics. Last week they interviewed Paul Farmer!

 

[tantacles]

Radiolab and/or This American Life podcasts. The former is little more up your science/medicine alley, but the latter is also worthwhile and informative. These things keep me same at work when doing monotonous lab stuff like setting up real-time pcr reactions etc. Both have smartphone apps that you can buy for a few dollars that let you stream all their episodes on demand, which IMO is a steal for the hundreds of hours of content.

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[Skeeks]

Hey,

So my job does not require my complete focus, but does require me to be working on a computer. I've already taken the MCATs and am applying this year. I'm wondering knows of some interesting/productive stuff to listen to rather than just pandora. Ideally it'd be medically related stuff or just teach me some science concepts in case I need to retake the MCAT or will need to know the stuff for med school.

One thing I have loved in similiar cases recently is audiobooks. There are some awesome books written by physicians out there that talk about current events/ideas in medicine. Just to get you started if you are interested check out How Doctors Think by Jerome Groupman M.D. This book literally changed the whole way I look at doctors and medical school. If you check it out you wont be dissappointed.

 

[chillaxbro]

When I was working as a lab monkey doing mind numbing work for 8 hours a day, I listened to college lectures

The best one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNnIGh9g6fA&list=EC848F2368C90DDC3D
Robert Sapolsky is a super interesting and smart dude. Excellent lecturer.
I suggest downloading the playlist and converting it to mp3 and putting it onto your ipod

If you want something more entertaining and less productive, I suggest Joe Rogan's podcast. My favorite one was the Justin Wren one where he talks about going to the Congo to help the pygmy people enslaved by the Bantu. You can get it for free on itunes

 

[Belle Melodie]

Hey,

So my job does not require my complete focus, but does require me to be working on a computer. I've already taken the MCATs and am applying this year. I'm wondering knows of some interesting/productive stuff to listen to rather than just pandora. Ideally it'd be medically related stuff or just teach me some science concepts in case I need to retake the MCAT or will need to know the stuff for med school.

did you get your score?? Audio osmosis is great --imo.

 

[Xenops]

I like to listen to language podcasts. JapanCast and Alex and Beb are the ones I listen to for Japanese. You could also listen to Pinsleur's language series, but they are pricy.

 

[survivordo]

The Freakonomics podcast is incredibly interesting. Also, if you have any interest in surgery you could check out Surgery 101 but parts of it may be a bit over your head. I also enjoy planet money and radiolab.

Survivor DO

 

[Doctor Strange]

I usually caught up on TV shows while I did my research work... My boss didn't care.

 

[Slickyfats]

Radiolab is probably the best podcast you can get your hands on. This American Life really shows how to tell a story. Freakonomics should not be considered "real" economics but really is fun to listen to and does make you think. I also felt it shows that you can skew statistics to whatever you want. 60 minutes podcast is great if you don't watch the show but it requires a bit of imagination at times.... These have been my core 4 podcasts.

Newer one's I've enjoyed have been Notes in Spanish which gives varying levels of difficulty of spanish conversation to practice translating. Planet Money, BBC HealthCheck, and BBC Science in Actions are nice, short, weekly podcasts to keep things up to date. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History is great if you're into that, but bear in mind these are essentially audiobooks he releases every few months. The Naked Scientist is longer than science in action but tends to be more thorough and easy to understand. Stuff you missed in History and Stuff you should know are pretty short good, but I listen to them selectively.

There's a special place in my heart for the Joe Rogan Podcast as well, but I'm VERY selective of what I listen to there.


....I podcast a lot....

 

[mzarrowsmith]

+1 for Planet Money.

Other podcaasts:

Health Affairs Narrative Matters
Health Affairs Events
Economist
Zero to Three (if you have or are interested in kids)

EDIT: I'm a huge fan of Audible. Audio books on your iPod. You can knock out classics in a couple days. I run to the sweet sound of Shakespeare.