Timbercasts, Part 01: From J to Z

Having a kid is one heck of a thing. I’d go on about all the great stuff about it, but if you already have a kid, you already know, and if you don’t, then you won’t. Suffice it to say, despite all the amazing things about it, the first few years can feel a bit like an exile, especially if your friends don’t also have young’uns.

So it was that I became an avid podcast listener. Taking the baby for walks, doing the dishes, throwing a ball for the dog—the best podcasts make you feel like you’re in the room, hanging out with a good friend. Come 2017, I could no longer listen to pods of a political nature, and so I dug deeper and deeper for diversions: This American Life, Radio Lab, and podcasts…