I like to dig up classic speeches and listen to them in such situations. It's pretty easy to dig them up from online archives, and they're more natural to listen to for me than audio books. Given the top thread at the moment, I can recommend Huxley's The Ultimate Revolution. :-)
Ask YC: Road trip. Which audio books would you recommend?
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Re: Ask YC: Road trip. Which audio books would you recommend?
#12Okay, if you enjoy history try The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (Volume 1) - each volume is around 48hrs each, it might sound like a lot of hours listening but it's a great book and taught me a lot about Roman history. If you're into sci-fi try the old BBC radio series Journey into Space, Operation Luna (the first in the series).
Interesting. I was thinking more of 'business' stuff, but there's always a correlation between business and topics such as rise and falls of empires. Thanks for that!
If you're talking business books try The Rebel Sell "How the counter culture became the consumer culture". and I book I love for it's story telling is Boo Hoo "$135 million. 18 months... a dot.com story from concept to catastrophe".
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#131. "The Wisdom of Crowds" by James Surowiecki
2. "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely
3. "The Search" by John Battelle
4. "Made to Stick" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
5. "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
That should cover your trip. I've listened to all of them and really liked all of them. "Blink" by Gladwell is also good, but not as business related.
I would love to hear any other suggestions people have in this category.
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#14I read an article a few days ago about how distracting listening to audiobooks or talking is when driving.
that's probably true, but heck you've got to do something to quench the boredom.
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#15Radiolab. It is a podcast, not an audio book, but I would recommend downloading the entire set at http://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab and listening to all of them. Listen to them in order, oldest to newest. I would not recommend starting with the most recent "Jad and Robert: The Early Years" which is mainly about the hosts. And if you want to cherrypick one show to start with try: Musical Language.
thanks for this one, have just started to download them all now.
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#16I would get a Pimsleur CD course on a language you've always wanted to learn. The complete box set, 14 CDs or whatever, $250. You'll be conversational a few days later, and it requires you to listen actively rather than passively, so you're more likely to stay awake while you drive.
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#17Feynman: "Los Alamos from Bellow" speech, "You Must Be Joking Mr Feynman".
The Teaching Company has "The Great Ideas of Philosophy/Psychology" series and courses in economics I'd recommend.
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#18This brings up a good point. What would it take to put "Hackers and Painters" and "Founders at Work" onto CD? I can't imagine anything I'd rather listen to. And both are perfect for short trips because each chapter is stand-alone.
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#19I would get a Pimsleur CD course on a language you've always wanted to learn. The complete box set, 14 CDs or whatever, $250. You'll be conversational a few days later, and it requires you to listen actively rather than passively, so you're more likely to stay awake while you drive.
I would strongly recommend the "Behind the Wheel" series of foreign language courses. There were specifically designed for use while driving. Perfect. N'est pas?
http://www.amazon.com/Behind-French-Revised-Complete-Illustr...
Re: Ask YC: Road trip. Which audio books would you recommend?
#20Check out courses from The Teaching Company. I find that to be more productive to listen to while driving.