{"id":920028,"date":"2016-11-27T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T05:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=920028"},"modified":"2016-11-27T08:00:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T05:00:16","slug":"the-best-podcasts-for-long-drives-and-other-holiday-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=920028","title":{"rendered":"The Best Podcasts for Long Drives and Other Holiday Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article main-content\" lang=\"en-US\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePageLedeBackground-JMVDp bIwRjk\">\n<header class=\"ContentHeaderWrapper-cqMZiN bndYSu content-header article__content-header inset\">\n<div data-testid=\"ContentHeaderContainer\" class=\"ContentHeaderContainer-cMdHiZ eFZJeG\">\n<div class=\"ContentHeaderHedAccreditationWrapper-WaWBW fTkfBu\">\n<div data-testid=\"ContentHeaderTitleBlockWrapper\" class=\"ContentHeaderTitleBlockWrapper-cyIGwg dMceKV\">\n<div data-testid=\"ContentHeaderRubric\" class=\"ContentHeaderRubricBlock-aIcNK wvGZo\">\n<div data-testid=\"ContentHeaderRubricDateBlock\" class=\"ContentHeaderRubricDateBlock-kvxmSu jVyBWg\">\n<div class=\"RubricWrapper-dZIqzO bjIFnB ContentHeaderRubricContainer-fiPRfk fRUoUz\"><span class=\"RubricName-gkORYq fCauaT rubric__name\">TV &amp; Movies<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 data-testid=\"ContentHeaderHed\" class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE ContentHeaderHed-SVoJX deqABF hRonzj dyRzMH\">15 Great Podcasts for Your Holiday Travel This Year<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ContentHeaderAccreditation-fcyiw bhgqZY content-header__accreditation\" data-testid=\"ContentHeaderAccreditation\">\n<div class=\"ContentHeaderByline-jXtKQj jgXynP\">\n<div class=\"ContentHeaderBylineContent-dkwwFS fRKSvg\"><time data-testid=\"ContentHeaderPublishDate\" datetime=\"2018-11-20T08:00:00-05:00\" class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE ContentHeaderPublishDate-eNTYkb deqABF mdLVF eFanim\">November 20, 2018<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ContentHeaderLeadAsset-hVxhYG cWpFgv lead-asset ContentHeaderLeadAssetWrapper-gQBTSl cEiYjd lead-asset--width-small\" data-testid=\"ContentHeaderLeadAsset\">\n<figure class=\"ContentHeaderLeadAssetContent-kyKlgP eGZaQl\">\n<div class=\"ContentHeaderLeadAssetContentMedia-bwiUDr keSRCn lead-asset__content__photo\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-zEXFr koTknX responsive-asset ContentHeaderResponsiveAsset-cgZUtS eHMjwb\"><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"aspect-ratio-container\" class=\"AspectRatioContainer-bEozCe gihbge\">\n<div class=\"aspect-ratio--overlay-container\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.vogue.com\/photos\/5891645ef88f7c2037365a7a\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/podcasts.jpg 120w, https:\/\/assets.vogue.com\/photos\/5891645ef88f7c2037365a7a\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/podcasts.jpg 240w, https:\/\/assets.vogue.com\/photos\/5891645ef88f7c2037365a7a\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/podcasts.jpg 320w, https:\/\/assets.vogue.com\/photos\/5891645ef88f7c2037365a7a\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/podcasts.jpg 640w, https:\/\/assets.vogue.com\/photos\/5891645ef88f7c2037365a7a\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/podcasts.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jYrTxZ jNLyNY caption ContentHeaderLeadAssetCaption-ifsaEE cMqZYv\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE CaptionCredit-eowWKH deqABF mdLVF gxwcqg caption__credit\">Photographed by Raymond Meier, <em>Vogue<\/em>, February 2011<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div data-attribute-verso-pattern=\"article-body\" class=\"ArticlePageContentBackGround-dcEtzE dRBcvG article-body__content\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePageChunksContent-enJWmu ilcJfn\">\n<div data-testid=\"ArticlePageChunks\" class=\"ArticlePageChunks-fwcPjP cAlDKu\">\n<div class=\"GridWrapper-cFSKbf cxzKYj grid grid-margins grid-items-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hkPQhP lnoYVP grid-layout--adrail narrow wide-adrail\" data-journey-hook=\"grid-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-beYvyV kCPYUp grid--item grid-layout__content\">\n<div class=\"BodyWrapper-kzyFNv nCpFP body body__container article__body\" data-journey-hook=\"client-content\" data-testid=\"BodyWrapper\">\n<div class=\"body__inner-container\">\n<p>For those of us for whom the holidays mean one thing\u2014gathering our immediate family members and corralling them into a vehicle pointed back to the old familiar homestead\u2014what comes out of the speakers of that vehicle can be very, very important. The radio, if you\u2019ve listened recently, seems to play only the same 10 songs over and over again, and chances are they are by the same seven people, and chances are that whoever you are driving with will, at one point, punch at the dial in frustration, and you may feel like punching them, because you were finally\u2014finally!