Saturday, December 14, 2013

Where Do You Surf?

Recently, I was having a conversation with close friends. They asked where I go on the Internet. So I thought share where I "surf" with a short connection.
For news, I go to:
http://www.bbc.com/news/
I find these sources to be the most credible with the least slant.

I also check in on USA Today for basic news. http://www.usatoday.com/
I do check out Fareed Zakaria's website, http://fareedzakaria.com/ as well as I try to listen to his weekly podcast.

These are the web sites I frequent quite a bit.

http://www.salon.com/    (Desribed as a "smart tabloid.")

http://www.theatlantic.com/  (Literary and cultural magazine founded over 150 years ago.) 

http://storylineblog.com/ (Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/     (Tracks what is viral on the Internet.) 

http://www.psychologytoday.com/   (Keep up on human behavior in easy to understand format. Lots of blogs to check out.) 


http://positivemed.com/ (Uses social media to give ideas for a healthier lifestyle. Draws on all kinds of sources including natural medicine as well as traditional medicine, reformatted in a simple, easy to understand format.)

http://justsomething.co/  (Creativity resource.) 

http://www.theonion.com/ (Good place to remind myself not to take myself too seriously!)

http://www.upworthy.com/  ("At best, things online are usually either awesome or meaningful, but everything on Upworthy.com has a little of both. Sensational and substantial. Entertaining and enlightening. Shocking and significant." David Carr, NY Times) 

https://www.facebook.com/SojournersMagazine  (Jim Wallis, God's Politics
(Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC)
(John Shelby Spong, Jesus for the Non-Religious
(Marcus Borg, The Heart of Christianity
(You are what you eat! Do you know what you are eating?)
(Bill Moyers is a critic of big media and an investigative reporter.) 

Finally, here are the podcasts I listen to via iTunes:

This American Life - http://www.thisamericanlife.org/
(Hosted by Ira Glass. Get informed, entertained and surprised!)
The Moth - http://themoth.org/  (Incredible storytelling. Food for the soul!)
 
Freakonomics - http://freakonomics.com/
(They explore the hidden side of everything!)

The TED Radio Hour - http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/  (Brings the thread of similar TED Talks, http://www.ted.com/talks,  together to explore a topic.)

On Being with Krista Tippett - http://www.onbeing.org/
 (A thoughtful approach to all matters spiritual. Soul food.)

Do you have suggestions? I'd love to know where you surf!