Do you listen to any podcasts ?

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    Question Do you listen to any podcasts ?

    Do you listen to any audio/video podcasts ? Daily, weekly ...

    pls post the feed URL as well


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    I listen to a few podcasts, but I have to ask why are you looking for the URLs, of e.g. what I listen to? It's a purely subjective thing - my interests might not match up at all closely to your interests...

    Anyway, I mainly listen to Mark Kermode's film reviews on BBC Five Live, Five Live Sportsweek, some of the Daily Telegraph podcasts, and sad to admit, a mix of LUG radio and Novell Open Audio to keep the geek in me satisfied.


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    Thought you would never ask
    here are my current favorites


    Home/Sport/Racing

    http://www.scmp.com/rss/racing.xml

    Official Google Blog


    http://googleblog.blogspot.com/atom.xml

    RTHK : "Naked Cantonese" - with Sarah Passmore and Cecilie Gamst Berg


    http://podcast.rthk.org.hk/podcast/nakedcantonese.xml

    Steve Wright in the Afternoon
    http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/...wright/rss.xml

    The night sky this month

    http://www.jodcast.net/rss-nightsky.xml

    Is it still a podcast if you put the mp3 into your phone?
    or is that podcommuting?


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    sorry no direct links, but should be able to find easily on iTunes. All audio, not video:
    Chinesepod.com: for newbies to advanced Mandarin Chinese lessons. actually relevant topics.

    Slate Explainer podcasts: Slate.com. 3 minute podcasts that explain things behind a topical news story. e.g explains why Marion Jones would have popped 'flaxseed' pills.

    Leonard Lopate show: a New York public radio interview show. Just like his wide-range of topics and guests. 30 minutes.

    Betty in the Sky with a suitcase. A flight attendant tells stories about things that happen in her line of work. very perky gal. 20 minutes.

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    I shall watch this thread with interest. There have been a couple of good suggestions already.

    The BBC does a good range of podcasts, regular news bulletins, in-depth analysis and interviews.

    Most other podcasts which I've tried have thus far proven to be too much like cable TV- a thousand channels of crap.


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    Agree with the BBc podcasts- download Terry Wogan from the previous day and play it in the morning and Jonathan Ross for later in the day!


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    any podcasts for learning japanese?
    so how does this work? i download it directly to my ipod? never done it b4..


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    learn japanese
    learn-japanese+podcast - Google Search

    I use Google Reader to manage my subscriptions.
    To listen on your Ipod just save the mp3 source and copy it


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    beafan> just go into itunes and then the itunes store. There is a section called podcasts and you can browse or search for a particular podcast. If you find one you like, just hit the subscribe button and itunes and your ipod do the rest.


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    for itunes :
    must search from itunes software or from the browser/itunes website ?