Below is an excellent video rundown on some of the most popular podcast-catching apps to discover, download, and listen to new podcasts. My long-standing favorite app is Instacast, but I've recently switched to the excellent Overcast on my iPhone. If you're curious as to some of the many podcasts and networks I listen to, check out my Favorite Things page and look under Podcasts. There's a whole wealth of knowledge out there for you to discover. So whether it's listening or producing your own, there has never been a better time to step into the podcasting world. You can discover and find a few podcasts to listen to and search them via the iTunes Podcast Directory.Īnd if you want to give your hand a try at actually podcasting yourself, all you need is microphone, an audio editing program ( Audacity is free and great), and an iTunes Podcast RSS feed ( instructions) and you're good to go. The best and easiest way to get your feet wet in podcasts is to download the free Podcasts app for iOS. Here at Church Street, for instance, we don't stream our sermons live but they are available in audio form or on our podcast feed. And some podcasts aren't shows at all - they're merely recordings of sermons or speeches that have a serialized format. You can listen to shows about Christianity, Science, Mathematics, Star Trek, Technology, Cooking - anything you can imagine and there's probably a podcast for it. Some apps to manage them can range up to five or ten dollars, but that's a small price to pay for great organization and access to content.Īnd podcasts have a incredible wide variety of content.
Podcasts are great for commutes - I don't have a commute but I do take long trips and they help pass the time very well. There's some great apps (both paid and free) for iPhone and Android to get you listening today. If you've never listened to any podcasts, it's a perfect time to start. But I think we may be ushering in the golden age of podcasting, both in listening and producing. Podcasts have actually been around for over a decade, getting their name from some of Apple's first iPods back in 2001-02. Since my friend Adam Faughn started his Legacy of Faith podcast a week or two ago, it's really brought to my attention two things: 1) There's never been a better time to become a podcast listener, and 2) there's never been a better time to start your own.
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