Podcast Quickies

Groove It Like Grandma: Free Music From The Past

Mar 27th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Digital Music, Podcast Quickies

It‚Äôs 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. Every day in March, we‚Äôre going to do our best to hook you up a great free music podcast. We missed a couple of days while we were in London for the Corporate Podcasting Summit – so we’ve got a double-dose of free music podcasts […]



Free Podcast Reveals Mysteries of Ambient Music

Mar 24th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Digital Music, Podcast Quickies

March 22: We‚Äôre on our way back from the Corporate Podcasting Summit, and we’re stuck in Detroit for a couple of days. There’s nothing like travelling 24 hours, to be almost home and then to find out your flight has been cancelled. We’re a little behind as a result, but we expect to get caught […]



Free Music From The Grateful Dead

Mar 23rd, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, Podcast Quickies

March 21: We’ve looked at many types of music podcasts this month as part of our 31 Days of Free Music, ranging from free classical music shows to barrages of noise. You can’t look at free music without thinking about the Grateful Dead – one of the early supporters of DIY concert taping. Luckily for […]



31 Days of Free Music: Music That F***ing Matters

Mar 8th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, Podcast Quickies

March 08: It‚Äôs 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. Every day in March, we‚Äôre highlighting a free music podcast. The University of Washington’s KEXP is a great example of what public radio can do. They play an eclectic music mix of rock, hip-hop, electronic, country, blues and world music. You can stream […]



31 Days Of Free Music

Mar 1st, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, Podcast Quickies

Gizmodo has put out a call to boycott the RIAA during March. We thought that we’d support their boycott at first. But then we realized that spending a month thinking about the RIAA doesn’t sound like much fun, and is probably pretty pointless – especially when there’s already so much music legally available as free […]



31 Days Of Free Music: The Forgotten Melodies Podcast

Mar 1st, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, Podcast Quickies

March 01: It‚Äôs 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. Every day in March, we’re going to do our best to hook you up a great free music podcast. The first podcast we’re going to highlight is the Forgotten Melodies Podcast. The podcast features beautiful, but largely forgotten piano music, performed by Daniel […]



Sun’s Chairman Scott McNealy Launches Internet Radio Show

Feb 23rd, 2007 | By | Category: Podcast Quickies

Scott McNealy, Chairman and former CEO of Sun Microsystems, has launched an Internet radio show, called The McNealy Minute. “When you’re not CEO and you’re just chairman, you only get a minute,” jokes McNealy in the inaugural show, which features an interview with new CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Somehow, McNealy stretches his minute to nearly a […]



Animated New Yorker Cartoons Podcast

Feb 23rd, 2007 | By | Category: Podcast Quickies, Video, Video Podcasts

RingTales has announced the debut of a new podcast featuring animated New Yorker Cartoons. Subscribers to the podcast will receive three new animations of The New Yorker “RingTales” each week. RingTales has the exclusive license to animate and distribute The New Yorkers library of over 70,000 cartoons. “In making the transition from page to screen, […]



Thomas Dolby’s Video Podcast

Jan 11th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Podcast Quickies, Video Podcasts

Thomas Dolby’s Sole Inhabitant video podcast offers an unique look into the English electronica artist and entrepreneur’s November-December tour. Dolby uses the video podcast format effectively and does some interesting things with video viewpoints, including using a camera that provides a first-person perspective of what he’s doing during a performance. The series includes live performances […]



Minnesota Public Radio Intros Song Of The Day Podcast

Jan 10th, 2007 | By | Category: Podcast Quickies

Minnesota Public Radio’s The Current has launched a new podcast, The Current’s Song of the Day — a free new music download available each weekday. The podcast features stellar tracks, exclusive performances, rare cuts and previews of anticipated releases by favorite artists, available as free downloads. In addition, songs from emerging Minnesota artists will be […]