Are you a truck driver? Do you spend hours commuting back and forth from work? Perhaps you are a regional sales rep and travel a lot. I enjoy good radio programs, but after a while it gets boring and I get tired of listening to even the best radio talk show hosts. As a truck driver, my MP3 compatible portable CD player has been essential to maintaining my sanity. I use my CD player with a LineX FM transmitter (the best I've seen and difficult to find, click for eBay and Amazon) and other times I use a CD to cassette adapter, depending on the situation. Some new car stereos actually have a built in input jack which saves a lot of hassle. Of course, if you can obtain an in-dash CD player that plays MP3s, then that is the most convenient way to go.
Rarely do I use an iPod, because the memory is limited and I like variety. Sometimes I just lose interest in the speaker or narrator, then I would be stuck with it. Another reason I prefer burning my MP3s to CD is because I want to keep a backup copy on hand. I have somewhere around 300 to 400 gigabites of audio in MP3 files. If you have iTunes, you know that your computer's hard drive can be maxed out fairly quickly. iTunes is very convenient, when you find an audio source you are interested in, such as Apologetics 315 Interviews, just click "get all" and it will automatically download them without you having to save each file individually and then wait for the next one in line. I listen to a lot of theology, history and philosophy and I can fit somewhere around 20 to 80 MP3s on a single CD.
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