Aviation Podcast Program Guide
This Program Guide lists the most recent episodes of selected aviation podcasts. The episode descriptions come directly from the podcast feeds. Remember: You don't need an iPod to listen to podcasts - just your computer will do.
Airplane Geeks
Courtney Miller and Max Flight are two guys with a passion for aviation. In this podcast they talk about the week's news and events, cover a feature topic in depth, and offer interesting insights into the industry. You'll also get an aviation website pick of the week, interviews with notable airplane geeks, and whetever else flys into their minds. Sign up for the free newsletter with aviation news, show notes, and other stuff for airplane geeks.
Episode 29 - Branding with Shashank Nigam
Episode 28 - Good Riddance 2008
Episode 27 - Talking Airplanes with Richard Aboulafia
The Conversation at AirSafe.com
This is the official podcast of the AirSafe.com Foundation which uses technologies such as email and the Web to raise public awareness about key issues involving air passenger safety and security. Dr. Todd Curtis produces this very informative podcast to cover aviation incidents around the world. You'll find audio, video, and high quality written content here. Be sure to listen to the Secrets of AirSafe.com special podcast series where Dr. Todd Curtis shares key insights and practices that have allowed AirSafe.com to thrive since its launch in July 1996.
AirSafe.com's Airline Safety Review for 2008 (video - WMV)
AirSafe.com's Airline Safety Review for 2008 (video - M4V)
AirSafe.com's Airline Safety Review for 2008 (audio - MP3)
Uncontrolled Airspace: The General Aviation Podcast
News and conversation about the world of General Aviation flying. This is hanger flying at it's best with three pilots who are qualified to gab about GA with authority. Dave Higdon is an accomplished aviation photographer and the senior editor of Kitplanes Magazine. Jeb Burnside is a writer and editor with Aviation Safety magazine, AVweb, and EAA AirVenture Today. Jack Hodgson is a writer, technology commentator, special-events and new-media producer, lecturer, aviation essayist, and tries to keep the other two on topic.
The UCAP community now has an online forum to complete the listener experience. Have a look at the Uncontrolled Airspace Forums and add your own contribution.
Uncontrolled Airspace #114 "Living the Dream in Sarasotee"
Uncontrolled Airspace #113 "TTFN"
Uncontrolled Airspace #112 "Transportation 3.0"
The Finer Points, An Aviation Community & Podcast
TFP is brought to you weekly by Certified Flight Instructor, Jason Miller. GA pilots will find a good deal of reasonably technical flight instruction here. Besides the podcasts, you'll find a forum and online shopping with aviation gear.
Weather 101 - Aviation Podcast #147
Fly Your Best,
Jason
VSpeeds Revisited - Aviation Podcast #146
Fly Your Best,
Jason
Virtually Real - Aviation Podcast #145
Fly Your Best,
Jason
Plane Madness
This is a very good podcast and blog by Capt'n Chris, a FAR certified Part 121 Airline Transport rated Airline Captain. With a slightly twisted slant he brings you interesting news, things going-on in aviation, thought-provoking editorials, and a worthy rant here and there: "In a nutshell I'm just a flyer trying to make a living while still trying to enjoy what I do! So by coming here you get my rant and raves and all things aviation related (and some not) and everything else in between." Airline enthusiasts will find a lot of good content here, and Plane Madness just might float to the top of your aviation podcast list!
Wake Turbulence Test
Happy Holidays!
Best Wingsuit Vid Out There - Now in HD
The Pilot's Flight PodLog - aviation podcast
Listen as Pilot Will (formerly "Student Pilot Will") and David relate their flying adventures. You'll also hear the stories of their guests through some great hangar flying.
See The Pilots Lounge website for podcast show notes and ideas for great places to fly to on the West Coast, along with ideas for things to do once you get there. Will also maintains a page listing State Pilot Associations in the U.S. and is starting to think about a West Coast Podcasters Fly In.
PFP # 41 Alex, Greg, Steven, & Bill
This week on The Pilot's Flight Podlog we decided to have Greg Summers of The Student Pilot Journal video podcast come into the virtual hangar and tell us about some of the things he's been doing with his new Private Pilot's License. Three more of our friends ended up joining us in the hangar by the end of the night. How's THAT for community?
And speaking of community, how do you like the new music? We'd like to thank Steve Tupper of Airspeed for letting us use the Thunderbird Groove for this podcast. Steve is a highly-talented podcaster, musician, and pilot, and we really appreciate him allowing us to use his music on our show.
