Podcasts are like radio shows that you can listen to whenever you want. There are podcasts about just about everything and I worked with them a great deal when I was studying Japanese. Since anyone with a microphone can make a podcast, there are many to choose from.
Most of the podcasts I have listened to were for practicing foreign languages. A particularly useful one was called JPod101. It was a weekly podcast that helped the listener understand a dialogue. I found it was very helpful because I had no other reliable method of listening to Japanese speech, seeing as I lived in Green Bay, Wisconsin at the time.
Another great thing about podcasts is that most of them are free. Podcasts can be quite entertaining and I listened to many over the summer when my job consisted solely of shelving books for 8 hours a day. I find it's easy to find interviews with celebrities you like. For example, I have a ton of Anthony Bourdain interviews from different podcasts.
Though I enjoy NPR, I can't think of many people my age who do. Podcasts seem to have taken the place of talk radio for my generation, and I suspect that will be the case for future generations as well.
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