What is a podcast/podcast client?
A podcast is the next advancement in RSS feeds, by adding audio and/or video content to the XML feed. Just like an RSS feed, the XML contains small amounts of information that refer to a larger source – in a podcast it is audio or video. A podcast client takes the XML data from the feed and downloads and watches or listens to the media that the XML refers to.
Which sites have the most popular podcasts?
Currently on the iTunes Store, the top podcasts are from NPR, Chicago Public Radio, ESPN and Comedy Central.
Podcast Summaries
- The January 24th, 2007 Nature Podcast was very interesting and informative from a scientific and fairly Liberal point of view. Topics from the January 24th, 2007 pod cast varied from Astrology to current and future hurricane trends to eight new species of marsupial remains/fossils discovered in an elaborate maze of underground caverns in Australia that are remarkably similar to today’s species.
2. Another Podcast I subscribed to was The Best of National Geographic Magazine, which had the more bare-bones, hard hitting facts and evidence that I appreciate. The media was straight forward and easy to follow, from forensic archeology, geology, to social issues abroad. I apprecitate the delivery of information and how the format of this podcast was ran…facts first, theories second.
3. At last I found an informative, yet intriguing podcast that could be found @ NPR: Fresh Air; exclusively covering Alice Cooper the person, musician, person, and personality. From childhood to early career successes and pitfalls, to inhibriations and sobriety, Mr. Cooper’s candid, yet serious approach to his mark on the music world was engaging and entertaining. I did not know a whole lot about “Alice Cooper the man” vs. the “Stage Personality”, and to say the least he is night and day on and off stage. He is well articulated, educated, and methodical in life and in his art. This was an interesting and pretty cool podcast.
Screen shot of my iTunes Podcasts:
