I subscribe to many podcasts plus download the CBC at night and listen to the World At 6 on the way to and from work. It is a one hour drive and this keeps me awake You can only listen to the same songs so many times and the radio programs are usually not much. There is Voice of America, but it plays lousy music and the news programs are too short.

Interesting specific Podcasts are:

From NPR: Don’t Miss: The Story of the 12th Imam and Iran’s President Renews Interest in ‘Hidden Imam’

On another topic is: Sufis in Syria Reach Out to the West

And to start you might want to listen to this one, School or Iraq, about the difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims. There are more excellent Podcasts on this site, War News Radio.

And there is another intersting Podcast from Engines of Our Ingenuity, Cradle of Civiliaztion (it is only 4 minutes long)