# What do you listen to (in terms of audio) in your car? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 8, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976 "2015-11-08T01:09:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/41 "2015-11-09T02:50:56Z")
I listen to FM radio going too and from work. On a long drive I have an ipod nano (only apple product I own) connected to the sound system that lives in the centre console and I just flick to that and hit shuffle. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/42 "2015-11-09T03:39:40Z")
A mix of AM radio and various CDs . ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/43 "2015-11-09T05:07:00Z")
I burn CD’s with mp3 files on them. Can often get at least 7 to 10 albums. That one CD lives in my player and I provides plenty of music for errands around the city. Each album is in its own folder and I can quickly seek from folder to folder. My car stereo has a jack for mp3 player. I never bother hooking it up. Don’t need it in the car. ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Jake\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/44 "2015-11-09T05:12:07Z")
Mostly broadcast radio and Pandora streamed from my phone. Sometime XM, but I won’t be paying for it when the free trial expires. ---
**Author:** ![tbook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tbook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbook)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/45 "2015-11-09T05:18:17Z")
NPR on FM ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/46 "2015-11-09T05:39:04Z")
I said “Talk Radio” as it seemed closest to describing what I listen to almost exclusively, NPR stations WBUR, WGBH and WCRB, though the last is mostly classical music. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/47 "2015-11-09T05:57:46Z")
Pretty much exclusively talk radio, since I’ve heard the 50 or so classic rock songs a gazillion times already. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/48 "2015-11-09T10:39:57Z")
Music via CDs these days. I used to listen to a very good radio station (Planet Rock) but they have gone to digital-only broadcast and I don’t have the facilities for that in my car. So it’s back to the old favourite CDs for me. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/49 "2015-11-09T11:07:20Z")
I used to listen to CDs until about 15 years ago. Once I started listening to audiobooks I was hooked. I travel about 30 minutes each way for work and visit my family 3 hours away every few weeks. Usually I am alone so I can listen without being rude to a passenger. I now feel that I am wasting my time if I don’t have an involving book to listen to while driving. I guess I am getting through about 30 books a year I wouldn’t otherwise have time for. And just like recreational reading I jump around from book to book as the whim takes me. At the moment I am part way through _1984 , The Wisdom of Psychopaths and Patti Smith’s M Train_. Sometimes I take a break and listen to music but usually not for long. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/50 "2015-11-09T11:08:38Z")
Mostly NPR, often music on CDs or an SD chip, sometimes other radio (but not satellite), and occasionally downloaded podcasts on an SD chip (“Books” in the poll choices – close enough). ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/51 "2015-11-09T12:42:49Z")
A playlist called “Car CD”. I’ve been listening to it for years, modifying it, adding things to it, taking things away. Back in the day I’d keep it to under 120 tracks so I could burn it on to an MP3-CD for my car (hence the name), but these days it’s much longer because it’s a Google Play Music list and I stream it. It’s very 90s grunge/alt rock heavy, but has tracks from several different genes, and spans the 70s through to the current year. My kids have been adding to it too, so it even contains some tracks I dislike. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/52 "2015-11-09T13:45:09Z")
If it is a short trip, I put on NPR on FM radio; I guess that is talk radio. If it is a longish trip, I listen to music on Pandora, that is internet, right? Sometimes I listen to podcasts I downloaded previously. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/53 "2015-11-09T13:48:40Z")
99% of the time, podcasts. On the rare long road trip, audiobooks. I have a ton of music on my device, but I never actually listen to it in the car. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/54 "2015-11-09T14:05:46Z")
This is something that, with me, has changed over my lifetime. In my younger years, I listened to music (on cassettes). Nowadays I listen to audiobooks. The change may have something to do with me being older, but it has a lot more to do with the vastly-increased number of good audiobooks available nowadays, the ease of getting them, and the ability to listen to them at increased speed. Compared to music, audiobooks hold my interest better and make me feel like I’ve accomplished something while driving. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/55 "2015-11-09T14:27:50Z")
Local FM station on weekday mornings, Pandora most all other times. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/56 "2015-11-09T14:36:56Z")
Usually my MP3’s on a USB stick in the radio. Sometimes the FM band (WXRT) for particular programs or features or when I just feel like I’ve heard all my music before and need something different. Over lunch I’ll sometimes listen to AM conservative talk radio just to see what they’re worked up about today and to be told how much I hate America. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/57 "2015-11-09T15:19:41Z")
I have two presets on my car radio – the local classical music station, and the local 24-hour all-news AM radio station, which is handy for traffic and weather reports. On those rare occasions when I drive far enough so that I’m out of range of those two stations, I’ll just hit the “seek” button until I find something bearable. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/58 "2015-11-09T16:08:26Z")
Local broadcast NPR (WABE) for the commute into work. Drive back home after work varies between NPR again, XMSirius music, or something from my 60GB of music on the iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/59 "2015-11-09T16:34:23Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Which option do I choose for “podcasts on my smartphone”? I chose “Internet” for that. Most of mine car bound listening is streaming podcasts or streaming music. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976.md?page=2)