The U.S. Small Business Administration has recently upgraded its podcast resources for small business owners. The SBA is an independent federal government agency which works to “aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.” The SBA […]

VersatileMonkey.com has released PodTrapper for the popular Blackberry phone/portable media device. The PodTrapper is a podcatcher, or download manager and player of podcasts. The $9.99 application allows users to consolidate podcasts a single device, rather than schlepping a Blackberry for phone and texting, and a separate portable media player for podcasts. Simon Sage of IntoMobile […]

The sight of workers with smudgy foreheads yesterday when I was downtown reminded me that it was Ash Wednesday, and the beginning of the Lenten season which leads up to Easter. The Catholic Online website reports that Massachusetts-based blogger and musician, Susan Bailey, is publishing a daily podcast during the forty days of Lent. “Theosis” […]

Nationally syndicated radio show host Adam Carolla was recently, unceremoniously, fired when the station he broadcast from, Los Angeles’ KLSX 97.1 FM, changed its format to a pop music station. Declaring that terrestrial radio is “heading for the sh*tter,” Carolla has launched a free daily (Monday – Friday) podcast. “For now, it’ll be very stripped […]

Podcast network Wizzard Media today announced an agreement with Ando Media to automate their audio advertising campaigns. “Non-intrusive” advertisements will be “stitched” to the beginning, middle or end of participating audio podcast programming in the Wizzard network. Wizzard and Ando Media’s first joint ad campaign, already underway, will be for Cisco’s Webex, a digital tele-conference […]

A recent psychological study has found that students who listen to class lectures in podcast form actually score better when tested on the material than students who heard the lectures in person.

Bad science?

Or is podcasting the future of education?

Blogging platform Tumblr has added a neat new feature that lets users create audio blog posts via telephone.

Enter their phone number, and messages called in to Tumblr’s toll-free number get posted to your Tumblr blog.

Grooveboxmusic.com has introduced a video tutorial course, Producing Voiceovers with Logic 8, that could be useful for podcasters. Here’s what they have to say about it: Presented by Logic master Eli Krantzberg, this collection of Logic 8 video tutorials will show you how to make professional voiceover productions for commercials, advertisements and more. Starting with […]

Zoom has introduced the next generation in its handheld audio recorder line, the H4n. Zoom’s H4n features built-in X/Y stereo condenser mics that allow variable recording patterns at either 90° or 120°. Other new features include digitally controlled high-quality mic preamps and the ability to use internal and external mics simultaneously, for 4-channel recording. The […]

The Kansas City Weather Podcast has celebrated its fourth birthday – and with nearly daily episodes since its inception, it now has more than 1,300 episodes.

We talked to KC Weather Podcast creator Ed Roberts about his thoughts on starting his podcast’s fifth year.