Before kids: read for 2 hours a day. After kids: read for 0 minutes a day.

Your hands are full. Your eyes are watching a small human. Your brain has 15% capacity after 4 hours of sleep. But your ears? Your ears are free.

#The New Parent Reading Problem

You used to read articles about:

• Your industry (keeping up professionally during leave)
• Parenting (actually relevant now)
• The world (you still care, just can’t sit and read)

Now you read:

• The back of a cereal box during a 3am feeding
• Text messages that say “how’s the baby?”

#Listen During the Dead Time

New parents have surprisingly large amounts of audio-compatible time:

• Night feedings — 20-40 minutes of holding a bottle
• Stroller walks — 30-60 minutes of walking
• Rocking/bouncing — endless minutes of rhythmic motion
• Driving to pediatrician — again and again

audiclip fills this time with a daily podcast built from articles you save.

Save articles when you can (one hand, 2 seconds). Listen when baby lets you. Two hosts discuss the ideas — one presents, one asks questions. More engaging than a single voice reading, and your sleep-deprived brain handles conversation better than walls of text.

#Stay Professionally Current During Parental Leave

The biggest fear on parental leave: falling behind professionally. You can’t read industry newsletters, but you can listen to them. Save the newsletters. Listen during walks with the stroller.

When you go back to work, you haven’t missed a thing.

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#Keep Reading

• Work From Home? Your Podcast Time Is Hiding in Plain Sight
• Long Flight? Listen to Your Saved Articles
• A Daily AI Podcast for Retirees
• A Daily Podcast for Solo Founders (Your AI Thought Partners)
• Complete Guide to Article-to-Podcast

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Full hands. Free ears. Stay sharp.

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