Guests:
- Alex from Episode 6 of The Pilot's Flight Podlog
- Greg Summers of The Student Pilot Journal
- Steven Pam of HoundTV
- Bill Williams of The Student Pilot Cast
Shownotes:
- Paying for flight training
- Aviation Career Enrichment
- Sport Star LSA
- Article in AOPA Flight Training Magazine - June 2008
- The Pilot's Aviation Radio Handbook by Paul E. Illman
- Amateur Radio
- IRLP
- EchoLink
- Plane Madness Podcast 747 video
- Flying the F-14 Tomcat
- Flying to St. Augustine
- Vegemite
- Steven's flight training update
- LSA
- Fly Synthesis Texan
- Fly Synthesis Storch
- Skyfox Gazelle
- Slow flight practice
- Recreational Aviation Australia
- Houndtv.com video podcast
- Pason Arizona trip with the boys
- SuperDad!
- Cessna 182SP
- Diamond DA50
- Greg takes David up
- Melbourne International
- Flying to New Smyrna
- Three ways to start an airplane
- Shout out to Doc Morgan
- Something that should happen to all podcasters
- ICAS
- Sean D. Tucker
Thanks for joining us this week in the virtual hangar. As always, we'd love to hear some feedback from you. Please drop us a line at pilotsflightpodlog@gmail.com. If you like to be a guest on the show, send us a message there as well!
Take care, fly safe, and have fun!
PFP # 40 Don, Ron, & Robert Part 2
This week we bring you the second half of episode 40. We pick back up with Robert and Captain Ron about flight training and various adventures in the cockpit.
- UCAP Meetup in San Francisco
- Saturday, January 3rd
- San Francisco Airport Marriott
- Class Bravo Training Day
- Robert solos - again
- Aviation medical
- Ron get's a commercial ticket!
- Sterile cockpit
- Airship Ventures
- Community-based flight school
- CFI's "Buidling Time"
- Aviation New Media
- A Pilot's Story Prologue
- Rule of thumb for aircraft identification
- Where the hell is Ace?
We'd love to hear from you, our listeners. Please email some feedback to us at pilotsflightpodlog@gmail.com.
Take care, fly safe, and have fun!
PFP Christmas 2008
Travel Commons
Mark Peacock is a frequent business flier who puts in a lot of air miles each year. He knows airlines and airports and hotels and technology for the road, so his podcast is valuable for any frequent flier. The podcast subtitle tells it all: "Giving the voice of the traveler, more about the journey than the destination." If you spend a lot of time flying commercially for business or pleasure, give this podcast a listen!
Travel Commons is part of the Boarding Area portal to business travel and air travel blogs and podcasts.
Good Restaurants for One
Podcast #70 - Packing a Suit, Videoconference over Travel, Watching Winter Flight Delays
Podcast #69 - Pocket Travel Assistant; More Travel Tips
Airspeed
Airspeed podcasts go in depth to cover aviation, aerospace, space exploration, and associated topics. Pilots, other aviation personnel, and enthusiasts will enjoy this podcast by "Stephen Force," the superhero alter ego of a technology lawyer, private pilot, and Civil Air Patrol captain. Show notes can be found in the Airspeed Blog.
You might also have a look at Airspeed - The First Two Years Aloft, Force's book that highlights the first two years of the podcast, including interviews transcribed for the first time, the full text of several popular episodes, and also additional explanatory material.
Airspeed - Aerobatics and the Super Decathlon with Greg Koontz
Airspeed - The Magi of Harper's Field
Airspeed - Ghost Airports - A Tour of Paul Freeman's Abandoned and Little-Known Airports Archive
IAGblog Podcasts
Aviation and travel industry podcasts from the Innovation Analysis Group. IAG provides information and consulting services to the travel and aviation industries, and covers aircraft manufacturers, airlines, airports, and ground transportation. The IAGblog offers breaking news, insights, and commentary on a wide range of issues affecting travel and aviation.
A humorous look back at 2008 and a wary eye on 2009
These days are dismal and miserable when they should be a lot more pleasant, given the time of year. In an effort to provide our listeners with some giggles (gallows humor?) we assembled a team of industry experts, who, it will quickly be apparent, know their stuff. This group pokes fun at the industry and its brands and players. This podcast is pure tongue in cheek and should be taken as such.
