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Feature: Father’s Day podcasts

jug — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:18:41 +0000

Father’s Day has come and gone … by why does it have to go? It doesn’t with Father’s Day podcasts. Each month we collect podcast episodes about a general subject of interest, and June’s feature on Podcast.com is Father’s Day. Check out our playlist to see our short collection of five different podcast episodes that celebrate our fathers and all the great things dads do for us — and can do for themselves on their day. You can subscribe to our playlist here. Hope you enjoy this Father’s Day feature on Podcast.com, and send an email to info at podcast.com if you have an episodes (audio) or feeds you’d like to add to this feature.

You can find this and other features at my.podcast.com/features (make sure you click on the ‘View All Episodes’ icon in the middle of the screen to see every episode we collected).

Our Updated Design

jug — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:51:42 +0000

As you can see on any page on Podcast.com, we’ve changed our design a bit. We have a new Podcast.com logo and header on every page, and at the top-right of that header you can log in to your Podcast.com account. We also moved our FAQ (frequently asked questions) and Help to the same spot in the navigation bar on the left side of every page. You may need to restart your Internet browser to see these design changes take effect.

Send us a message at info[at]podcast.com (replace the [at] with @) if you have any questions about this or anything else.

Your Top 25 Podcasts for May

jug — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:57:10 +0000

This just in! We just tabulated your Top 25 podcasts on Podcast.com for the month of May. The Top 25 is representative of the podcasts you are listening to and watching on the Podcast.com website. We have nine new entrants for this month’s list vs. the five new entrants for the month before. Change is good, so if your favorite podcast is missing from this list, all you have to do is listen to it or watch it on the Podcast.com site for it to make the top 25 podcast list for the month of June. For now, here’s the Top 25 for May with the new entries into the Top 25 in bold letters:

These podcasts dropped out of the Top 25 this month (but are still swell):

Spotlight: Pods and Blogs

jug — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:36:59 +0000

The BBC is socializing their social media with Pods and Blogs. The weekly audio podcast reflects the opinions of the online community, offering up the weekly world news filtered through the mouths of bloggers, podcasters, and citizen journalists. Get your news the new-fashioned (podcast) way with a dose of the Pods and Blogs.

Your Podcast.com Playlist in iTunes, on your iPod

jug — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:02:13 +0000

We’ve had quite a few emails lately asking how to get Podcast.com podcasts onto iTunes and your iPod. You can do this if you use Podcast.com to make a playlist of your fave podcast episodes. You only need to follow these instructions once and it will be set up: as you add more podcasts to your Podcast.com playlist, they will automatically appear in iTunes. (Before you start, you need to have iTunes installed on your computer.)

Click the ‘load’ button in the middle of the page, below ‘my playlist’.

Click ’show advanced options’, again in the middle of the page.

Locate the ‘Add to iTunes’ button. This will launch iTunes.

Watch as your favorite episodes show up in iTunes (click the thumbnail below to see how it looks)! Send an email to info at podcast.com if you have further questions about this.

Podcasts Promote Indian-Language Literature

jug — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:08:22 +0000

Here’s a great example of podcasts being used in the preservation of culture: the Gujarati Literary Council (Gujarati Sahitya Parishad), an institution for the promotion of Gujarati literature, is using podcasting to make Gujarati literature accessible to the Web generation. Gujarati is the native language of the Indian state of Gujarat, was the original language spoken by Mahatma Gandhi, and is the 26th most spoken native language in the world with 46 million speakers worldwide. The Parishad recently began uploading video podcasts of readings by Gujarati authors and poets to the Parishad website. A member of the Parishad said, “Our sole purpose is to popularize Gujarati literature, and technology seems to be the best medium to reach out to the Generation Next. It is only through them the Gujarati literature can be preserved.”

Feature: Mother’s Day podcasts

jug — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:28:45 +0000

Mother’s Day? How about Mothers’ Month! Each month we collect podcast episodes and feeds about a general subject of interest. The podcast feature for the month of May is on Mothers Day, so we’ve collected different podcasts that celebrate our mothers, ALL mothers, and the motherly lifestyle. You can subscribe to our playlist here. Hope you enjoy this feature, and send an email to info at podcast.com if you have an episodes (audio) or feeds you’d like to add to this feature.

You can find this and other features at my.podcast.com/features (make sure you click on the ‘View All Episodes’ icon in the middle of the screen to see every episode we collected).

Come Test Our New Site: Videocast.com

jug — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:41:42 +0000

We just launched a website, Videocast.com, that will give you easy access to free episodes from many new online video shows. We would love you forever if you would take a few minutes to let us know what you think of the site. We’re most interested in what you think when you first come to the Videocast.com home page, but feel free to browse and watch our collection of videos and let us know if something is not working the way you think it should. Just send an email with your thoughts to beta[@]videocast.com (take the brackets out of the email address). THANKS!

Your Top 25 Podcasts for April

jug — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:02:57 +0000

It’s that time of month again — we just finished tallying the Top 25 podcasts on Podcast.com for the month of April. Our Top 25 is representative of the podcasts you are listening to and watching on the Podcast.com website. We must say you have been fairly consistent with your listening and watching habits: the top 17 podcasts of April were also in the list of the top 25 podcasts for March. Like we’ve said, if your favorite podcast is missing from this list, all you have to do is listen to it or watch it on the Podcast.com site (many many times) for it to make the top 25 podcast list for the month of May. For now, here’s the Top 25 for April with the new entries into the Top 25 in bold letters:

These podcasts dropped out of the Top 25 this month: NPR: Books Podcast, Filmspotting, Bob Edwards Weekend, Sex with Devon, and Lonely Planet Travelcasts.

Feature: Earth Day podcasts

jug — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:36:05 +0000

Each month we collect episodes from different podcasts about a certain subject. It’s easy: we collect the podcast episodes, you listen to our episodes or even subscribe to our playlist. This feature for the month of April is about Earth Day, so we’ve collected different podcasts that celebrate the holiday: the lifestyle, the issues, the love for our planet. You can subscribe to our playlist here. Hope you enjoy this feature, and send an email to info at podcast.com if you have an episodes you’d like to add to this playlist.

You can find this and other features at my.podcast.com/features (make sure you click on the ‘View All Episodes’ icon in the middle of the screen to see every episode we collected).