Gotta love Podcasting at UCSD: It lets me fulfill my fantasy of sitting in on a buffet of learning without leaving my office. I usually end up starting a couple of podcasts, but only sticking with a few through the end of the quarter. If I wanted to listen to all of these, it would require 20.5 hours a week. So usually i end up sticking with the ones that don't require deep concentration, the ones I can listen to in the background at work. I hope a side-effect of this will be an improvement in my ability to listen to speech without actively focusing on it.

The ones I've started listening to:

ECON 103 - International Monetary Relations

Definitely interesting, the instructor's pretty good. Some of the concepts are mind-twisting, though. I need to get an iPod so I can listen to these away from the computer.

ECON 109 - Game Theory

OK, so I still haven't listened to the first episode of this one. It'll probably be too chalkboard-intense to really absorb much via a podcast.

HILD 12 - Twentieth-Century East Asia

Pretty good lecturer, though it sounds like the material he's covering deserves a lot more than 1 quarter. I mean, a century of history for all of East Asia?

HIUS 155B - Religion and Law - Civil War to Present

I listened to the first half of this class last quarter, and it was quite insightful and engrossing. No doubt this quarter's will be as well. This is a guaranteed keeper.

POLI 103A USP 109 - Calif Government & Politics

A whirlwind tour through how California government works, and how it got to be that way. This promises to be a fun class to listen to. I'm definitely listening to this one, too.

SE 2 - Structural Materials

Like the first two classes, the kind of class I'd like to listen to, but might be too technical for background listening while working.

SIO 1 - The Planets

Not sure about this one. Spends way too much time talking about logistics, need to hear more material to decide.