I'm excited! I just finished listening to Anxious Times: Seeing Beyond a World of Perpetual Threats, a 2 hour podcast courtesy of Stanford University, available at http://itunes.stanford.edu. This was a panel of luminaries such as George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, John Hennessey and others - hosted by Ted Koppel. In other words it was incredibly bright, articulate people talking about the tough issues in the world today.

Yesterday I listened to Web 2.0, courtesy of Podcasts at Penn State. It was fascinating hearing how Web 2.0 is presented by an engaging professor to a room full of college students.

If you spend time in the car, on the train, at the gym, or even walking the dog I heartily recommend taking advantage of these wonderful resources. I've been hearing for years about college courses being available on line, but this seems to be an opportunity to cherry pick and consume the very best of. There is an excellent index at Going Public: iTunes U.

Having spent most of my college days  trying to optimize my grades to effort spent ratio, and attempting to stay awake in (what was for me) really dry engineering courses, this is a particular treat. I can't wait until tomorrow to partake in the next podcast on the list of staff favorites from Stanford.