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Good Podcasts and Podcatchers?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the take-your-internet-audio-with-you dept.

Chimera512 asks: "I've heard quite a bit about podcasts and software for aggregating podcasts, most of the software I've tried to use have been mediocre at best. where do you find podcasts that are worth listening to? What do you use to aggregate them? Ideally something that allows me to simply copy the stream URL into the program and have it download and/or transfer the file to my MP3 player."

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  1. iTunes? by GusherJizmac · · Score: 3, Informative

    iTunes makes it pretty simple, especially if you have an iPod or other MP3 player (yes iTunes will work with other MP3 players, assuming you are just interested in playing mp3s)

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  2. I subscribe to very few by bheer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    but Zoe's Radio has got to be one of the better ones, she RJs very well for someone so young:
    Podcast feed: http://webjay.org/by/iancr/zoe5c27sradioshow.xml

    Then let's not forget the (supershort but funny) Onion Radio News.

    When BSG's on air, Ron Moore's podcasts are also good listening.

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  3. Browse by Eightyford · · Score: 3, Informative

    I use this site to browse podcasts. Lots of good ones are there, for all areas of interest.

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  4. Juice Receiver formerly iPodder by UnderScan · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apple iTunes & iPods are the dominant software & hardware audio players, but not everone has an iPod or wants to use Apple iTunes. If you do not use Apple iTunes, then you might like to check out Juice Receiver [1]. Juice uses RSS feeds to download podcasts to your computer. Juice is platform-independent, so you can use it from virtually any computer and play the files on any MP3 device. If you need assistance with it, then see the Juice FAQ [2] and the Juice User Guide (PDF) [3].

    [1] http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/
    [2] http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/faq/index.php
    [3] http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/docs/JuiceUse rGuide.pdf

  5. iTunes Agent by ematic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    For convenient podcast downloads for NON-iPod MP3 players, try iTunes + iTunes Agent.

    iTunes
    http://www.apple.com/itunes/

    iTunes Agent - use any MP3 player with iTunes
    http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=54 9637

    My Morning Playlist
    Nature Podcast (science journal)
    http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast/

    NPR 5-minute News Summary
    NPR Health & Science
    NPR Technology
    http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.p hp?type=topic

    Democracy NOW! (news - better than NPR in some ways)
    http://democracynow.org/podcast_help.shtml#feeds

    Diggnation (latest general blog news from digg.com)
    http://revision3.com/diggnation

    This Week in Tech (weekly tech news)
    http://twit.tv/podcastinfo

    Security Now! (tech/security news)
    http://www.grc.com/SecurityNow.htm

    President's Weekly Radio Address (comedy)
    http://weeklyradioaddress.com/

    and I used to listen to Ricky Gervais (comedy), but he charges $$ now.
    http://www.rickygervais.com/podcast.php

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  6. Re:Don't look any farther by OneSeventeen · · Score: 3, Informative

    While iTunes works well for this, some of us still don't own iPods, and don't like installing a huge program like iTunes just for the podcasting feature.

    My current favorite is winamp, although if Democracy Player ever became stable, it would be #1 in my book.

    The only Podcast I listen to is The Frequency, dedicated primarily to Christian Music News, reviews, and interviews. (without being super cheesy)

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