::A Geek in Korea::

In an effort to never remove my Cowon D2 from my ear as I trek back and forth to various locations around the city all day while on my summer intensive schedule, I’ve took it upon myself to find more podcasts relevant to my interest.

I’ve even gotten into a groove, where I know which podcasts are due for an update, and I get all excited for “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me” Mondays. Wednesday is “The Naked Scientist Day“, etc. My site isn’t called a “Geek in Korea” for nothing. Yes, I listen to geeky podcasts. That’s just how I roll.

My two newest discoveries are related to some of the podcasts I used to listen to. It turns out that Mur Lafferty, who wrote and performed the series “Heaven” over at Podiobooks, also hosted a horror short story podcast called “Pseudopod“. There is also a Science Fiction short story podcast called “Escape Pod“.

These two podcasts are really well done. Professional writers submit stories to these two podcasts. They are performed professionally, but available for free. People donate money to the podcasts, or buy archival CDs to get old podcasts. That money then goes to paying the artists that submit their work. It’s street performer style creation. Drop a buck in a tip jar if you like what you hear. I really like this model of supporting artists.

But that’s not all! Mur Lafferty also does the podcast, “I Should be Writing“, which I listened to long before I knew anything about the Heaven series and became a fan of her writing. Seems I’ve been sucked into a web of all things Mur Lafferty and I didn’t even know it. She was doing another podcast called “Geek Fu Action Grip” which is on hiatus, or possibly dead. If it was still going, I’d probably be listening to that too by now.

I’m still rocking the occasional podiobook too. “How to Succeed in Evil” is recommended listening. At least my commutes to work haven’t been boring.