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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

For podcasts, I like to listen to church sermons. I'll also listen to audiobooks via Audible. Having the ability to sync these two things (and my music playlists) to the Apple Watch is a real convenience.

While church sermons may seem kinda dry, the purpose for me during long grueling training runs is to get my mind off of my body telling me it would be more comfortable back in that warm bed. It also gives time to reflect on the body God gave me, which I should be grateful for and not be upset with. There are always times during a long run or a race where I've asked and received help from the Holy Spirit to push me forward. :-)

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

Ten Junk Miles podcast. It's a runners podcast that often has nothing to do with running.

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

I have about 60 different podcasts i listen to and i can't run without them! Stuff You Missed In History Class, Wine & Crime, Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities, American History Tellers, American Scandal, And That's Why We Drink, Assassinations, Best Case Worst Case, Brought to you by, Business Wars, Business Wars Daily, Con Artists, Conspiracy Theories, Covert, Crime Junkie, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, Crimes of Passion, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, The Dark Side Of, Dictators, Female Criminals, Gone, Good Nights Stories for Rebel Girls, History Unplugged Podcast, History Vs., Hostage, How To Money, Kingpins, Lore, Natural Disasters, Not Guilty, Political Scandals, Secret Societies, Serial Killers, Skimm This, Small Town Dicks Podcast, Stuff You Should Know, Survival, Swindled, This Day in History Class, Tides of History, Today in True Crime, Unobscured, Felonious Florida, What Makes A Killer, Florida Men on Florida Man.

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

NPRs Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me. You can laugh and run.

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

Gotta have music! Pink Floyd, Eagles, Imagine Dragons and more!

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

I must give kudos to you for being able to run and listen to a podcast, I end up tuning out at some point... However, I have a few favorites - The Thick Thighs Saves Lives - female-oriented but generally good advice and the ladies that host it are funny. Feel Better Live More by Dr. Chatterjee. And Rich Roll, his are super long but always great conversations.

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

So I am a huge fan of Small Town Murder and Crime in Sports. Jimmie and James host both shows and it helps to laugh on an 8 mile run in Ohio in February. Also, Timesuck is great with Dan Cummins...strange topics for us meatsacks to digest. Hail Nimrod! Also, History of Rome is great...200 plus episodes 20 to 30 minutes in length. Philosophize This is a good one too. So many podcasts and so little time.

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

'how i built this' w/ guy raz, 'the run pod' w/ jenni falconer, 'fresh air' with terri gross and 'radio cherry bombe' w/ kerry diamond are my go-tos!

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

American Scandal, Sports Wars, and my favorite is Small Town Murder! 😂

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

If you like comedy and true crime: Small Town Murder, and Crime in Sports (both hosted by the same guys, and they're hilarious)

If you like Running Podcasts: Ten Junk Miles, and Run, Selfie, Repeat by Kelly Roberts.

If you like random chatterings and comedy: the Rooster Teeth Podcast, and the Off Topic Podcast :)

Love all of these!

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

I don't listen to anything when I am an obsessive when it comes to podcasts.

These are GREAT running podcasts:

- For the Long Run

- Rabbit & the Hare

- Science of Ultrarunning

Non running podcasts that I LOVE:

- Anthropocene Reviewed (incredible writing)

- Radiolab (more science than this American Life)

- This American Life (more investigative journalism, storytelling)

- Every Little Thing (pick one obscure topic/question like Flamingos and dive super deep)

- Work Life with Adam Grant (feels like a TED talk every time)

- The Pitch (very similar to Shark Tank but much more raw)

- 99% Invisible (obscure/unseen truths, people, designs that helped shape our world and their history)

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

I’m a huge fan of running to podcasts! Reply All (nonfiction about the internet) and Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me (NPR comedy news quiz) are my favorites, but they’re funny so there’s the risk of laughing while you’re running and ruining your breathing pattern. The Moth (true stories) is also a good pick for long runs because they have hour-long episodes of very compelling stories. Gimlet Media has produced a few binge-worthy shows like Sandra, Crimetown, and Homecoming that are scripted and all-around fantastic.

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

I listen to the TED Radio Hour or Another Mother Runner most of the time when I’m running outside. On the Treadmill, I like to watch something because I get so damn bored running in place! Right now, I’m into Apple’s original series, Servant.

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

I tend to be a little clumsy and I am afraid if I listen to podcasts on the run I might not be as observant of the terrain on which I am running. Music works for me on the run. I sometimes listen to podcasts when I am driving and I really like Jillian Michaels' and Coach Jenny Hadfield's podcasts.

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

I don't listen to anything while running, except if I'm out of town and running on a hotel treadmill. If I did listen to podcasts while running, I would recommend for those who have a more religious outlook, "The Bad Christian Podcast".

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

Swindled!!

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

Armchair Expert with Dax Sheperd, To Live in Die in LA, Serial, The Ballad of Billy Balls, Off Camera with Sam Jones, Life is Short with Justin Long

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

right now I"m listening to a book. I'm a huge reader. but I also love currently reading, the POPCAST, One Bad Mother, pop culture happy hour, Allison Rosen is your New Best Friend.

