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Podcasting and me

Okay, so I am sometimes a little bit behind in the trends, but eventually I get there. I have recently discovered the fun adventure of podcasting. No, my faithful readers, I have not taken to creating my own Podcasts, but I have begun to subscribe to some.

About four years ago I made a decision not to subscribe to any television service. How do I live? How could I possibly be spending my time without the tube (or panel as it were)? Well, that is easy, I read and spend time with my family. Yes, that may sound boring to many, but I love it. Anyway, we do watch movies and have a pretty extensive DVD collection. One thing I have missed, though, are the informative programs I found on the Discovery Channel and others like it.

Enter the Podcast…

Until recently I was under the impression that if one wanted to listen/view the content located at Apple’s iTunes music store he would have to buy it. I was wrong, however. A co-worker introduced to me the video Podcast. Of course the video will only work for you if you have a newer Video iPod (5th Generation). I was able to find a ton of FREE video Podcasts at the iTunes store. I watch some of this stuff during my lunch btreak at work. After checking out the cool video stuff I started looking through the large collection of FREE audio podcasts (you can listen to these on both the new iPods and the older generation models). I was delighted to find that there were podcasts from the Discovery Channel as well as other really cool sources. I listen to some really nice feature content to and from work. I also get the current world news! I know I could listen to the radio for the news, but it is nice having on-hand so I can listen at my convenience.

I don’t know if I will ever get into making my own Podcasts. Given the frequency of the posts on this blog you can probably tell that I don’t really have all that much to say in writing, much less with my own voice. But you never know. I might surprise you!

If you have an iPod and you have not yet tried Podcasts I suggest that you take a look at the iTunes store and subscribe to a couple of free ones that interest you. I think you will like it as much as I do. Better late than never, right?