pod casts, pod casting Listening to pod casts this summer will be an interesting experience for people who like to hear extreme sides of political issues. The pod casts from political extremists are not something that I particularly enjoy because they are usually so incendiary, and I find the views of the people on both extremes, right and left, to be a waste of air time. However, pod casts are a great medium to disseminate information without having access or authority to speak on the public airwaves through commercial media.

Technically, pod casting is pretty simple. Anyone with a microphone for their computer or an MP3 player can do it. Simply create an audio file and upload it to a web site that provides pod casting services, and the pod casts will be indexed and made available to anyone world-wide with a computer with speakers. There are some very interesting pod casts on the Internet that are credible and worthwhile. Many public radio stations broadcast pod casts of the shows that they have archived, so that people can listen later, or hear shows that are not local to them from all over the country.