While I was commuting I listened to so many that literally changed my life. My favorite being Never Eat Alone, by Keith Ferrazi
(You can also download a few mixergy interviews).
I use audible.com. Started with a gold account, and jumped right to platinum. Been using it for more than a year, and I've been incredibly happy. The only complaint is that the site sometimes feels slow. But I'm not on it often. Usually just once a month to get my new books, though I've been buying books as well recently to fill in gaps.
Couple audiobooks with podcasts and you'll do fine. I like stuff from Twit.TV. And then the d6Generation does a good podcast, too.
I find the audiobooks and podcasts are great ways to handle not only the commute, but most mundane activities I need to partake in. Folding laundry, shopping for groceries, cleaning the house. Anything where I don't need to think, I'm usually listening to something.
I had a problem one time, as I'd authorized my iPod one too many times on many different computers, and forgot to deauthorize the iPod on them. I contact Audible and they reset the authorizations back to 5 without a problem. At the same time, they also let me download the audiobooks again if I want, even if they get a new, higher quality version in.
I look at Audible as Steam for books. Steam is DRM I'm willing to accept. So is Audible.
Edit: Just to be clear, I'm not dismissing your comment. It's a valid and reasonable point.
I should also point out that the cost of books through Audibles subscriptions are massively lower than if I bought them from a retailer. The cost is significantly lower that the DRM doesn't feel unreasonable.
A couple years ago I had to weekly commute from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. Audiobooks not only kept me sane on the 5 hour commute, but I began to wish the commute were longer.
And just yesterday I finished a 3 day driving trip across the US. Had an audiobook running the whole time and it made the trip great.
How true. Sit in the driveway or in the parking lot, wanting to finish the rest of the chapter. Or hating that you have to get out and start the day when you know your 10 minutes away from finding out what his plans really are.
Argh!
* I Drink For a Reason - very funny
* Stumbling on Happiness (sounds self helpy but is actually a great book on our inability to predict how we will feel about situations in the future)
* A Brief History of Everything - one cool story after another
* A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - hard to bear, but eye-opening
* Getting Unstuck - buddhist talk by Pema Chodron
* Born to Run - great, exciting story. Sometimes I would sit in the parking lot or the driveway after arriving in order to keep listening.