Recording Podcasts

Podcasting...a new form of social media that iTunes came up with. To be completely honest, I don't really know of many people who use podcasts. The advantage of them is that there are so many different genres of them such as learning a new language, news stories, or sports updates. In high school, a few friends and myself created a new podcasting group. We recorded interviews with faculty and students regarding upcoming events such as athletic games or theater shows. We also incorporated top music hits of the week, advertisements for other events and clubs, and some comedic skits. It was a lot of fun to record, however, not a lot of people listened to it. Most people are occupied with homework and other curricular that they don't have time to listen to it. Not only that, but not a lot of people plug in their iPods every single night to update it. I know I don't.

The Gang Makes a Podcast

The word podcast has significant meaning in the lives of the internet savvy today. "Pod" comes from Apple's IPod and "casting" comes from broadcasting, however it can be used on a various forms of media players. A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released like episodes and downloaded on the internet; you can find podcasts to download on ITunes. The current podcasts I download are: Jake & Amir, Summer Heights High and a collection of random podcasts from some of my favorite music artists. I think podcasts are a very interesting and useful idea, however I don't find myself personally listening to podcasts very often. Almost everyday I chose to listen to my own music library or other forms of media rather than a podcast. Although, I did find the "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" episode where Dee and Denis make a podcast extremely hilarious, if only they really podcasted.