Podcasts!!!

shoutman

Can anyone reccommend good podcasts?
Music, Comedy etc.
Perhaps this could become a sticky and organised into different sections or something?

Sauron

Phantom FM do a weekly podcast afaik that's not bad.. I subscribe to that.. though it's been a while since it's been updated..

Happy Tree Friends also have one going...

They're just two I know of but I'd be interested in finding some more as well..

LFCMCGRATH

"Fighting Talk " from BBC 5 live is a sports debate show with a comedic twist, its very good.


"This week in tech" tech podcast presented by Leo Laporte

"tim lovejoy show" virgin radio

"sportsweek" bbc 5 live

projectmayhem

it's finished now but great archives exist at www.lazlow.com (yes, the guy from GTA). about 20 solid episodes (first 4 are dodgy edits, and the show was still finding it's feet)...

Ham Ahoy!

the ricky gervais show
channel frederator (video)
and the tmbg one too if you like their music.

daveg

Can anyone explain to me, in english, what a podcast is? I can't believe I'm asking but anyway...

Tar.Aldarion

Podcasting is the distribution of audio or video files, such as radio programs or music videos, over the internet using either RSS or Atom syndication for listening on mobile devices and personal computers. A podcast is a web feed of audio or video files placed on the Internet for anyone to subscribe to, and also the content of that feed. Podcasters' websites also may offer direct download of their files, but the subscription feed of automatically delivered new content is what distinguishes a podcast from a simple download or real-time streaming (see below).

While the name was primarily associated with audio subscriptions in 2004, the RSS enclosure syndication technique had been used with video files since 2001, before portable video players were widely available. Atom, a recently developed web syndication format, supports rich media content by design. In fact, any file with a URL, including still images and text, can be delivered via a web feed.

Use of "podcast" to describe both audio and video feeds seemed natural to some users, while others preferred to reserve the word for audio and coin new terms for video subscriptions. Other "pod-" derived neologisms include "podcasters" for individuals or organizations offering feeds, and "podcatchers" for special RSS aggregators with the ability to transfer the files to media player software or hardware.

Podcasting's essence is about creating content (audio or video) for an audience that wants to listen when they want, where they want, and how they want.

daveg

Thanks Tar.

So it's streaming (in essence).

Tar.Aldarion

sure, just listen to the boards ones, links on the main page.

lardboy

If you're a fan of cover versions, then check out Coverville. The presenter can waffle on a bit, but generally the music makes up for it.

Slutmonkey57b

Podcasting: Putting an mp3 on your website. OH MY GOD LIKE HOW REVOLUTIONARY.

I like Camp Freddy Radio www.6767.com, although the one with Gwyneth Paltrow isn't online unfortunantly.

Chardee MacDennis

Ricky Gervaius Podcast is very funny,
also for tech stuff diggnation (from digg.com) and Ireland Digital are good.

BrianD

Phantom FM are podcasting and many of our podcasts include recorded music from new Irish bands. We have two podcast feeds:

http://phantomfm.libsyn.com/rss

http://phantomfm2.libsyn.com/rss/ispot

You can find all the details at http://www.phantomfm.com/now/podcasts.htm or on iTunes.

Siriquelle

If your still looking for a podcast its called Spitbox, you can get it from itunes, just search the directory for Spitbox, or one that i listen to often is Despair and Videogames by Priest. And Bernie Goldbachs podcasting in ireland or Educast, there ok, worth a listen or even the subscription, so, e-mail me if you like the show, I'll read and record the best hate mail,

shuushh

im a bit stupid sorry but whats the difference between a podcast and having various episodes of a show on a website for download ?

projectmayhem

shuushh wrote:

im a bit stupid sorry but whats the difference between a podcast and having various episodes of a show on a website for download ?

none really, apart from podcasts can be "subscribed" to via iTunes or other podcatching software, because when podcasters update with a new show, they also update an rss file to say "there's a new file here"

TheMonster

another example of "Pod" being added to something for the sake of it. Wwhat the F*&^ has it to with an Ipod?