I don't listen to music as much as I used to either. I really stopped when Jim died, and have never really gotten back to the level I used to listen.

I'm a few Smartless episodes behind as well. I was listening to an Irish police procedural series by Adrian McKinty set in the 80s outside of Belfast. I think it was a 7-book series. I just finished it. Loved it!

Now I'm listening to the Ann Cleeves series that the guy Adrienne had us read his travel story referenced. (Was that a sentence?) I'm not as fond of this one, but I think it's the narrator. HIs voice hasn't got much high frequency in it and that makes it harder to understand.