iPods can change your life

So my wife got me an iPod for christmas. It has significantly changed the way I interact with my world. I used to listen to the radio whenever I was in the car. Usually I was listening to talk shows. Now I listen to my iPod in the car and I listen to several different podcasts. I enjoy the experience immensely, but now I don't know what is going on in the world nearly as thoroughly as I used to. For instance I didn't even know that President Ford died until I noticed that flags were flying at half staff and I went to google to find out why. Overall it is a great experience and I'm happy to have it I just need some more interaction with the rest of the world.