At the Gnomedex conference, being held in Seattle Washington, John Edwards led a spirited discussion of politics, citizen media and how the Internet is changing the political dialog. Though the audience was full of hundreds of people actively blogging, podcasting and video podcasting, he wasn’t afraid to be direct or to commit to a position. […]

Richard Vobes, who calls himself “the UK’s most prolific podcaster”, will reach his 500th show on Sunday June 4th, 2006.Vobes, 43, has been producing the Richard Vobes Radio Show seven days a week, from his home in Worthing, Sussex, England. It has been podcast over the Internet every day of the year, since September 2004. […]

An apartment in Berlin Wilmersdorf will be the meeting point for bloggers, vloggers and podcasters from all over Europe, meeting to cover the 2006 FIFA World Cup, June 9th until July 9th. The weblog WeAllSpeakFootball.com is described as “a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of football fans around the big upcoming event.” “We have a 220 square meter […]

Defeated Singapore Democratic Party candidate Ms Chee Siok Chin has filed a summons in the High Court asking it to declare the results of the 2006 General Election null and void. She also wants the High Court to declare the ban on podcasting during the general election as unconstitutional. “The banning of podcasting and blogging […]

Dave Winer, programmer, blogging pioneer and one of the fathers of podcasting, has introduced a Top Podcasts list for users of his site Share Your OPML. The list highlights the top 25 podcasts subscribed to by users of the site, which lets users share bookmarks, outlines, feeds and other information in OPML (Outline Processor Markup […]

Electronica artist Ryuichi Sakamoto has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the risks of nuclear energy, featuring a podcast featuring free music tracks and videos by Sakamoto, Thomas Dolby and others. The Rokkasho-mura reprocessing plant in Japan‚Äôs Aomori Prefecture opened for testing on March 31st, 2006. Less than two weeks later, 40 liters of […]

Just when you thought it was safe to sync your ‘pod, ShellyTheRepublican has revealed that podcasts are “Liberal Media’s next Assault on America.” According to the site, a “new danger has raised it’s demonic head: Invented by the Apple Computer company, the iPod is a device for receiving coded transmissions called Podcasts. This feature allows […]

The third annual MacGathering and SoHo Tech Show, May 19 -20, 2006 in North Hollywood, California, will feature audio and podcast discussion and training. Podcast Production 101 will be taught by Shelly Brisbin. This session will introduce the basics of podcast production. Learn what hardware, software and skills you’ll need to make your first show. […]

The Podcast & Portable Media Expo, being held September 29-30 in Ontario, California, has announced the schedule for this years sessions. Speaker/instructors will include Michael Geoghegan of Podcast Solutions, Paul Colligan, Rick Klau of Feedburner, a panel of podcast advertising experts, podcast law experts Colette Vogele and Denise Howell, Evo Terra – author of Podcasting […]

The first national membership organisation for UK podcasters, the UK Podcasters Association (UKPA), has opened its doors for membership. “We intend UKPA to be run along the lines of a guild or a professional body, existing in order to protect podcasters’ rights and promote their interests nationally and internationally,” according to UKPA Chairman Dean Whitbread. […]