Aircraft Electrical Power Systems ? Charged with Opportunities
Balaji Srimoolanathan, Program Manager for Aerospace and Defence, Frost & Sullivan in India has produced a fascinating report on the "more electric airplane". You can see a summary at http://www.iag-inc.com/articles/aeps.pdf. As this chart shows, aircraft are increasingly becoming "electric". Balaji's research suggests that this is the future of aviation. His mention of fuel cells to be used by aircraft is fascinating - think of where this could go.
The New Food Tourist
Professor Ian Yeoman, previously with Tourism Scotland, is now with Victoria University in Wellington New Zealand. He's still doing futurologist research in travel. His latest work has identified an emerging slice of the travel pie, the traveling male foodie. Ian explains how this traveler is impacting the travel scene and is being impacted by demographic issues like the singleton market.
Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase!
With this podcast, you can travel the world with flight attendant Betty. This flight attendant for a major U.S. airline has been podcasting since August 2005. She's got a delightful personality and seems like the attendant we all want to fly with. Her podcasts relate her stories and the stories of the people she flys with.
50 Traveling Fool
Episode 50
In September I went to Egypt and in November I traveled to Ecuador! I have literally been a traveling fool!
This episode is about pilots, flight attendants and tourists being foolish!
A guide from the Galapagos talks about the silly questions tourists ask him, and at the end of the episode there is a great story about a foolish passenger that involves a rope, an indian and a blanket!
Contact... flywithbetty@gmail.com
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES! It's free!
Music by www.garageband.com "Flying" by The Catch
49 Back from Egypt
Episode 49
I've been getting some emails asking why it's taken me so long to post a new podcast....well it's because I was busy wandering around Egypt.
This show has some tales from Egypt along with some really funny airline stories from fellow Flight Attendants and Pilots.
Education is the key to success...check out YourDegee.com at... www.yourdegree.com/searchresults.aspx?CID=378°ree=certificate
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES! It's free!
Contact... flywithbetty@gmail.com
Music by www.garageband.com Back from Egypt by Jerky Medicine and Egyptian Theme by .Elegy.
Student Pilot Journal
General Aviation pilots (or pilot wannabe's) will enjoy these video podcasts by Greg Summers. They represent "a podcast journal in the life of a student pilot" and contain lots of good video straight from the cockpit. You can't get much closer to the action than this!
Student Pilot Journal Podcast #24
Student Pilot Journal Podcast #23
I took my first instrument flying lesson. Not much video to look at, but at least it is documented. As you can imagine there is not much of a visual when doing instrument training. It also did not help that I forgot my camera mount so my apologies for the less than average quality and the audio has some noise issues. I edited the audio the best that I could to cut out the scratchiness that you may hear from time to time. Suggestions for future instrument podcasts are always welcome. Just like the private training...it is always an experiment to capture the training effectively.
-Greg
greg@studentpilotjournal.com
Download the video
Lunch in New Smyrna
The Student Pilot Cast
The chronical of Bill Williams as he learns to fly and earn his Private Pilot License. You'll find both audio and video episodes, as well as interviews with other pilots and coverage of cool aviation stuff.
Podcasting Regularity
I was having a quick chat with David Allen, co-host of the Pilot’s Flight Pod Log, about podcasting, and the difficulty of getting them out on a regular basis. I said something to the effect of, “I need some podcast fiber to stay regular.” We laughed, and then it was downhill from there, with David rattling off a few funny quips, which spurred an idea. The result is a new product (that exists only in my mind). Introducing Podamucil, daily therapy for staying regular with podcasts. The secret formula used by Jack and the gang at UCAP is now available for everyone! I’ll start a daily regimen right away.
SPC #021-Good Freakin' Flight
I'm back SPC listeners! I've had no time to produce new episodes for a while, but I forced myself tonight...and put off some other stuff. So what we have is another training episode, Episode 21, "Good Freakin' Flight". This is a solo flight that I took after returning from my Dive trip, and this was the next flight in my training after the night flight that was covered in episodes 19 and 20.
I hope you enjoy this episode, and I'll try to be more consistant with the releases going forward. Please give me feedback as always. Also, I'm working on a couple of videos, including the video from the flight covered in this episode as well as a tutorial on how to record in cockpit audio, as this is my most frequently asked question from listeners. This is in addition to a start that I've got on the next audio episode as well.
As usual, for up to date information on flights, feel free to follow me on twitter. Thanks again, everyone. Get out there and fly!
