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The Crowded Market of Podcasting
Nearly a year after Apple began offering podcasts on iTunes, podcasting has become a surprisingly diverse audio genre - the Wild West of the media landscape. Thousands of companies and individuals offer podcasts on every conceivable subject. Today, we look at some of the best and worst of the medium, from those offering university lectures and stocktips to indie rock and more. We'll get a state of the podcast business and hear from a skeptic who believes it may just be a fad.
It's a Pod World After All
Time Magazine reporter Jeremy Caplan discusses the crowded podcast media landscape and offers his podpicks.
» The Pick Of The Podcasts by Jeremy Caplan
Oh, Behave!
Hear about "Bedroom Radio" with Ellie Lumpesse, a podcast that looks into the intersection between indie rock and sex.
Also: In an age when the Pope has an iPod, perhaps it's no surprise prayers are being offered as podcasts. Fr. Peter Scally, British Jesuit and creator of the website "Pray As You Go" explains how MP3s can lead to faith.
» Pray As You Go Web site
Fad or Media Technology of the Future?
Tim Bourquin, co-host of The Podcast Brothers, a weekly show on podcasting and David Coursey, a contributing editor for Ziff Davis Internet debate the future of podcasting.
» Few Compete to Settle Podcasting's Wild West Advertising Age
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The Ill Effects of Urban Noise
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Soundcheck received an overwhelming response to our segment on the effects of urban noise. So much so that Arline Bronzaft decided to address the feedback. Listen to the original segment and read Bronzaft's response.
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