This two-part video looks at how to create a podcast. Topics covered include: What a podcast is The benefits of podcasts Podcasting in education Podcasting microphone tips USB microphones USB audio interfaces Microphone pop guards Podcasting software Apple Garageband Adobe Soundbooth Audacity Podcast recording tips Saving your podcast Uploading and distributing your podcast If you […]

Patrick Norton and Veronica Belmont take a look at some of the best podcasting microphones under $100. Veronica’s picks include the Alesis USB Mic Podcasting Kit, the Marshall Electronics MXL Studio 1 USB and the Blue Microphones Snowball USB. These are all popular choices for podcasting mics and you’ll get good results if you record […]

At Musikmesse 2010, a major audio and music industry convention held annually in Frankfurt, BOSS announced the BR-800, a compact portable audio workstation. The BR-800 audio recorder can record four tracks at once to SD-card media. It has inputs for four microphones, built-in audio effects and can double as a USB audio interface and DAW […]

At Musikmesse 2010, an international audio & music trade show, Roland has introduced the R-05, a new $299 pocket recorder that offers some advanced features. The R-05 provides stereo recording directly to SD card — up to 24-bit/96kHz resolution. Features: High-quality stereo recording (24-bit / 96kHz) with the built-in stereo mic or external input. Records […]

Apple has updated its official recommendations on for how to submit your podcast to iTunes. Here’s what they recommend: Test Your Podcast Feed In iTunes: You should first verify that you can successfully subscribe to your feed using the Advanced menu in iTunes: Select Advanced, Subscribe To Podcast in iTunes; Paste in the URL of […]

Five tips for on-location podcast recording, via Mark Moran, news director for NPR’s public radio affiliate in Phoenix: In every environment where you do an interview, just switch on your recorder and get 15-30 seconds of ambient sound at that location. Ask for your subject’s name and title at the top of the interview. Include […]

The Government Accountability Office has introduce a podcast that highlights its recent investigations. GAO’s Watchdog Report features five-minute interviews with auditors and investigators on new investigations. “Podcasting enhances the service GAO provides to Congress and the public by offering an alternative means for people to learn about significant issues and new GAO reports and testimonies,”said […]

Podcasts are only 5 years old – but podcasting has already gone from being a niche indie tool to being a mainstream communication channel, even for corporations. Podcast pioneer Dave Winer, who created one of the standards upon which podcasting is based and who helped popularize the technology, has published a torrrent that aggregates podcasts […]

British comedian Ricky Gervais has translated his popular podcast, The Ricky Gervais Show, into an animated series for HBO. The animated series takes the audio of the podcast and puts animation to it, intercutting retro-styled animated scenes with animated versions of Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. See the HBO site for details.

Google has updated its free podcast client for Android devices, Google Listen. Here’s what’s new in version 1.1: Subscriptions are stored by Google Reader in the “Listen Subscriptions” folder. Subscribed feed items are fresh, no longer limited in size, and are available offline (and more quickly). Screen “My listen items” shows queued and most recently […]