StudentPilotCast-A021-20081214.mp3
SPC #020-Tour de Phoenix-Part 2
I’m back, after an exclusive one month tour of Europe, Scandinavia, and…no, that’s not true. In fact, I’ve just been really busy, and haven’t had a chance to finish this episode up and send it out on the feed. Bad me, I know. So, we skipped September in the podcast…I’ll try to make it up to you all.
Here is episode 20, the second and final part of my first night flight around the Phoenix area. As I said in the audio, I really enjoyed this flight a lot. Now that I have my license, I need to do some more night flying.
Enjoy the episode, and by all means, let me know what you think of the podcast.
StudentPilotCast-A020-20081004.mp3
Fly With Me
Hear from flight attendants and pilots as they tell what goes on behind the galley curtain (and behind the cockpit door). "Joe Podcaster" brings to his podcasts the unique perspective of a pilot for a major U.S. airline. Before flying for the airlines, he was an A-10 "Warthog" pilot in the USAF. He was stationed in England for three years, and in northern California for three years.
Fly With Me Episode 22
This is what happened to the Rare Bear this year at the Reno Air Races. I could explain what happened here in these notes, but it's better to hear the story as it unfolds ...
Fly With Me Episode 21
... hear about a disgusting flight attendant trick ... take a trip inside the unofficial Vomit Comet ... plus hear another visit from Fly Guy.
The "Cadet Barf" story features music from Kevin Ross (Found at garageband.com)
Aviation Podcast Directory
- 7600 On Air Defunct now, but it was a podcast for people who love flying, flying machines, and who prefer to not crash and die. Soaring and gliders, props, jets, interviews, aviation features, and stories made with big imaginations.
- Aero-News.Net A great site with lots of current GA and other aviation news stories, as well as many podcasts: a daily feed, general aviation, sport aviation, aerospace, commercial aviation, and military aviation.
- Aero News TV The folks at Aero-News.net have created this fantastic aviation video news site.
- Air Force Link - Podcasts Podcasts from the U.S. Air Force. "Around the Air Force Radio Podcast" daily radio newscast includes timely, topical, news and information about the Air Force, its people, its programs and its missions. "Around the Air Force Video Podcast" is a five minute daily news program covering important topics from around the Air Force. "Air Force Report Video Podcast" gives one minute updates on important news and issues affecting the Air Force. "Chief's View Video Podcast" from the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force discusses Air Force issues. "Today's Air Force Video Podcast" is a long-format, weekly news show featuring in-depth stories about the Air Force's people, programs, technology, exercises, operations and more.
- The AirPigz podcast The podcast of the AirPigz blogazine, for anyone who loves to fly.
- Airplane Geeks Podcast Two aviation enthusiasts talk about the week's aviation news, discuss a feature topic, and offer an aviation website pick.
- AirShowCast A podcast for the air show enthusiast, fanatic, performer, volunteer, organizer, etc. Hear news about shows, meet movers and shakers in the business, and listen to some of the behind the scenes folks who make things happen at your favorite shows.
- Airspeed Airspeed podcasts go in depth to cover aviation, aerospace, space exploration, and associated topics. Pilots, other aviation personnel, and enthusiasts will enjoy this podcast by "Stephen Force," the superhero alter ego of a technology lawyer, private pilot, and Civil Air Patrol captain.
- The Amateur Traveler Podcast A weekly travel podcast for people who love to travel, focusing on travel stories, travel news, tips, and travel resources. All with a little bit of humor.
- AMEcast - Aviation Medicine Podcast An aviation medicine podcast with Dr. Bruce Chien, MD, AME., CFI offering advice and insights on Medical Certification.
- ATW Online Podcasts These single-topic podcasts from Air Transport World cover current airline industry news and happenings.
- Aviapod Histoire de l'aviation, enquete-accident, anecdotes. Ce podcast est en français. This podcast is in French.
- Aviation Today Radio Podcasts on a wide range of aviation issues, generally with industry leaders.
- The Aviation Video Podcast An HD video podcast series by Jason Miller to inspire aviators and those that have always dreamed of being aviators.
- AviPod.net Aviation Podcast (Also gone.) A aviation podcast featuring news and industry analysis.
- AVweb Podcasts Twice weekly podcasts on current aviation topics.
- Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase! With this podcast, you can travel the world with flight attendant Betty.
