What do you Listen to on the Road?

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  1. Eggplant

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    What kind of stuff do you listen to while driving?

    Music? Talk shows? Audio books? Podcasts? etc.
     
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    All of the above.
    I have several audiobooks on my phone from story's to. Lectures. Philosophy.
    I also have several apps for music.
    And of course the radio.
    Funny thing is I allways like all music but dident really listen to some genres at all until I started driving truck. Now I listen to even gospel music.
    I like npr talk radio.
     
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    Satellite radio, the CB, the weather band
     
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    Company provides XM satellite so I listen to some talk radio on weekdays, and commercial free pop and classic rock music channels, and weekends and the occasional night run, I listen to a lot of audiobooks (Amazon Audible downloads) ... Brad Thor, and Ward Larsen mostly, but also some classics like Tom Sawyer and Moby-Dick ... all unabridged versions
     
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    Sucks when you get a nararator on a audiobook that sounds like they got punched in the throat.
     
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    Anything but the CB ;)
     
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    I've not experienced this narration problem, at least not with the books I listen too. The Brad Thor and Ward Larsen book all have lots of characters and I think the usual narrators do a fantastic job of distinguishing them all with different and believable dialects and accents. But I'm sure eventually I will experience such an issue.

    It's amazing how time flies when you get engrossed in a good "book" on a quiet and desolate stretch of road. I can't listen to audiobooks when in dense traffic or cities where lots of attention must be diverted from the book reading, because it's too easy to lose track of what's going in, especially in high-action segments ... desolate or rural stretches of road are perfect for good audiobooks.
     
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    the voices in my head.
     
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    Audible audio books

    Podcasts

    Gave up on satellite radio though. Way to many commercial breaks.
     
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    Podcasts, talk radio, good music etc. By the way, this is my first post. I'm a little pumped to be part of this site. Alot of you really seem to know your stuff. Thanks everyone for good info and entertaining stories.
     
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