What is a Podcast?

I love media. I love free media even more. A podcast is a collection of digital media files which is distributed over the Internet, often using syndication feeds, for playback on portable media players and personal computers. The term podcast, like "broadcast", can refer either to the series of content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also termed podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster. (Wikipedia). ITunes/Quicktime is the default media suite on your macbook. ITunes makes finding podcast or video cast very easy to find. What make podcasts so popular is that they serve unique and in some case esoteric interests. Finding and subscribing to a podcast is pretty straight forward. First you have to open ITunes. ITunes is probably not on your Dock. Use Spotlight to open it quickly (Command /Space Bar) and type "it" ITunes should be the first selection in the list. Just hit enter.



*Note: You can keep ITunes in your Dock by right clicking (Control/Click) and selecting "Keep in Dock."

The gateway to the Podcast listings is in the ITunes Store. If you don't own an ipod or you have never gone to the ITunes store, you will have to create an account. This is free and painless. You just provide an email address and select a password.

Once you have logged into the ITunes Store, you will find tons of media to choose from.



Look on the left under ITunes STORE. Select Podcasts. Now you can choose from the Top Podcast list on the right. Or go further down to Topics in Focus. If you know what you are looking for, use search in the top right corner of the ITunes application. Notice is now says "Search ITunes Store." When you find what you want "click" subscribe. Now you will receive the lastest shows when ever you start up ITunes. It's all FREE!