Listening to podcasts can be a great way to take your mind off of daily stresses, learn something new, or simply make folding laundry more enjoyable. Sophia Morris has rounded up a few you might enjoy.
1. Corona Calm
Need a break? This collection of meditation and mindfulness exercises curated by the ABC will help you de-stress. There’s even an episode specifically for kids.
2. The Duolingo Spanish Podcast.
This podcast uses English narration to introduce engaging Spanish-language stories that are designed specifically to help you learn and grow your skills. Each episode features the inspiring story of a real person using simple Spanish, and there are transcripts of every episode. A French podcast is also available.
3. Dear Sugars.
Authors Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond offer insightful and empathetic advice as they answer questions from listeners on topics including death, relationships, money and everything in between.
Listening to the podcast can feel calming, as you realise your experiences and anxieties are more universal than you thought.
4. Home Cooking.
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat cookbook author Samin Nosrat and co-host Hrishikesh Hirway launched this new podcast to help you figure out what to cook with the ingredients you have at home.
The first episode goes into the basics that you should have in your cupboard and answers questions about using certain ingredients we all might have a lot of right now, like beans.
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