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teflonian · 04-19-2005, 01:52 PM

I recently discovered Podcasts. If you haven't heard of them, they are like the coming together of the blog world, radio programs, and MP3 players. In essence the programs consist of people yakking about various things and posting those yakkings on the internet for other people to download. This may seem ripe for abuse by very bored people, and I am sure there are some horrible podcasts out there but so far I have been excited about what I have found. I get tired of listening to music and angry opinionated people on radio talk shows on my long drives for work and some days I get tired of listening to music during my morning jogs, so the podcast world adds a lot to my daily routines.

To explore this world of Podcasts the first step is getting a program to harvest the podcasts you want. I use Ipodder. Then it is all about finding programs you want to listen to. I have only tried a few, but so far have found some I will continue to be going back to. For movie reviews, try ReelReviews, for talk about wine try Graperadio.com, for science and tech news try GeekNewsCentral, for the ramblings of an ex-MTV VJ and a good introduction the podcasting world, try Adam Curry's Daily Source Code, for well known songs being covered by independant (and other more well known artists), try Coverville, for a list of a bunch of other podcasts you may be interested in try Podcast Alley. The options are pretty endless and varied. My favorite so far is a well produced show, Digital Flotsam, about various topics including the guy's wife, beer, feeling foolish, etc, with great stories and an eclectic collection of music.

You copy the xml or rss feed link from the webpage of the podcast you want (the link should be pretty obvious on most pages) and paste the link to the feed in you podcast client (ipodder or whatever). You can listen to the podcasts on your computer or transfer them to an MP3 player and listen to them there. I do both.

Anybody else out there enjoying podcasts? Anybody else have any podcasts or programs for podcasting to recommend? Does the TFP have any podcasters amongst its ranks?

04-19-2005, 01:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
teflonian Appreciative Location: Paradise	Podcasts I recently discovered Podcasts. If you haven't heard of them, they are like the coming together of the blog world, radio programs, and MP3 players. In essence the programs consist of people yakking about various things and posting those yakkings on the internet for other people to download. This may seem ripe for abuse by very bored people, and I am sure there are some horrible podcasts out there but so far I have been excited about what I have found. I get tired of listening to music and angry opinionated people on radio talk shows on my long drives for work and some days I get tired of listening to music during my morning jogs, so the podcast world adds a lot to my daily routines. To explore this world of Podcasts the first step is getting a program to harvest the podcasts you want. I use Ipodder. Then it is all about finding programs you want to listen to. I have only tried a few, but so far have found some I will continue to be going back to. For movie reviews, try ReelReviews, for talk about wine try Graperadio.com, for science and tech news try GeekNewsCentral, for the ramblings of an ex-MTV VJ and a good introduction the podcasting world, try Adam Curry's Daily Source Code, for well known songs being covered by independant (and other more well known artists), try Coverville, for a list of a bunch of other podcasts you may be interested in try Podcast Alley. The options are pretty endless and varied. My favorite so far is a well produced show, Digital Flotsam, about various topics including the guy's wife, beer, feeling foolish, etc, with great stories and an eclectic collection of music. You copy the xml or rss feed link from the webpage of the podcast you want (the link should be pretty obvious on most pages) and paste the link to the feed in you podcast client (ipodder or whatever). You can listen to the podcasts on your computer or transfer them to an MP3 player and listen to them there. I do both. Anybody else out there enjoying podcasts? Anybody else have any podcasts or programs for podcasting to recommend? Does the TFP have any podcasters amongst its ranks?