\u2014going to match Ariana Grande\u2019s high C. These are desperate times, these wintry days of warm family get-togethers and carefully obscure conversations about what\u2019s going on in the world, and who is happy at their job, and who is getting married and having kids, or not getting married and having kids, or neither, and why are you always talking about kids?! And ideally, you\u2019ll all arrive and then return in one piece, with a slight hangover from all that family cheer, and too many presents, and at the very least a resounding food coma.<\/p>\n<p>So for your holiday travel, whether it\u2019s by car, train, or plane (and if the latter two, please wear earbuds, for Pete\u2019s sake), let us recommend that in lieu of a Top 20 countdown, the deeply depressing reality check that is the news, or Howard Stern\u2019s particular brand of perv-tastic celebrity interrogation, this time around you listen to a podcast. They pack none of the subconsciously mood-altering sway of music, you don\u2019t have to talk, and you come away feeling extremely clever, occasionally even optimistic, and definitely full of lots of good ideas for small talk for the holiday parties ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado: the 15 best podcasts for your travels this week, from the intentionally lighthearted to the entirely educational\u2014because we could all use a bit of both, from time to time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When You Really Don\u2019t Want to Hear About Trump, But You Don\u2019t Mind Thinking About Politics in the Larger Sense: <em>Slow Burn<\/em>, Season 2<\/strong><br \/>The excellent first season of Leon Neyfakh\u2019s podcast for Slate focused on the Watergate scandal; the second surpasses its predecessor and finds its focus in the saga surrounding President Bill Clinton\u2019s impeachment in the 1990s. It\u2019s a good reminder that it\u2019s not just 2016-on\u2014politics have <em>always<\/em> been pretty nuts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GridWrapper-cFSKbf cxzKYj grid grid-margins grid-items-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hkPQhP lnoYVP grid-layout--adrail narrow wide-adrail\" data-journey-hook=\"grid-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-beYvyV kCPYUp grid--item grid-layout__content\">\n<div class=\"BodyWrapper-kzyFNv nCpFP body body__container article__body\" data-journey-hook=\"client-content\" data-testid=\"BodyWrapper\">\n<div class=\"body__inner-container\">\n<p><strong>For the Person Who Secretly Kind of Loves Bad Movies (But Still Thinks They Have Better Taste in Movies Than Their Friends): <em>How Did This Get Made?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\u201cHave you ever seen a movie so bad that it\u2019s amazing?\u201d That\u2019s the tagline for HDTGM, which is basically like listening in as a handful of hilarious people\u2014that\u2019d be comedians Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas, along with their funniest friends\u2014rip apart ridiculous movies from recent history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For a Guilty Pleasure: <em>Dirty John<\/em><\/strong><br \/><em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>\u2013Wondery collaboration <em>Dirty John<\/em> tells the story of Debra, a normal, happy woman who goes on a date with a handsome, wealthy doctor named John, who ends up wreaking havoc on her life. It\u2019s an epic story involving several generations of two families, with an incredibly juicy ending. For a podcast, you\u2019ll be as hooked as if you were watching the new <em>American Crime Story<\/em> or a documentary as crazy as <em>The Jinx.<\/em> And even better, you\u2019ll be priming yourself for the TV series, starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When You Want to Laugh: <em>Who? Weekly<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Ever looked at the topics trending on Twitter or opened a tabloid only to think: Who even <em>are<\/em> these people? Then <em>Who? Weekly<\/em> is for you! Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber are the best kind of hosts\u2014chummy, clever, and in on the joke\u2014and this is the epitome of easy, fun listening. Extra points if you could pick Bella Thorne out of a lineup, though it\u2019s certainly not required. (You probably should have listened to this before you tried to talk to your 10-year-old niece.