The iPod’s ascent has been, without question, the biggest contributing factor to the popularity of Web broadcasting. It’s an excellent start, but before I get into it I feel I must dispel the notion that OS X actually ships with a podcast player. I found a dearth of options, but PodGrasp caught my eye.
Since I spend the majority of my time at a Mac, I fired up the Mac App Store to see what was cooking in the desktop podcast player department. I got tired of never finding the time to listen to podcasts anymore, so I set out to fix that. Keeping up with podcasts has proven a bit tougher with my shorter commute, 2 and getting them to play through my car stereo is in itself an ordeal I’ll have to explain in another post. When I moved to Austin, though, I bought a car, and it (naturally) became my primary conveyance. Hell, I even bought fancier headphones 1 just to block out the city’s bustle and listen more closely to the analysis, rants, jokes and squabbles of my fellow geeks. Networks like Earworlf, Maximum Fun, Nerdist, 70 Decibels, Mule Radio Syndicate and (of course) Hyperbolic prove we’re in a golden age of the form. Leo Laporte’s TWiT shows were my gateway drug, and eventually I subscribed to most of the shows on Dan Benjamin’s 5by5 network.Īnd that’s just the start.
I have a confession to make: I haven’t been listening to that many podcasts lately.īack when I lived in New York City and rode the subway every day, I piled through them.