I'm addicted to Podcast's

[jimbob200521]

I've heard good things about them, and finally with iTunes 7 decided to give them a shot. Now several hours later, I'm several gig's of free space less! Tech, comedy, vintage cartoons, you name it, they are there.

So this got me wondering; what Podcast's do ATOT listen to?

 

[imported_LoKe]

Never listened to a Podcast before.

 

[jhayx7]

Science Friday and KEXP song of the day! Podcasts are freakin awesome.

 

[keeleysam]

Whose podcasts?

 

[SaltBoy]

The Onion Radio News, Firaxis, Film Score Monthly, and the Official Lost Podcast.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Never listened to a Podcast before.

Me neither....don't have a "Pod" either.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish

Originally posted by: LoKe
Never listened to a Podcast before.

Me neither....don't hav a "Pod" either.

+1 to not having a "Pod".

 

[Goosemaster]

too many to mention...

 

[jhayx7]

Also, you don't need an iPod to listen to them, just iTunes.

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: jhayx7
Also, you don't need an iPod to listen to them, just iTunes.

Not even that.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: jhayx7
Also, you don't need an iPod to listen to them, just iTunes.

acutally, you don't need itunes either


There are a menagerie of podcast applcations out there....some are really good too

 

[lyssword]

what about i-Internet? u need that?

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: lyssword
what about i-Internet? u need that?

no i-products required

 

[Maleficus]

Why does the term podcast exist? is it not just a downloadble mp3 file/streaming audio?

 

[SophalotJack]

you know what, I never figured out what a Podcast was. Can anyone seriously explain?

I am NOT kidding. I seriously don't know.

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: Maleficus
Why does the term podcast exist? is it not just a downloadble mp3 file/streaming audio?

Should we call a dictionary a book with words in it?

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Maleficus
Why does the term podcast exist? is it not just a downloadble mp3 file/streaming audio?

Originally posted by: SophalotJack
you know what, I never figured out what a Podcast was. Can anyone seriously explain?

I am NOT kidding. I seriously don't know.

ipods are the medium that helped podcasts take off with regular non-techie consumers. I guess people just started calling the that.

it uses rss feeds to subscirbe you to mp3/AAC downlaods. You get the benefits of RSS, the benefits of mp3/aac, and the best part is that all you ahve to do is subscribe to a feed.

ingeniously simple really

 

[Maleficus]

So the simple answer is yes, it's just an mp3 file/streaming audio (my understanding is it needs to be streaming and 'live' to truly be a 'podcast' but a lot of people post theirs as mp3s)

Silly.

 

[Maleficus]

Originally posted by: keeleysam

Originally posted by: Maleficus
Why does the term podcast exist? is it not just a downloadble mp3 file/streaming audio?

Should we call a dictionary a book with words in it?

We managed to get by for years without the term podcast while streaming audio and mp3 files still existed, thanks for playing though.

 

[nakedfrog]

Just the They Might Be Giants podcast.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Maleficus
Why does the term podcast exist? is it not just a downloadble mp3 file/streaming audio?

It's a "clever" play on the word "broadcast."
Before I grabbed a podcasting client (Juice) I just grabbed the XML file and pulled the mp3's URL from there, and saved from that.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish

Originally posted by: LoKe
Never listened to a Podcast before.

Me neither....don't have a "Pod" either.

what he^ said

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: Maleficus

Originally posted by: keeleysam

Originally posted by: Maleficus
Why does the term podcast exist? is it not just a downloadble mp3 file/streaming audio?

Should we call a dictionary a book with words in it?

We managed to get by for years without the term podcast while streaming audio and mp3 files still existed, thanks for playing though.

Podcasts aren't streaming.

Should we eliminate the word "Blog" too, as people wrote things online before that existed!

 

[yllus]

This Week In Tech
Diggnation
Tiki Bar TV
Downloadable Content, The Penny Arcade Podcast
Hope Is Emo
Prime Minister of Canada's Podcast

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Never listened to a Podcast before.

+1