Discovering Podcasts

Currently I’m procrastinating badly on my paper. Not because I don’t want to write it — it’s definitely the most interesting (and close-to-my-heart) topic — but because I’m overwhelmed at how much information I want to include, which doesn’t get along with the 25 page limit I have. I mean, I’m already over 1/4 done, although I’ve not even started the main chapters. That just kind of paralysis me, I’m afraid.

But while I’m letting myself be distracted, I discovered a new fun plaything – podcasts. I came across it because of my love for the short-lived sci-fi show Firefly (created by Buffy‘s Joss Whedon), which has now been turned into a movie called Serenity. Some fans created a podcast for it, called The Signal, and out of curiosity I downloaded it using iTunes and started listening to it while working on my paper.

In the meantime I have discovered that there are podcasts about all sorts of things. Basically it’s like radio shows — although I rarely listen to music podcasts (seeing that I already have several thousands mp3s on my external harddrive) — but you can simply download and listen to them at your own leisure, on your iPod (which is where the name comes from) or your computer. And by subscribing to a podcast you’ll automatically get the new episodes as they are published. Now I have to be careful not to get hooked on too many podcasts, because they just please my geeky little heart… *g*

Anyway, some links I’m using:
Resources
iTunes Music Store: Podcast Directory
PodcastPickle
Podcast Alley

Podcasts
The Signal (by Firefly fans, with interviews, etc.)
Doctor Who: Podshock (by Dr. Who fans)
Battlestar Galactica: DVD commentary (by Ron Moore, producer of BSG)
Bored-Again Christian (Christian indie music)
Lord of the Rings Radio (by LotR fans)

And just because I’m being so geeky, I feel I have to mention that we now have wireless internet access in our flat. That led to me sitting on the balcony working on my paper and looking up words in my favorite German-English dictionary. Geek heaven, indeed! 🙂

3 thoughts on “Discovering Podcasts

  1. Uhm, das ist immer schwierig, wenn man viel zu viele Informationen für viel zu wenige Seiten hat. Ich schreibe ein Glück ausführlichere Hausarbeiten, die ca. 20 statt ca. 15 Seiten lang werden sollen – nur 15 sind wirklich arg wenig … Aber auch 25 sind noch recht dürftig, als Obergrenze …

    Von Podcasting hab ich noch nie was gehört – klingt aber irgendwie gar nicht schlecht 🙂 Ich sollte aber lieber mal die Finger davon weglassen – für noch eine weitere Freizeitbeschäftigung fehlt mir dann irgendwie doch die Zeit *seufz* Wobei das irgendwie doch verlockend klingt …




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