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About Podcasts
Podcasts are shows which are broadcast over the internet instead of over the airwaves or through cable.
Podcasts come in both audio and video formats and there are shows for just about every topic imaginable.
The length and quality of the shows vary greatly from podcast to podcast.
How Podcasts Are Delivered
Audio podcasts are traditionally delivered as MP3 files. This is a common format that can be played
on any computer, portable media players such as the iPod or Zen, and in many consumer CD players.
You do not need an iPod to listen to podcasts.
Video podcasts are delivered in many
different video formats, but tend to use common formats to allow for the greatest audience viewership.
Devices like the Apple TV can stream video from your PC or Mac to your television so you can watch the
podcasts there instead of on your computer.
How Podcasts Are Broadcast (Subscribing To Podcasts)
Podcasts use an "RSS feed" which is an XML document that describes the podcast and is updated whenever
a new episode is available. Programs called podcast clients or "podcatchers" read these documents and
will automatically download new episodes for you when they become available. This is called subscribing to a podcast.
To subscribe to the podcast you will need to find the podcast's RSS feed and enter it into your podcatching program.
The feed can usually be found on the podcast's web site. If you use iTunes you can also find podcasts in the iTunes
Store and subscribe there simply by clicking on the Subscribe button. The large majority of podcasts are
free.
Podcast Clients (Podcatchers)
iTunes - http://www.itunes.com (Mac/PC)
Juice - http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net (Mac/PC)
Recommended Podcasts
Below are some podcasts that Devo Spice listens to and can recommend.
Awful Show, The - (web site | RSS feed)
Tha Mike, Nerraux, Keys and Joel host a weekly 3+ hour adult comedy show. Features regular
comedy segments, games and music. ADULTS ONLY
FuMP, The - (web site | RSS feed)
The Funny Music Project presents two free songs per week by some of the best names in comedy music, including Possible Oscar, Raymond and Scum, Rob Balder, Robert Lund,
Sudden Death, the great Luke Ski, Tom Smith, Worm Quartet and many many more.
FuMP Sideshow, The - (web site | RSS feed)
On days when The FuMP is not posting songs the community at large is welcome to post their own comedy recordings on the Sideshow.
Heaven - (web site |
RSS feed: Season 1: Heaven,
Season 2: Hell,
Season 3: Earth,
Season 4: Wasteland,
Season 5: War, coming soon)
Heaven is a magical realism audionovel by Mur Laferty about two friends who wander the afterlife together after
their untimely deaths. Kate and Daniel find the Christian Heaven a bit too perfect for their liking and receive
metaphysical passports to travel to the afterlives of different mythologies, different religions - even different
species. As their travels continue, they discover there may a grander plan to their travels than they previously suspected.
MacCast - (web site | RSS feed)
Adam Christianson hosts this weekly (or so) podcast "about all things Macintosh, for Mac geeks by Mac geeks." The show
features the latest Macintosh and Apple news plus tips and tricks to help you use your Macintosh better.
Manic Mondays - (web site | RSS feed)
Sudden Death's own Tom Rockwell hosts this weekly comedy show designed to take the sting off of your Monday
morning commute back to work. The show runs 15 to 20 minutes and features funny music and regular segments like
News Of The Stupid and Horrible Movie Reviews.
Scope, The - (web site | RSS feed)
Shane, Adam and Possible Oscar's Jared host this bi-weekly pop culture podcast with a geeky twist. The show features news,
movie, TV and music reviews and more.
Takeover, The - (web site | RSS feed)
Mur Lafferty presents a dark comedy about a company that is bought out by Zombinc, a company that only hires zombies.
This Week In Science - (web site | RSS feed)
This Week In Science is broadcast each week on KDVS out of UC Davis in Davis California. Hosted by Dr. Kirsten Sanford and
Justin Jackson the show features the latest news and discoveries on the various scientific fronts. They also periodically
interview scientists and researchers. Every other week they talk with Dr. Michael Stebbins about what is going on in
Washington DC in relation to science policy in a segment they call The Weird From Washington.
This Week In Tech (TWIT) - (web site | RSS feed)
Hosted by Leo Laporte and a varying group of different tech journalists This Week In Tech discusses the latest and greatest in technology
each week. Leo has built a whole technology network of different shows and has recently begun streaming live video as well.
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