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One of my life’s simple pleasures are Podcasts – great tools for learning, aiding me to keep abreast of current developments in the world, as well as tuning in to business experts on their engaging insights of the business and the economy. Here is a non-exhaustive list of some of my favourite podcast channels that I recommend;

BusinessWeek – Smart Answers
In addition to her popular twice-weekly BusinessWeek.com SmallBiz Smart Answers column, veteran small-business and entrepreneurship writer Karen E. Klein now leads a weekly discussion on a compelling small-business topic. She draws on experts and newsmakers from around the country for new perspectives and strategies on everything from building an online audience to finding health insurance for employees to avoiding bankruptcy scams

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BusinessWeek – Cover Stories
Get the story about the cover story. On Thursday evenings, this podcast complement the new issue’s cover story with an extensive interview with its writers and editors. Listen in as they delve deeper, offering impressions, insights, and analysis that add extra dimensions to the print story.
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BusinessWeek – Innovation of the Week
Each week, BusinessWeek’s innovation and design writers and editors talk with the most cutting-edge minds in business.

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BusinessWeek – The Welch Way
“The Welch Way” features Jack & Suzy Welch’s answers to readers’ questions about business, managing, and careers. Drawing on Jack’s experience as the legendary former CEO of General Electric Co. and Suzy’s experience as the former editor-in-chief of the Harvard Business Review, the pair debate and discuss the issues addressed in their highly popular BusinessWeek column.

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Gartner Voice
Gartner Voice is a series of podcasts in which Gartner analysts share insights and expertise on current issues in business and technology. Podcasts are open forums between participants and do not constitute published Gartner research.

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Harvard Business IdeaCast
The Harvard Business IdeaCast, from the publishers of HarvardBusiness.org, Harvard Business Review and Harvard Business Press, features breakthrough ideas and commentary from the leading thinkers in business and management.

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Harvard Business Video IdeaCast
Interviews with management experts who zero in on key business ideas and how to implement them in organizations.

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The Invisible Hand : Management, Economics and Strategy
If you’re interested in the ideas behind business and strategic thinking, The Invisible Hand, Enhanced Version is the podcast for you. Each week, Chris Gondek brings you the authors and books that have formed our modern ideas of management and strategy.

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Here are some of my personal favourite podcast channels;

Small Biz Tech Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Growing Your Business with Digital Tools
Aliza Sherman delivers short, friendly tips to help you jump start and rev up your business using all things Internet and even some things gadgetry. From the creators of The Get-It-Done Guy, Money Girl, and Grammar Girl.

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MacWorld Video
I’m a huge fan of the Mac, and I love being introduced with Mac Gems aka productivity tools to enhance my Mac experience. The guys at MacWorld features weekly video tips from the Apple experts.

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Meditation Oasis
Meditations to help you to relax deeply, be more present and flow more easily with life. They offer a wide variety of guided meditations with and without music, as well as instructions for meditations you can do on your own.

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Photography 101
Hosted by photographer and author Scott Wittenburg, this podcast is for anybody who wants to learn the secrets of taking better photographs traditionally or digitally. Tips on cameras, composition, exposure, darkroom techniques and step-by-step tutorials on manipulating digital images in Adobe Photoshop are among the topics to be covered.

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I strongly recommend getting iTunes to download your podcast. iTunes allows you to easily browse through a massive repertoire of podcast channels, ranging from Business to Tech Toys to Dating Tips, and iTunes makes subscribing to your favourite podcast channel a breeze through their intuitive user interface.