Containment requires, you are already starting to saturate screens. Between telecommuting and online courses, you deserve a little escape to ease your mind. To disconnect while opening up to the world and cultivating yourself, opt for listening to podcasts. We tell you all about this new trend that will save your day.
What is a podcast?
A podcast is digital audio content that you can download and listen to anywhere and anytime. So you can listen to a podcast wherever you are, thanks to RSS feed technology.
Podcasts can cover all kinds of topics and take different forms:
- Interviews with personalities or experts on a theme.
- "Native" podcasts are shows created exclusively for podcast platforms.
- Podcasts " talks " are conversations between several speakers on a subject.
- Replays of radio or T.V. programs. In the second case, the soundtrack is extracted and put in a podcast.
- Testimonials.
- Tales and other fictional stories.
To find and listen to podcasts, you can go directly to websites offering podcasts (radio sites, RadioKawa, Louie Media, etc.). You can also go to listening platforms such as SoundCloud, Deezer, Spotify or iTunes. Finally, you can download a podcast app like Podcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, and PodcastRepublic.
Podcasts:why is it great?
Are you confined to your home for an indefinite period? Take advantage of this period of confinement to discover the world of the podcast that you will love, because:
- You stay open to the world and break the isolation by listening to various discussions. You get different points of view on different topics while necessarily learning about the world around you.
- You discover new interests thanks to the variety of topics covered in the podcasts. Indeed, there is something for everyone:history, feminism, investigation, art, health, ecology, politics...
- You give yourself an entertaining break during confinement. It's hard to find new occupations when you're cloistered at home... The podcast allows you to have fun outside the screens.
- You can do multiple things at the same time. Are you embarking on a major spring cleaning or a sports session? Nothing prevents you from listening to a podcast during this time. It will be easier than watching an episode of a series or reading a magazine.
- You develop your general culture listening to podcasts on all types of subjects. For example, you can use podcasts to learn more about a topic that interests you on health or the economy, or to learn a new language.
- You get away from it all while listening. At the moment, a little escape is welcome! Forget everyday life for a few minutes, the time to listen to a podcast on a subject that interests you.
And for the children?
Kids also love podcasts. Introduce them to listening to podcasts so that their minds escape, the time of a nice story. Podcasts stimulate their concentration and imagination.
Our selection of podcasts for children:
- " A story and… Oli " by France Inter for 5-7 year olds:a beautiful story of about ten minutes told every evening at bedtime.
- " The Odysseys " by France Inter for 7-12 year olds:your children will love these stories of past adventure and exploration. This moment of escape allows them to learn many things.
- “ The Night Light on Sleep ” by Audible and Bloom to help them fall asleep using methods of falling asleep (meditation, ASMR, relaxation sound effects, etc.).
Podcasts are a good solution to stay connected with the outside world without going through the screens. You can even open up other horizons, even under house arrest. 3, 2,1… Podcast!