- Building an Airplane at Home with Jeff Coffey In this 28 minute podcast, the builder takes you from $600 of blueprints and $900 of aluminum sheets to the first, anxiety-ridden flight. If you are thinking of building your own, this will give you a feel for what it takes. If you are not a prospective homebuilder, you'll still find this a fascinating listen. From 16 September 2005.
- Civil Air Patrol Today A podcast produced by Maryland Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
- The Conversation at AirSafe.com The official podcast of the AirSafe.com Foundation designed to raise public awareness about key issues involving aviation safety and security.
- DarkCompass The chronicles of a podcaster, with airplane sound effects. 27mins, 12mb, 64kbps.
- EAA AvCast Bi-weekly news, interviews, and EAA AirVenture Oshkosh updates. Each episode is about 10 minutes.
- Edwards Air Force Base Podcast A weekly podcast featuring news stories relevant to the Edwards community, usually about two to three minutes in length.
- Fear of Flying Podcast Recorded March 16, 2005 on United UA 840 en route SYD-LAX. The author discusses how he picked his seats - and why - and what to do when turbulence occurs, as it did on this flight.
- The Finer Points, An Aviation Community & Podcast TFP is brought to you weekly by Certified Flight Instructor, Jason Miller.
- The Finer Points - Aviation Videos Weekly flying tips to make you a safer pilot. From expert flight instructor, Jason Miller.
- Finmeccanica Inc. Podcast These podcasts cover a number of helicopter topics.
- Flight Junkies A podcast about leaving the ground in every way possible from an educated amateur's point of view.
- The Flightcast An audio and video podcast covering flight sim games and news.
- Flight Journal Podcast/Radio Show Flight Journal's editor-in-chief, Budd Davisson, tells us what it's like to fly some of aviation's legendary airplanes.
- Flight Line Internet Radio An internet-based radio station covering a variety of aviation topics with programming 24/7.
- FlyByWire podcast blog Slated to contain flight sim and aviation news, music, reviews, hints and tips, flight of the week.
- Flying with ACE This podcast was started by Alex, a youngster who is sharing his training experience.
- Flying Pilot Podcast "The flying pilot's news and rants," by a captain with a major network airline. News, science, history, and a little music.
- Fly With Me Hear from flight attendants and pilots as they tell what goes on behind the galley curtain (and behind the cockpit door).
- Gold Seal Live Live, streaming aviation talk radio on the Internet, with a twist - graphics and interactivity. You not only listen to this aviation format show, you see visuals and can ask questions of the guests via a built-in chat window. Two programs are produced: The 25Zulu Show is a 90-minute talk show with live guests that covers a wide range of topics. The Ground School Live show focuses on specific training issues. These can also be downloaded as a podcast.
- The Home Based Travel Agent Podcast A blog and podcast dedicated to the home based travel agent and the journey of learning the travel business.
- Jim N Texas! Jim is a retired U.S. Air Force officer, a member of the Chandelle Flying Club, and has a lifelong love of aviation. Intermixed in his blog, you'll find some podcasts.
- The Learning to Fly....Together Podcast Rob is a certified flight instructor and airline captain for a major airline. Tina is the anxious but eager student pilot who has a few things to teach Rob about "getting a clue". Both have been married to each other for 23 years. Listen in as they teach each other to fly.
- The Pilotcast A podcast series by pilots about General Aviation, for pilots and aircraft owners, and those who want to become pilots.
- The Pilots Flight PodLog - aviation podcast Listen in of the adventures of Pilot Will (formerly "Student Pilot Will" as he flies around with friends and family. Also hear stories of other's adventures in the sky.
- Pilots-Log A web page and podcast for the discussion of aviation topics ranging from military planes to commercial transports to general aviation. Coverage of new aircraft, fly-ins, airshows, and other aviation related events in Texas and neighboring states.
- PlaneMadness An aviation podcast "with a slightly twisted slant!" You'll find interesting news, "goings on," thought provoking editorials, and sky-high rants.
- PodAsia - Matthew Holden An interesting podcast for business and leisure travellers in Asia. Each episode takes you to a different location and offers tips on where to go, what to see, what to eat, and where to stay. Interviews with locals add flavor and more great information for the traveler.
- The Private Pilot Recordings that are interesting for aviation enthusiasts as well as pilots.
- rocket.aero This creater of films and DVDs highlighting little known chapters in aerospace history offers podcasts created from DVD and other content.
- RV Pilot Podcast Dedicated to RV pilots and builders, with interesting discussions about experiences building and flying the different RV airplane models from the builders themselves. General and specific topics of interest to RV owners are also covered.
