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Following on from the recent CPD theme another avenue for easily accessible CPD is podcasts. I have started to become a bit of a podcast enthusiast since starting phase 2. Mainly to fill my 2 hour commute after repeats of the Taylor Swift album became a bit too much. Clearly there is a wealth of podcasts out there and I have to confess that I have only recently realised it is a good way to get some CPD in. There aren’t a huge number of engineering ones that I have found so far but in the interests of kicking off a list that others could add to here are a few:

NFPA: This is from the National Fire Protection Association. The organization is based in the USA, where they are neurotic about fire, and provides updates on their codes and digs into other topics. I wager that the US are a way ahead of us in considering fire protection so it is worthy of a listen.

HVAC 360: You guessed it, it’s about HVAC. Presented by a commissioning agent he explores issues and technologies. I have listened to a couple and both were interesting.

Another potential is ‘The Civil Engineering Podcast’ though I haven’t listened to it.

One to avoid is ‘Engineers and Coffee’ as it appears to be about computer programming. I listened to about 10 minutes of one episode before I fully confirmed I had no idea what they were talking about. If you speak binary or java script then you might be able to keep up…

For a slightly wider audience ‘Freakonomics’ is an interesting podcast. It explores a wide range of interesting topics with a critical eye. If others have relevant ideas, add them to the comments.