Pamela Gay, a physics professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is the co-host of Astronomy Cast, a new podcast that takes a “weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos.” “I’ve always been interested in popularizing astronomy and how to get more people interested in what I do,” said Gay, of Edwardsville. She is joined by Fraser […]

Organizers have announced Jornadas de Podcasting Barcelona 2006 (Spanish), a 3-day podcasting event scheduled for October 20-22 in Barcelona, Spain. The meeting in the capital of Catalunya is expected to gather podcasters from all over Spain. Conferences and workshops about podcasting scheduled. The event is free and open to all. The best reason to go? […]

Organizers have announced another PodCamp event, PodCampWest, scheduled for November 18-19th, 2006 in San Francisco. PodCamps are free unconferences in the tradition of BarCamp, an ad-hoc gathering to share information in an open manner. PodCampWest will be free to attend and is inspired by the PodCamp Boston. Here is a list of sessions that organizers […]

The¬†Podcast Peer Awards, a podcasting award chosen by members of the Podcast Peers¬†site, have been announced. The most honored show was Digital Flotsam, which won in three categories: Favorite, Best Production, and Best Storytelling. “I am thrilled, amazed, and grateful for the votes I received,” said P.W. Fenton, the creator and producer of the show. […]

18 Doughty Street, a UK political Internet television station, has announed that it has 100 camcorders to give away to people with strong views and first hand knowledge of a pressing problem. According to the site: We want doctors to report regularly on their experience of the NHS… Ex-servicemen to talk about overstretch in the […]

The Podcast and Portable Media Expo, being held Sept 29-30 in Ontario, CA opens today. “We’ve been planning this event for nearly a year,” said event organizer Tim Bourquin. “It’s like a bobsled – you start pushing it downhill, and, after awhile, it picks up momentum and speeds on its own.” Bourquin recently described highlights […]

Persian businesswoman Anousheh Ansari, co-founder and Chairman of Prodea Systems and the first female space tourist, has been blogging and even vlogging about her experiences in space. Her posts range from the trivial to the profound. Some of the most interesting insights she’s provided have been descriptions of how space explorers do tasks we take […]

Yahoo! and Current TV, a pioneer in viewer created content for television and the Web, have partnered to deliver video content to Web with the launch of the Yahoo! Current Network. According to the companies, the site combines the best in user submitted videos plus professional, studio-produced content to air side by side in a […]

Next weekend’s Podcast and Portable Media Expo is all set and ready to go, event organizer Tim Bourquin says. “We’ve been planning this event for nearly a year. It’s like a bobsled – you start pushing it downhill, and, after awhile, it picks up momentum and speeds on its own.” In an interview with Podcasting […]

Senator, podcaster and potential presidential candidate John Edwards’ visit to Gnomedex 2006 has generated significant interest in both the tech and mainstream press. The appearance made strong impressions, both pro and con. You can make up your own mind now that video clips of the session are available.