- Skydive Radio This weekly podcast is dedicated to skydiving and offers discussions covering a variety of topics: news, events, dropzones, policies, memorable jumps, history, and any other hot topic related to skydiving. Also, product reviews and conversations with well known skydivers.
- The Student Pilot Flight PodLog Devoted to flying and learning to fly. The podcasts take you through the author's journey towards a Private Pilot's License. Made on a Mac, and you can tell!
- Student Pilot Journal General Aviation pilots will enjoy these frequent video podcasts by Greg Summers. They represent "a podcast journal in the life of a student pilot" and contain lots of good video straight from the cockpit.
- The Student Pilot Cast This podcast is the chronical of Bill Williams as he learns to fly and earn his Private Pilot License. You'll find both audio and video episodes, as well as interviews with other pilots and coverage of cool aviation stuff.
- Student Pilot Training "This podcast is for people interested in obtaining their private pilot certificate. It starts at Ab-Initio (for absolute beginners) and takes you through the knowledge required to help you pass the theory components of the PPL(A) based on the CASA syllabus. The show is also worthwhile for current pilots to revise their knowledge or to provide feedback on improving the podcast for students."
- Thoughts From The Flight Deck In this podcast about flying, Pilot Bill talks about learning to fly, general things about aviation on his way to becoming a certified flight instructor, and just seemingly unrelated things that pop in to his mind.
- Tips for Travellers Podcast Advice, tips and recommendations of places, hotels, planes, trains, books based on the first hand experience and research for a book on legends and icons of travel.
- TravelCommons.com A very good travel podcast about airlines, security and the TSA, hotels, frequent flyer programs, travel tech, and a lot more.
- Travel Industry Association of America Podcasts featuring industry professionals on a variety of topics.
- The Traveling Man Podcast This podcast documents the travel adventures of life on the road. Episodes feature travel tips, technology, hotel reviews, and wacky adventures. (Inactive since July 2006.)
- Trends Taste and Travel Captain Cy Emerus is your host for Trends, Taste and Travel podcast. Captain Cy is an actual airline captain who has spent the last 35 years taking travelers to exotic destinations the world over.
- UK Aviation Roundup - Aviation Talk Radio This site is shut down.
- UltraFlight Radio Show The weekly show discusses subjects of interest to the ultralight or sport aircraft pilot: fixed wing, trike, powered parachute, powered paraglider, glider, gyro, and other topics are covered. Also, safety subjects, flying events, and government issues. Weekly email.
- Uncontrolled Airspace: The General Aviation Podcast News and conversation about the world of General Aviation flying. This is hanger flying at it's (sometimes verbose) best with three pilots who are qualified to gab about GA with authority.
- The University of North Dakota AeroCast A series of video/audio training podcasts.
Podcasting Resources
- Digital Podcast Helping you find the world's best podcasts.
- Juice This free software, licensed under the GPL, runs on your computer and downloads audio files, usually mp3's, to your computer. Multi-language support for multiple media players. Windows and Mac.
- Odeo Millions of mp3's and 1000's of audio channels - podcasts, music, and more. Listen, download, subscribe
- Podcast Directory Podcast listings from around the world.
- Podcasting News News, articles, directory, forum, gear.
- Podcatcher Matrix A great place to compare, choose, and discuss various Podcatchers and their features. Podcast users can choose the right tool for their requirements, podcast providers can optimize their content for the most popular podcatchers, and podcast developers can check out feature trends and user needs.
What's a Podcast?
From Wikipedia:
"Podcasting" is a web-based broadcast medium. Audio files (most commonly in MP3 format) are made available online in a way that allows software to automatically detect the availability of new files (generally via RSS), and download the files for listening at the user's convenience.
The word "podcasting" is a portmanteau of the words iPod and broadcasting. A podcast is like an audio magazine subscription: a subscriber receives regular audio programs delivered via the internet, and can listen to them at their leisure.
Podcasts differ from traditional internet audio in two important ways. In the past, listeners have had to either tune in to web radio on a schedule, or they have had to search for and download individual files from webpages. Podcasts are much easier to get. They can be listened to at any time because a copy is on the listener's computer or portable music player (hence the "pod" in "podcasting"), and they are automatically delivered to subscribers, so no active downloading is required.
Podcasting is functionally similar to the use of timeshift-capable digital video recorders (DVRs), such as TiVo, which let users record and store television programs for later viewing.