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February 06, 2005
On the Media
Sometimes I miss NPR's program "On the Media" with Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield on WNYC, New York's public radio station, on Saturday. "On the Media" is the most intelligent, insightful, and unbiased look at the media in the media, at least that I know of. Therefore, I was delighted when it was announced on a recent program that "On the Media" was being podcast.
I have a 20 GB iPod that my perfect wife, Julia, gave me for Christmas (she's perfect for other reasons in addition to giving me great gifts), so when I heard that "On the Media" was available via podcast, I immediately went to the iPodder Web site and downloaded (free) the iPodder V 1.1 software. I then Googled "on the media, NPR," found the "On the Media" Web site, and went there. There was a little button reading "POD" on the top right of the page, so I knew it was set up for podcasting. I then double clicked on the iPodder icon on my desktop to open iPodder, then in the "Add" box at the top of the iPodder menu, where it reads "Add feed manually," I typed in the "On the Media" URL, http://onthemedia.org (I could have cut and pasted it from the Web site), and then I clicked on "Add."
"On the Media" was then added to my iPodder list. I plugged in my iPod to my computer and opened up iTunes on my PC. When "On the Media" was available for a podcast sometime on Saturday, it was automatically downloaded into my iTunes list and onto my iPod. When I went for my daily walk in the park Saturday evening, I listened to the "On the Media" program I had missed that morning. The next Saturday, the program was again downloaded into my iPod and it replaced the previous week's program. How cool is that?
To listen to "On the Media" on my iPod, I turn on my iPod, wheel down to "Playlists," wheel down to On the Media, punch, and listen to the latest program.
I am explaining all of this because I want all of my readers to know about an excellent program about the media and about a cool way to listen to it. So get an iPod if you don't have one and start listening to podcasts--it's the latest fad--an extension of blogging. So, you can listen to audio blogging while jogging.
Posted by Charles Warner at February 6, 2005 04:45 PM
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