Podcasts

When podcasts first came out I thought they wouldn't be such a big deal but now I'm seeing quite a few websites and shows advertising for their's.

Does anyone actually receive these or make any good use of them?

I can't really see them much better then sitting down and going to a website or reading a newspaper.

I think there's even podcasts about cooking...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The only podcast I use is MLB Radio Daily. So many podcasts just seem poorly put together to me. And really, what's the point? It's like a radio station that only comes on twice a week and doesn't take requests. I don't get it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

The thing I don't really get is why so many companies are so pressured to get one. I know pretty much everyone Video Game Show on G4 has one, and numerous Video Game websites are trying to do this as well. I guess many people expect Podcasts to be a "hit" thing and that they have to jump on the bandwagon or miss out on a great money opportunity.

I wonder how the Podcasts are really doing though.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

First off, I'm not getting involved in the debate surrounding the name "Podcasting," so people can have that one out without me.

As for the shows I listen to, most commonly it's IT Conversations. If I'm in a non-techy mood, though, Deos Shadow is an amusing podcast for Neopagans, and the host has a good sense of humour and can do the show without being a "Wiccavangelist" like too many others do.

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I subscribe to:

The Onion Radio News
Ron D. Moore's Battlestar Galactica commentary

That's about it. I keep seeing homestarrunner.com has a SB Email podcast out, but I'm weary over whether Strong Bad can be funny in a purely audio format.

Double Post:
Oh hey, seems the SB podcasts are video ones. I shoulda figured...

I was speaking idiomatically.

I was actually considering posting this thread earlier today. Go figure.

Anyhow, the only one I've kept up with has been the "Alpha Rant," which involves two guys (they do a webcomic) ranting (and sometimes raving) about other webcomics, games, and a idiots that post on their forums. They're silly and cheesy, but I still love them.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I listen to:

This Week in Tech (TWIT)
The Ricky Gervais Show

and sometimes...

Ebert & Roeper
Gamespot's podcast
Diggnation
dl.tv

Podcasts are great, they're like talk radio, but interesting. Plus, you can listen to it anytime.

FELIPE NO

Right now, I usually just listen to the TSN podcasts, but I'm also subscribed to Scientific American.

Im surprised as well as to the amount of podcasts coming out. It seems just about everything is on podcasts!

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by JazzFlight

The Ricky Gervais Show

Now that he's seen how many people listen to his podcast he's started charging for it now, that bitch.

Bah, looks like I'll go watch his 'Animals' DVD again. (Funniest shit ever)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by El Ray Fernando

Now that he's seen how many people listen to his podcast he's started charging for it now, that bitch.

Bah, looks like I'll go watch his 'Animals' DVD again. (Funniest shit ever)

I just download his podcast from mininova. Screw paying for it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by JazzFlight

Podcasts are great, they're like talk radio, but interesting. Plus, you can listen to it anytime.

Thank you! All this buzz about Podcast this and Podcast that, and its always like they seem to intentionally keep it vauge about what exactly it is. I don't know though... the way people go on about these seem oblique and evasive to understanding the whole thing, at least to me.

Hey, but if you can recommend some good ones, I'll give them a shot.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I am just figuring out how to use everything that has to do with Podcasts and whatnot. I find them very interesting with what I can listen to now, compared to my only local radio before which is just terrible.

I don't have any "favorite" things to listen to, I still have some browsing to do for a bit until I can find some intereting podcasts which would seem interesting to me.

One that I am listening to currently is "Talking Metal" which has interviews with metal bands (obviously) and they have quite a few interesting bands to hear from. Right now, their latest episode involves Lacuna Coil, which is just quite interesting to me, so it gives me a half hour of entertainment.

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I'm digging the Defected records podcasts lately. They have a bunch of new tracks that are coming out on the label, plus a mini-mix to wrap things up. There are even some exclusives on that podcast that aren't in stores yet, teasing you...

The idea behind these is pretty neat, but I'm just happy to have some free legal music every month

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I'm actually a co-host on a (ugh) Podcast. We haven't recorded one in a while, so we may have stopped unoffically.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Podcasts are great, they get me through workdays usually. Only so much music you can listen to over and over again. (I must have gone through my iPod's catalog hundreds of times by now.) I listen to...

This Week in Tech
Diggnation
MySportsRadio.com Without a Curse (Red Sox Podcast)
MySportsRadio.com All-In (Poker Podcast)
MySportsRadio.com The Just Talking Sh-- Show (Popo/Sports Culture Podcast)
MySportsRadio.com No Holds Barred (Wrestling Podcast)
Infected by Martin Sargent

By the way, if you're a sports fan, MySportsRadio's podcasts really do rule. All they need now is a Hockey Podcast, which apparently they've been looking for a NHL Podcaster for a year now.

Originally Posted by JazzFlight

I listen to:

This Week in Tech (TWIT)
The Ricky Gervais Show

and sometimes...

Ebert & Roeper
Gamespot's podcast
Diggnation
dl.tv

Podcasts are great, they're like talk radio, but interesting. Plus, you can listen to it anytime.

Isn't the Ricky Gervais one the one you have to pay for?

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by SuperNova

Isn't the Ricky Gervais one the one you have to pay for?

Read the thread.

Someone asked that, and I said I download it off of mininova.com. You can also try Torrentspy.com and isohunt.com.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

About the only podcast I listen to is TVGuide.com's podcast, as it has good discussion about the week's popular TV shows, along with exclusive scoops that you can usually only here there first.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I might be willing to give podcasts a shot if there was one on mixed martial arts. Is there any place I can find a list of different podcasts?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Because i'm an enormous nerd I liaten to the Babylon 5 Podcast. They've mainly dredged up people who built sets and such as guests so far though none of the bigger people.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I listen to 1up.com's podcast and the Kojima Productions Report podcast. I really like 1up's podcasts. They're quite lengthy but the guys provide nice insight into imortant gaming topics. They're funny, also.

How ya doing, buddy?

Hate to sound like an idget, but what *is* a Podcast? A recording of some radio-type show you lob onto your iPod?

I could Google this. But I am far too lazy =d And responses here are so much better~

I was speaking idiomatically.

I love Penny Arcade's podcast "Downloadable Content." Basically they record themselves during the comic writing process. They're both pretty funny characters. The best one so far is definitely the one they did when they wrote the "Doctor Feelgood" strip.

And yes, Gechmir, that's the general idea. A podcast is basically just an audio file distributed via an RSS feed that updates when there's a new episode, which you can subscribe to and download automatically. Oftentimes they're like talk-radio on one topic or another, but there are some indie labels and stuff that do music-focused podcasts. iTunes has integrated a podcast subscription engine in iTunes 6, and lots of podcasts submit their RSS feeds to the iTMS so they're easy to search and fine. There are other aggregators to search for and subscribe to podcasts though.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?