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Okay, but What About for <em>Actual<\/em> Celebrities? <em>The Read<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Bloggers, friends, and recent New York transplants Kid Fury and Crissle give a weekly \u201cread\u201d of hip-hop and pop culture\u2019s \u201cmost trying stars.\u201d You don\u2019t want to miss it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GridWrapper-cFSKbf cxzKYj grid grid-margins grid-items-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hkPQhP lnoYVP grid-layout--adrail narrow wide-adrail\" data-journey-hook=\"grid-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-beYvyV kCPYUp grid--item grid-layout__content\">\n<div class=\"BodyWrapper-kzyFNv nCpFP body body__container article__body\" data-journey-hook=\"client-content\" data-testid=\"BodyWrapper\">\n<div class=\"body__inner-container\">\n<p><strong>To Prep You for the Inevitable Current Events Discussion at the Dinner Table: <em>The Daily<\/em><\/strong><br \/><em>The Daily<\/em> is Michael Barbaro\u2019s morning podcast at <em>The New York Times,<\/em> and each short episode serves as a mini deep dive into the topics of the day, from Donald Trump\u2019s latest antics to the reality of the \u201cmigrant caravan.\u201d Barbaro has a soft-spoken delivery (it\u2019s a morning show, after all!) so it\u2019ll be great practice for some of your not-so-soothing dinner guests or relatives at Thanksgiving dinner. Brush up on the events of the last week, so you can win debates and sound like you actually know what you\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If You Love Prestige Dramas on TV: <em>Homecoming<\/em><\/strong><br \/><em>Homecoming<\/em> is a psychological thriller so good that <em>Mr. Robot<\/em> creator Sam Esmail made it into a binge-worthy TV series starring Julia Roberts. Get ahead of the curve by going back to where it all began: the podcast\u2019s excellent storytelling, and even better cast (Catherine Keener is a caseworker at a mysterious government facility assigned to treat a soldier, Oscar Isaac, with a menacing David Schwimmer as her boss).<\/p>\n<p><strong>When You\u2019d Really Rather Be Watching <em>Sex and the City<\/em>: <em>Origins With James Andrew Miller:<\/em> Sex and the City<\/strong><br \/>Miller\u2019s latest deep-dive podcast chapter explores the beloved HBO series (is there ever enough SATC?) in an oral history\u2013style set of three episodes. SJP, Cynthia Nixon, Candace Bushnell, Chris Noth, and Kristin Davis all make an appearance\u2014so, everyone except you-know-who. Which makes sense: The last episode delves into the drama-filled and doomed third <em>Sex and the City<\/em> film, in which Kim Cattrall and Parker supposedly went head-to-head. Get Parker\u2019s take in the third and final episode, but don\u2019t skip on the rest!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GridWrapper-cFSKbf cxzKYj grid grid-margins grid-items-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hkPQhP lnoYVP grid-layout--adrail narrow wide-adrail\" data-journey-hook=\"grid-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-beYvyV kCPYUp grid--item grid-layout__content\">\n<div class=\"BodyWrapper-kzyFNv nCpFP body body__container article__body\" data-journey-hook=\"client-content\" data-testid=\"BodyWrapper\">\n<div class=\"body__inner-container\">\n<p><strong>If You Love True Crime: <em>S-Town<\/em><\/strong><br \/>The next iteration of <em>Serial<\/em>, <em>S-town<\/em> is a sad, bizarre, beautiful, and very binge-able story about an Alabama man named John B. McLemore, who approached a team of journalists to investigate an alleged crime and widespread corruption in his town. What they got instead was a harrowing Southern Gothic, with a very complex story about a man that seems almost too cinematic to be real. Listen from beginning to end, and bring tissues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When You Want to Pretend You\u2019re With Your Friends: <em>2 Dope Queens<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams (the two dope queens in question) use their podcast as a way to share the love with up-and-coming comedy talent, often recorded at live shows at different venues. With topics ranging from sex, romance, race, and hair, to living in New York and being obsessed with Bono, if there\u2019s an easier way to spend an hour, I don\u2019t know it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When You Want to Learn Something: <em>Hidden Brain<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Shankar Vedantam\u2019s podcast for NPR aims to \u201chelp curious people understand the world\u2014and themselves,\u201d which translates into topics as far-ranging as narcissism, facial blindness, the secret lives of billionaires, and how the \u201cbroken windows\u201d theory led to the stop-and-frisk campaign, against the wishes of its creator. Plus, Vedantam has an incredibly engaging voice that\u2019s also very easy to listen to, which counts for a lot on a long car ride.