Educational Podcasts

Posted by admin on December 13th, 2011

One of the most bountiful sources of educational podcasts is perhaps the University of Oxford podcast series. This is a free site featuring public lectures, teaching material, interviews with leading academics, information about applying to the University, and plenty of other useful material.

The user will be able to access the material that may be in audio, video or document format. In the full list of all series, you can browse the podcasts alphabetically, or by the number of episodes, or by the date of update, and of course by the popularity. Alternately, you can look up the featured podcasts lists – of people, series, and departments & colleges.

Best Podcasts

Posted by admin on November 15th, 2011

Where will you find the best podcasts? They are spread over a range of topics from very different sources.

Here is an avid podcast listener’s take on some of the best podcasts available on the Net. Among the multitude of podcasts on the Net, there are quite a few which surely invite you back for more – say to the next episode, or for repeated listening.

Science and Technology – Wired.co.uk podcast

Science – Nature Podcast

Technology – T3′s Weekly show

Entertainment – Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo’s Film Reviews from BBC Radio 5 Live

Pop culture – The 404 podcast

Other favourites -

Entertainment - Friday Night Comedy podcast

Nearly anything - Darker Projects

Environment and gardening – The Wiggly Podcast

Top 10 Tech Podcasts

Posted by admin on October 14th, 2011

Here is a useful listing of the top tech podcasts on the Internet.

Find out why these podcasts are popular.


Podcasts on the UK’s Mobile Phone Industry

Posted by admin on September 14th, 2011

“We reckon we’re the UK mobile phone industry’s best-kept secret.” So says a dedicated agency that produces podcasts and news reports on mobile phones.

Track the weekly podcasts from the agency on Wednesdays. You will soon be up to speed with all the updates from the world of mobiles. everything that’s been happening in the mobile business. Every Friday, you will be able to get a specific news story as the producers focus on a company, a product or a mobile trend.

The producers claim to “cut through the issues of “which mobile?” and “what mobile?” to help you answer all other the questions your customers will be asking about mobile phones… and all the questions you have about your industry.”

Popularity of Podcasting Technology

Posted by admin on August 8th, 2011
“Podcasting is the best way to showcase your talent, especially with commercial radio running out of space for personality” says Olly Mann of the award-winning ‘Answer Me This’ podcast.

Podcasting became a buzzword in the year 2005. It was named as the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary that year. There are estimates that more than 150,000 podcasts are available, on a variety of subjects.

This BBC report titled Podcasts: Who still listens to them? on the status of ‘old-fashioned’ podcasting sums up the phenomenon – “podcasting still offers is a chance for anyone to get behind a microphone and, for all intents and purposes, make a radio programme”. Fans of the podcasting technology will be glad to hear that “Podcasting remains more popular than the social media site Twitter”.

Resources for Finding Podcasts

Posted by admin on July 12th, 2011

With the variety of podcasts available on the Web, it would be a good idea if you had a convenient listing of sources of podcasts of different genres. Here are a few sources – you could call each of them a directory of directories.

Directory of Interesting UK Podcasts for News, Radio, Sport, Education – TheBigProject

Educational podcasts for teaching and learning – RECAP Limited

List of directories focused on Audio and Video Podcasts - Podcast411

Accurate and up to date content from only British podcasts – BritCaster

Podcasts and Podcasts Directory – itunestracks

Science Podcasts

Posted by admin on June 14th, 2011

The Guardian group carries a feature called Science Weekly which regularly includes a podcast on science.

In the latest podcast in the series, the presenter has packed in a lot of stuff. There is a part on the science fiction exhibition at The British Library. There is a studio discussion with astronomer and author Stuart Clark on his novel The Sky’s Dark Labyrinth. The book is said to explore the early days of astronomy through the lives of Johannes Kepler and Galileo.

Here’s where you can access the podcast – Science Weekly

Podcast Variety

Posted by admin on May 18th, 2011

You will be easily amazed at the variety of podcasts available for any Net user. Whether it is related to politics, or sports, or music, or health, or Information Technology, or finance, there is something for everyone from podcast creators.

For politics updates, look up the Guardian’s Weekly Podcast, just to name one of the available sources.

Access this podcast on latest advances in the IT-related field of cloud computing – Cloudcast: Benefits and challenges of cloud security for your data

With this foreign exchange outlook podcast, you can get the latest currency trends and forecasts at your fingertips.

Music fanatics can keep up with the weekly chart watch UK to check out their favourite icon’s placement.

Heard of ‘Staycations’? Learn how you can make the most of your  own country in this travel-related podcast.

Literary Podcasts

Posted by admin on April 20th, 2011

Bookworms in the UK are quite likely to find The Guardian’s book podcasts of some use.

Every week, The Guardian’s literary editor presents a podcast that covers a trendy literary topic. So you can catch author interviews, relevant book readings and discussions, and also access complete recordings of The Guardian’s monthly book club.

Look up the entire series of book podcasts and subscribe to them, free.

Educational podcasts – Medical careers

Posted by admin on March 23rd, 2011

The NHS Medical Careers, a career planning guide, is a major resource for doctors-to-be as well as aspiring specialists. By choosing to follow the four-step process of self assessment, career exploration, decision making and plan implementation, you have probably made the right decision in your effort at career development.

The NHS medical careers site make available several useful tools and resources for medical aspirants. Among these, you’ll find a few podcasts where experienced practitioners share personal insights and bring out the nuances in their specific career choice. You can access the entire podcast / audio-cast offering from the Medical Careers here.


 

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