Get more out your iPod – try listening to a Podcast

Podcasts are audio or video shows that can be downloaded from the internet. The shows cover a wide variety of specialized subjects. Podcasts cover daily news stories, comedy, or instructional. Many universities are offering classes or lectures in Podcast form. Categories include Technology, Cooking, Genealogy, languages and many more.

Despite the name, you do not need an iPod portable media player in order to listen to Podcasts. Podcasts can be played on many different portable players or on a computer.

Best of all most Podcasts are free. You can view a directory of Podcasts on your computer in the iTunes music player, or on a Podcast directory website such as Everyzing. Programs such as iTunes offer the convenience of automatically downloading new Podcast episodes from the internet as they become available.

You can view more information about a Podcast at Wikipedia.