The Best Podcasting Websites
Podcast Search Engines
Podcast.com
http://podcast.com/
Podcast Alley
http://www.podcastalley.com/
Podcast Directory
podcastdirectory.com
Podcast Feed
podfeed.net
All of these sites offers a large searchable database of podcasts, but each one has a few individual features:
- Podcast.com has a user-submitted database that divides subjects into channels, making it easy to find what you want to listen to.
- Podcast Alley has their own Top 10 podcasts as voted by their listeners.
- Podcast Directory has a more international tilt with search tools for different languages as well as location searches through Google Maps.
- Podcast Feed lets users add their favorite podcasts to a single feed that can be automatically downloaded with podcasting software.
Podcasts on iTunes
http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/
iTunes has its own built-in podcasting subscription service that can be used to both download podcasts as well as make them available to other iTunes users.
Podcasting Sites
The People's Choice Podcast Awards podcastawards.com
This is the most important award in the world of podcasting, featuring the best by subject and production quality. The front page includes links to all of the current nominees.
TWIT Netcast Network
twit.tv What started out as a single podcast reuniting the hosts of TechTV's "The Screen Savers," "This Week in Tech" has branched out to become a network of twenty-six podcasts that cover a range of technology topics as well as a few other subjects like junk food in the Podcast Award-winning "Munchcast" and Roz Savage's solo rowboat journey across the Pacific covered in "Roz Rows."
Podrunner
http://www.djsteveboy.com/podrunner.html
This music podcast is designed around running with sets for interval and Couch to 5K training. The music changes BPM to help runners keep track with the program by running to the beat.
National Radio Podcasts
National Public Radio http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php Canadian Broadcasting Company http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/ British Broadcasting Company http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts Australian Broadcasting Company http://www.abc.net.au/services/podcasting/
In an effort to keep up with the digital age, the four major English-language public radio stations offer their content online. All of these programs are downloadable outside of their native countries.
This American Life
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/
The popular public radio show has its own site separate from NPR. Although their TV show must be purchased, the radio show is available for free as a podcast.
Podcasting Guides
PoducateMe Podcasting Guide http://poducateme.com/guide/
Although centered on podcasting for education, this site is full of useful technical information for anyone looking into starting their own podcast. Topics cover the entire process from selecting a microphone to getting a finished podcast onto iTunes.
Podcast 411
http://www.podcast411.com/
Podcast 411 is a site with everything you'd want to know about podcasting. Podcast 411 also produces its own podcast with interviews of popular podcasters.
Podcasting Tools
podcasting-tools.com
This site centers on tools and how-to articles for creating podcasts, with most of the concentration on distribution.