{"id":339942,"date":"2015-08-27T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T04:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/press-play-10-podcasts-listening-339942.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T22:49:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T14:49:33","slug":"press-play-10-podcasts-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/press-play-10-podcasts-listening-339942.html","title":{"rendered":"Press Play: 10 Podcasts you should be listening to"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Audio forms of entertainment were always going to take a backseat to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/culture\/singapore-events\/news-and-activities\/top-picks-5-film-festivals-checkout-singapore-119848.html#post-119848\">visual forms of entertainment<\/a>. Why settle for one when you can have a double-whammy? But that predicament is fast changing.<\/p> <p>2014 was declared the \u201cGolden Age of Podcasts\u201d thanks to the popular 12-episode series podcast <em>Serial<\/em> which re-examined the 1999 murder case of a Baltimore teenager and inevitably revived the podcast trend which\u00a0shows no sign of piping down in 2015.<\/p> <p>Podcast \u2013 which is an amalgamation of the words iPod and broadcast is essentially a short form audio file that you can download and listen to and\u00a0has been around since 2004. Portable, hands-free and mostly free, we can see why the podcast is making a comeback.<\/p> <p>So if you don't already have a few podcasts on your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/fashion\/serial-shopper\/qoo10-29161.html#post-29161\">handheld device<\/a>, you might just be\u00a0falling behind the curve. But with so many podcasts out there, how do you figure which ones are worth listening to? Fret not as our gallery will point you in the direction of awesome podcasts that will educate, entertain and inspire you all throughout.<\/p> <p><em>Karen George<\/em><\/p> <h2> <span>READ MORE:<\/span> <\/h2> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/medical-news\/tetris-game-makes-addict-helps-fight-addiction-121118.html#post-121118\">Tetris: The game that could help addicts fight against addiction<\/a><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a comedy show to a detective series, we\u2019ve got a selection of entertaining podcasts you\u2019ll want to download stat!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":457,"featured_media":121487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Portable and hands-free, here\u2019s a selection of some of the best audible sources of entertainment and information you\u2019ll want to download 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