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To Get Ready for Everyone Asking About Your Love Life: <em>Why Oh Why<\/em><\/strong><br \/>For single people, Thanksgiving can be a nightmare of prying questions and not-so-subtle scolding looks. Get ready to face the onslaught with <em>Why Oh Why<\/em> from Andrea Silenzi, who takes on the modern dating world in hilarious and thoughtful ways. Ghosting, swiping, end-of-the-world sex: Everything is covered. You can maybe even direct some of your more critical relatives to the podcast in lieu of answering them about your own dating life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GridWrapper-cFSKbf cxzKYj grid grid-margins grid-items-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hkPQhP lnoYVP grid-layout--adrail narrow wide-adrail\" data-journey-hook=\"grid-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-beYvyV kCPYUp grid--item grid-layout__content\">\n<div class=\"BodyWrapper-kzyFNv nCpFP body body__container article__body\" data-journey-hook=\"client-content\" data-testid=\"BodyWrapper\">\n<div class=\"body__inner-container\">\n<p><strong>When You\u2019re Looking Forward to Nipping That Football Conversation Right in the Bud: <em>Gladiator<\/em><\/strong><br \/><em>The Boston Globe<\/em>\u2019s Spotlight team (famous for its investigation of the sexual abuse scandal inside the Catholic Church) takes on the crisis facing the NFL. The podcast focuses on the violent, turbulent life of Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriots star who committed suicide in April 2017 while in prison serving a life sentence for murder. <em>Gladiator<\/em> looks at the varying factors that could have contributed to his downfall, from the role that brain damage brought on by the sport could have had on his behavior, to the possible secrets he kept about his sexuality amidst the ultramasculine culture of professional sports, to the elite coaches and teams who looked the other way as Hernandez began to spiral out of control. It\u2019ll put Thursday\u2019s big game in an entirely different perspective.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When You\u2019re in the Car With Your Significant Other Who Doesn\u2019t Like Podcasts: <em>Radiolab<\/em><\/strong><br \/>People who listen to <em>Radiolab<\/em><em>really<\/em> love <em>Radiolab<\/em>. The Peabody Award\u2013winning series is a delight. Start with \u201cFalling,\u201d an episode which manages to touch on love, Niagara Falls, and the science of cats surviving after jumping out of windows, and also has both Brian Greene and Neil deGrasse Tyson as guests. From there, try \u201cThe Good Show,\u201d and \u201cSleep.\u201d And from there, the whole world is your oyster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Already Listened to <em>Radiolab<\/em>, and Loved It? Try <em>More Perfect<\/em><\/strong><br \/>This <em>Radiolab<\/em>-produced miniseries focuses solely on the history of the Supreme Court. Sounds snoozy, but is in actuality fascinating\u2014and more and more important to know about. Plus, with two seasons, you can binge on the way there and back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p> Source URL: https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/best-podcasts-for-long-drives-thanksgiving-travel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV &amp; Movies 15 Great Podcasts for Your Holiday Travel This Year November 20, 2018 Photographed by Raymond Meier, Vogue, February 2011 For those of us for whom the holidays mean one thing\u2014gathering our immediate family members and corralling them into a vehicle pointed back to the old familiar homestead\u2014what comes out of the speakers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":920029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-920028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-vogue-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=920028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/920029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=920028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=920028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=920028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}