Podcasts

If you havent heard of podcasts, then you're missing out on a huge range of news and entertainment available for free online. A podcast is like a radio show - usually recorded by amateurs in home studios (but in many cases they sound like professional shows) and made available for free. The difference between downloading a normal audio file and a podcast, is that you can subscribe to podcasts - this means that when a new "episode" of a podcast is released, your podcast software will detect and download it for you automatically. So if you like to catch up on the day's news, listen to comedy, political opinion, fan's thoughts on current tv shows, sports and so on, get into podcasts! The easiest way to get started is to download Apple's free iTunes software from http://www.apple.com/itunes/ It's available for Mac and PC. Once you have the software installed, you can browse to the iTunes store within the program to search through popular podcasts on a wide variety of subjects. Podcasts can be synchronised with your iPod too, meaning you can listen to your favourite show while you travel to work. And if you're feeling adventurous, there are dozens of online tutorials that teach you how to create and distribute your own podcasts.

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