Top five recommended podcasts for beginners

I asked this same question over in the Chicago Podcast Meetup bulletin board.

Posted by: spudart on Jan 10, 07 | 3:01 pm

Do I need to download iTunes to listen to podcasts?

Posted by: Andy on Jan 14, 07 | 1:23 pm

You don't need iTunes to listen to podcasts (although it's my favorite program to use for this). There are many other programs you can use to subscribe to podcasts. Here's a list: http://www.podcastalley.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=258
It's a nice list, cuz it tells you which programs are more popular by page views.

And I'll give my list of five recommended mainstream podcasts, but with links to their info page, and a link to their feed. When you download a podcasting program other than iTunes, you paste in the feed url to subscribe to the podcast.

Slate Magazine Daily Podcast
info: http://www.slate.com/id/2119317/
feed: http://www.slate.com/podcast/

Bernie DKoven, funsmith
info: http://www.deepfun.com
feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Funlog

Walk in the Word with James MacDonald
info: http://www.walkintheword.com/Broadcast_Podcast.aspx
feed: http://www.walkintheword.com/podcast.xml

The Accidental Creative
info: http://www.accidentalcreative.com/
feed: http://www.accidentalcreative.com/ac-feed.xml

NPR: Story of the Day
info: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=4819386
feed: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=1090

Posted by: spudart on Jan 15, 07 | 11:14 am

Matt,
Here's my current list with some comments. A bit cycling heavy, but I really like the In Our Time series and the podcasts from Mars Hill.

Posted by: mfioritto on Feb 16, 07 | 1:27 pm

Posted by: mfioritto on Feb 16, 07 | 1:28 pm