Podcasts and audiobooks, the ultimate corporate desk job essentials!

Since my working days are for the most part spent sitting at my desk in front of my computer, I tend to gravitate towards podcasts and audiobooks to « spice up » the sound environment of keyboards and mouse clicks. I find them less distracting than listening to music. I mean, trying to stay silent and still while your favourite artist is hitting that high note? Yes: definitely a struggle!

These past few months therefore, I’ve set up quite the morning work routine: turn on the computer, open up the work-related tabs and open a private tab for Google Podcasts (now YouTube Music), Spotify or YouTube. Once that is done, work can begin!

What I listen to is usually centred around literature (and by that I mean mostly Jane Austen’s world), fashion, lifestyle and pop culture talks, with the occasional audio drama or audiobook when I feel like it (I say ‘occasional’ because I prefer to listen to them when I’m home and can give them my full attention). I am very thankful for all these podcasts because they are informative, entertaining and fill the time when I’m doing more basic tasks on my computer.

Les podcasts et les livres audio, la valeur sûre de mes journées au bureau

Comme mes journées de travail se passent pour la majeure partie du temps assise à un bureau, j’ai pris l’habiture d’écouter des podcasts et des livres audios histoire de changer un peu l’ambiance sonore des bruits de clavier et clics de souris. Je préfère ça plutôt qu’écouter de la musique, que je trouve plus facilement distractif, surtout que c’est pas facile de rester immobile et de s’empêcher de chanter et danser en même temps.

Du coup, Google Podcast (maintenant YouTube music) et Spotify sont toujours dans un coin des onglets ouverts pour écouter les derniers épisodes de mes podcasts préférés. Que ce soit sur la littérature (OK surtout sur Jane Austen), la mode ou la pop culture, voici les 3 podcasts que j’écoute le plus souvent ces derniers temps (+ une mention spéciale à un tout dernier podcast qui est sorti et que j’ai hâte de sur écouter !)

Here are the top 3 podcasts I’ve been listening recently, in no particular order:

The Thing About Austen

One day, after sharing to my friend the brand new Jane Austen-related podcast I was diving into (which I’m talking about at the end!), she said that « Jane Austen’s world is a bottomless pit! » (in French it went like this « C’est un puit sans fond le monde de Jane Austen ! »). And this, my friends, is a truth universally acknowledged!

Listen to The Thing About Austen here and find more about it here and here.

To My Sisters

A community build by women for women (and men too!), we love to see it! Also, they published a book, how cool is that?

Love You Most

I also like that her podcasts aren’t edited, it’s like having a chat with a very close friend, I highly recommend!

Listen to Love You Most here.

Persuasion Podcast
Special mention to this one which I’m sooo glad is finally out! After doing Pride and Prejudice (which you can listen to here), The Ballarat National Theatre came up with this new audio adaptation of Persuasion. It being my favourite Jane Austen novel, of course I’m here for it! I don’t necessarily listen to this one while at work because I want to be fully focused on it (there’s background music as well, made especially for the podcast), but I love it already and wanted to mention it here. This will definitely be a go-to listen of mine in the very near future!

The first half of the book is already out, go give it a listen here.

And you, what are your favourite podcasts to listen to? Let me know in the comments, I’d love some recommendations!

xoxo, Anissa

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