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5 Podcast Episodes that Could Transform Your Health
I went searching so you don’t have to
When podcasts first came along, I couldn’t understand the point. The BBC seemed to put out music podcasts which, as far as I could tell, where just recorded radio. I mean…I don’t have time for that.
When the podcast industry grew, it still took me a while to get it. But I remember when I first really understood how incredible they were.
I was mid-Atlantic on a night watch and struggling to stay awake. I was sick to the back teeth of the music on my iPod, having listened to the same songs over and over again for the past two weeks. And I was only halfway across the ocean.
I remembered that I’d downloaded a ton of podcasts and so, at 2am I fiddled with the sails, checked the horizon for ships and settled down to listen to an episode of the PanDolly podcasts (now The High Low).
I swear to god, my life changed.
Since that moment I’ve been listening to podcasts in the same way I read books — totally gripped but always dismayed that I don’t have time to listen to them all.
I often listen to health podcasts too — because the best ones feature world-renowned experts, chatting in a…
