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Valentine's Day Tip #2: Temptation, Desire and Food Podcast

February 14, 2006

A new podcast, Appetite for Seduction, explores the world of aphrodisiacs—caviar, chocolate and many more— foods that inspire, excite and electrify.

Sensual Cooking Diva Shani Castri will explore the aphrodisiac properties of chocolate, caviar, wine, vanilla, truffles, garlic (yes, garlic!), coffee, chili peppers and pomegranates. She will also dedicate and entire episode to “setting the mood” with renowned MET designer, Remco Van Vliet.

Other locations include Buon Italia in NYC’s Chelsea Market, Aroma Wine Bar and Restaurant in the East Village, and an authentic Mexican bodega where the spice is right.

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Podcast Most Popular Word in 2005?

December 29, 2005

Commentary: Elle Webb

Author Jeff Mills is calling podcast "the Most Popular Word of 2005", citing the Oxford University Press's recognition of "podcast" as 2005 Word of the Year.

At Podcasting News, our most popular words are still "the", "to", "and", "of" and "a".....but "podcast" is right up there.

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Hijack Hysteria Hits Podcasting World

December 02, 2005

Commentary: Elle Webb

Hijack hysteria has hit the podcasting world, with a rash of reports appearing in various publications suggesting that podcasts are vulnerable to a unique new form of extortion.

Fairfax Digital reports that "podcasters are having their audiences swiped by squatters who are hijacking RSS feeds and then demanding money to remedy the situation." eWeek's article, Podcast Hijacked, Held for Ransom, warns that "RSS feeds are far more vulnerable to squatters than Web site domains." Om Malik's Blog reports "Your Podcast can be hijacked".

Fortunately for podcasters, reports of podcasts being hijacked don't appear to be based on any new vulnerability to either podcasting or RSS.

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If it's not MP3, is it still podcasting?

November 12, 2005

Developer Dave Winer, who along with Adam Curry helped create podcasting, is raising the question of whether or not "podcasts" based on proprietary audio formats, like those promoted by Apple or Audible, are even podcasts.

Winer suggests that these technologies are looking to the past, instead of looking to the future:

Yesterday's coverage of the Audible announcement exposed a conversation that was coming, and it boils down to the question in the title of this piece. The answer -- if you're not using MP3, you're probably trying to make podcasting into a replay of previous media.

The thing that makes podcasting special is that it is accessible to everyone, not just companies with huge production budgets.

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Dear Santa: Bring iPods!

November 03, 2005

Commentary: Elle Webb

Dear Santa;

I've been good this year! I ate right, exercised and helped build a really popular podcasting website.

I didn't download any of those risque video podcasts. And if I did, I deleted them right away.

Anyway, can you bring me an iPod this year? Everybody is getting one.

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Do Public Broadcasters Get Podcasting?

November 01, 2005

Stephen Hill, the public radio host of the popular ambient music program Hearts of Space, has published an impassioned essay on public radio, podcasts, and why he feels that experienced broadcasters will dominate the world of podcasting.

"The pros can do it easier, faster, and generally better than all but the most organized and talented amateurs," argues Hill. "They have greater experience and resources when it comes to creating quality programming – particularly ongoing series. This accounts for the fact that professionally produced shows now account for over 90% of the iTunes top 100 podcast list, and the smutty charms of early podcast stars like Dawn and Drew are now off the list."

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Are Creative Commons-NC Licenses Harmful?

October 04, 2005

Creative Commons licenses are becoming popular in the world of podcasting as a way of sharing music for podcasts and licensing podcasts. The licenses are not without controversy, though.

In this article, Erik Möller offers a critique of some of the most popular Creative Commons options, the Creative Commons non-commercial licenses.

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iPod Threats on the Rise?

September 15, 2005

Commentary: Elle Webb

As the iPod's popularity has reached a frenzy, news reports on the popular music player's dangers are on the rise.

News items at Podcasting News and other sites suggest that the millions of iPods "in the wild" may be exposing owners to risks worse than questionable advertising claims or blowing $15,000 at iTunes to fill up a 60GB iPod.

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President George W. Bush Joins Wild-West World of Podcasting

August 13, 2005

The White House has introduced a podcast of the President's Weekly Radio address.

The podcast can be found on the White House Radio page at the “Subscribe to Radio Address Podcast” link.

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Gnomedex 5 Reflections

June 30, 2005

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Here are our thoughts on come of the highlights of the recent Gnomedex 5 conference, held June 23-25 in Seattle, Washington.

Some of the best conversations happened before the show officially began. Google put on a fine welcome reception, and everybody had the opportunity to meet a bunch of interesting people.

The reception had free wireless, so there were some attendees that spent their evening blogging. This immediately raised the question "How does real-time reporting change the way you experience events?" Throughout the conference, nearly everybody was connected, updating sites, blogging, podcasting, posting videos, etc. At the receptions, this meant that some attendees were as disconnected from their immediate surroundings as they were connected online.

We also found out that if you give developers unlimited access to free liquor, they will tell you anything that you want to know, and a lot of things you don't want to know.

Want to know where you can find hallucinogenic mushrooms on Microsoft's campus? 10 cocktails is all that it takes!

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5 Myths of Podcasting: Myth 3 - Odeo/Apple/Paris Hilton (Insert Famous Company or Person Here) Will Make Podcasting Legit

June 09, 2005

Commentary: Elle Webb

One of the most popular angles in mainstream media reports on podcasting is that some famous person or company has announced a podcast which is going to make podcasting legitimate or mainstream. One day the company is Odeo, the next it's Apple. One day the celebrity is Paris Hilton, the next it's Rush "I am the hottest thing in podcasting" Limbaugh.

This focus on the famous and the status quo promotes the view that there is some threshold of either quality or exposure that will make podcasting a legitimate technology.

Podcasters don't need somebody trying to make money off of them to be legit. They don't need to have audiences of thousands of listeners to legitimize what they do.

Podcasting is already legit. Try to tell Dawn and Drew, or NASA, or the BBC or the Catholic Insider, or any of the dozens of churches that use podcasting to distribute religious messages, that they aren't legit.

Try to tell Eric Rice, or the people at RocketBoom, or John Edwards podcasting from his kitchen that what they are doing isn't exciting, important or innovative.

Try to get the fans of the hundreds of music podcasts that are available excited about a corporate podcast offering.

There will be hugely popular podcasts, with audiences that dwarf others. There will also be corporate podcasts that make big splashes, and generate a lot of excitement.

The real story of podcasting, though, is that it eliminates barriers to entry, drives down costs to almost nothing, and makes small, focused shows feasible. These shows may appeal to niche audiences, but together are likely to receive much of the attention of listeners.

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5 Myths of Podcasting: Myth 2 - Podcasters are Wacky and Unprofessional

June 07, 2005

Commentary: Elle Webb

It seems like every mainstream discussion of podcasting has to start with a mention of how unprofessional some shows sound, how somebody records their show while they bike or drive to work, how people are podcasting in their pajamas or how some podcasters ramble on about nothing.

There's an element of truth to all this - there are thousands of podcasts, and most of them are put together by amateurs. Many of these are poorly produced, or self-indulgent.

These podcasts, though, are in no way representative of podcasting as a whole. They are representative of the idea that 90% of just about anything is garbage.

In reality, most popular podcasts are fairly well-produced. Top podcasts, like Adam Curry's, Weekend America, or NASA's, have similar production values to traditional radio shows.

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