podcasts??

[zhicago]

does anyone listen to podcasts on the reg (several times a month)?  which ones?

im a big fan of My Brother My Brother and Me (MBMBaM).

the last two episodes were pure gold.
"a hug is like you\\\'re wearing somebody else as a coat"


also i have a feeling this was likely a thread before but i didnt see it so heres a new one

[rtil]

i've never really understood what a podcast is.. they just seem like mp3 recordings of live shows? is that all that makes them a 'podcast'? or is there something more to it?

oh, and no, i don't listen to any podcasts

[DrRumack]

havent listened to any in a while

also fun fact i just sneezed and coughed in succession for the entirety of a minute it was exhilarating

[Necronomitr0n]

still waiting for tba podcast #2 but we all know that's never going to happen

[BloodyCheery]

I like 4PlayerPodcast and ones with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington.

[billy]

still waiting for tba podcast #2 but we all know that's never going to happen

they tried to do it without me and it fucked up who'da thunk it

[zhicago]

i've never really understood what a podcast is.. they just seem like mp3 recordings of live shows? is that all that makes them a 'podcast'? or is there something more to it?

oh, and no, i don't listen to any podcasts

I was/am pretty late to the podcast train as I didn't quite understand but they are basically like prerecorded talk shows that you can listen to with itunes or whatever program/app you like (I use google listen). People have listening parties now, especially for the Maximum Fun group of podcasts (Jordan Jesse(sp?) Go, MBMBaM, etc) and I think Comedy Death Ray, too. I never thought Id like them because I'm not really a fan of talk radio, but I really laugh hard at the podcasts I've been getting into. I mean, deep laughs that leave me gasping for air.
I like MBMBaM because its three brothers who answer questions with advice, often poor advice. They also take questions straight off of yahoo answers... always hilarious.
Comedy Death Ray is great. Its run by Scott Auckerman and features a lot of comedians. They come on and talk but a huge chunk of the show is improvised characters. They aren't allowed to break the character and its often pretty entertaining.

I guess to sum them up, they are primarily radio talk shows with a huge listener base that don't have to conform to typical radio policies regarding most content and language.

[rtil]

what format are they in?

[funzop]

any audio format generally. primarily mp3, or if you get off of itunes (which has a very large selection of free ones) its m4v or whatever bullshit it makes it
theres video podcasts too, which are less common as unless theyre entertaining they consist of people just sitting around talking

i am a big faggot nerd so i listen to a few videogame/ music/ comedy podcasts.

[rtil]

oh

then what's the point of listening to them in a special program if they're normally mp3's.. unless they're tagged in a way that podcast apps can sort/identify them.

[zhicago]

oh

then what's the point of listening to them in a special program if they're normally mp3's.. unless they're tagged in a way that podcast apps can sort/identify them.

The programs feed the podcasts to your device, usually predownloading them for you so you can listen to them whenever youre ready.

I exclusively listen to them from my phone, aux into my car for drives or whatever (I drive ~100 a day usually, so its a great way to pass the time if I'm not feeling like listening to music).

[funzop]

i forgot about that podcast

[Necronomitr0n]

still waiting for tba podcast #2 but we all know that's never going to happen

they tried to do it without me and it fucked up who'da thunk it

we tried to do another one but couldnt find anything nearly as dumb to talk about

i thought you were gonna do one about the hottest anime girls