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Feb 28, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

Usually I am strictly a music gal, but I have been getting into serial killer podcasts. My boyfriend thinks I'm nuts but I love them. I am currently listening to My Favorite Murder and the ladies are hilarious. I also love a horror movie critic podcast called We'll See You in Hell which I also love because I love horror movies as well!

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Feb 17, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History; History of Rome; Revolutions; Tom Woods; Patriot Lessons American History and Civics

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Feb 16, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

I listen to music but ready to change to pod cast

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Feb 15, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

Trail runner nation, love those guys!

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Feb 15, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

Lindsey Hein's "I'll Have Another"....she has recently featured a lot of the women who have qualified for the Marathon Olympic Trials. Love hearing what they did to get that qualifying time, very inspiring stories

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Feb 15, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

1-Family Secrets with Dani Shapiro is a fav!

2-❤️4 Things with Amy Brown.

3-The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey

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Feb 15, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

I’ve really enjoyed seeing what everyone listens to! I’ll definitely have to add some new podcasts to my rotation! Thanks for sharing!

While running, I only listen to music, or nothing at all when I’m somewhere scenic. I enjoy podcasts when I’m driving and doing house chores. My most frequent go-to’s are Dan Carlin’s Hard Core History (history), the Bible Project (theology), and The World and Everything In It (current events/news). I sometimes listen to Mike Rowe’s “The Way I Heard It” and just started listening to Disney’s For Scores, which interviews the composers of their various soundtracks and gives a behind the scenes perspective on how film scores are made.

As for my music, I enjoy upbeat songs with a strong rhythm. While running, I like to imagine myself choreographing a dance battle or putting myself into the story of the music. It’s a little silly (especially since I have very little dance experience and no experience with choreography!) but it’s the mental trick I use to make my boring treadmill runs and long runs more enjoyable. Another trick. I only listen to my running music when I’m running, and if I start skipping a song I’ll take it out of the playlist and exchange it for another.

I’m always on the search for new songs to add to my collection. I’m going to try to share a link to my Spotify running playlist, for anyone’s who’s interested, and likewise I’d be interested to learn what music others run to.

Have a great weekend everyone and happy trails! (Real and metaphorical)

https://open.spotify.com/user/elizabethw101/playlist/4AxlOch8lv9FGBv18v83bv?si=0tyTjXIkSoSa6O49zj2rzg

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

My Brother, My Brother, and Me, Sawbones, and The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week are my favorites although I generally listen to audiobooks.

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

This American Life is always good and has funny or serious topics to choose from, huge library of podcasts, all of the Serials, S-Town is amazing, Dr. Death, Armchair expert with Dax Shepard..... going to check out some from this list as well.

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

I have several favorites, The Morning Shakeout with Mario Fraioli, Strength running podcast with Jason Fitzgerald, Marathon Training Academy, Running 4 Real, Run to the Top....there is a definite theme here :-)

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

If I am on the treadmill I listen to a couple of different podcasts. I listen to one my pastor puts out called MOOR of the Word, and I listen to a couple of Arkansas Razorback sports podcasts. If I'm running outside I listen to contemporary Christian music.

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

I generally only run with music. Music makes me motivated to run and helps me set a pace. I'm generally too distracted to listen to podcasts, but I am open to suggestions. If something is completely fascinating and exciting, I am open to listening.

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

I’m a Project Management Professional (PMP), so I often listen to educational podcasts to get my required PDUs. Otherwise, it’s only music for me.

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Feb 14, 2020Liked by Terrell Johnson

If anyone knows about any history podcasts please share- would love to study and run!

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Ten Junk Miles is my favorite, NPR Wait Wait don’t tell me , MTA, Lindsay Hein podcast , Ultra running pod cast there are a few that I will listen to , Trail runner nation

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BTW on the treadmill I watch dating reality shows. I hate reality shows otherwise but for some reason they are hella fun on the 'mill. Right now my fave is Love is Blind.

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A question for all somewhat off the topic...

What do you listen podcasts/music on?

Bluetooth headphones like Dr Drews... what do people

think of there Apple I Pods???

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I saw a few people mention How I Built This. I just started listening to an episode. Started with the Chicken Salad Chick episode. I love it! Thanks for the recommendation 🙏🏽❤️

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I’m more of a music person myself. I have listen to some sermons! I get lots of gratitude for running. I’m not sure if I could listen to Podcasts I could give it a try. I have read your posts. Thank you for sharing. I will look into those.

Terrell just curious how much do you run on the tread? I recently joined a gym, we moved to a small town. I’ve had to make adjustments, I have not ran long distance on a treadmill. Have a great night peeps.

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Last year I trained for a marathon and right now I'm training for a half-marathon. I live in Maine so the long miles in the cold, dark winter make podcast listening an essential piece of training. With that said, check out my new podcast My Fame Explained. A podcast with people you've heard of and how they became famous. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts (https://link.chtbl.com/QJJlX8U2) or here: myfameexplained.com

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