While educational podcasts are becoming more and more accepted as tool for offering anytime, anywhere education, not everyone welcomes the new technology. Northern Illinois University Associate Professor of Theater and Dance Robert Schneider argues that podcasting not an appropriate alternative to classroom education. “Students who consent to dilute their classroom experience by forcing it through […]

PodcastCon UK, a podcasting convention which takes place in central London on Saturday, 18th November 2006, has announced a full lineup of podcast personalities and sponsors. This will be the second year of the conference, a not-for-profit event organized by a team of UK podcasters with professional expertise in conference organization, law, media, and public […]

The latest episode of Perot Systems’ Healthcare Tech and The World podcast looks into the advantages and drawbacks of the use of robotics in health care delivery. Robotics in Health Care (MP3) explores how robotics give doctors the ability to provide care to hospital-based patients, anytime and anywhere. Host Kevin Fickenscher is joined by Dr. […]

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has launched its BSO Online Podcast, now available on the orchestra’s website and as a podcast.The podcast focuses on the BSO’s two-year Beethoven-Schoenberg project ‚Äî with audio and video clips that include video documentaries about the composers’ lives and historical contexts, plus overviews and analysis of the music to be performed […]

Divvycast today announced free podcast hosting for bands and musicians. The free service offers 50 MB data storage and 5 GB per month bandwidth. The new free level joins Divvycast’s existing 3 subscription tiers, which start at $9.95 per month for 1GB data storage and 50GB per month bandwidth.

spodradio, a radio and podcast hub for mobiles, today announced $10 million of Series B funding from Benchmark Capital Europe and Baytech Venture Capital. The funds will be used to accelerate spodradio‚Äôs expansion into international markets and help develop new services. spodradio enables the mobile phone to be used as a music device with “a […]

American Public Media, the nation’s second largest producer and distributor of public radio programs, has announded that it is expanding its podcast offerings. Beginning October 17, American Public Media is making the following full programs available as podcasts: Marketplace, Marketplace Money, Word for Word and American RadioWorks documentaries. The Splendid Table will be offered as […]

Over 40 podcasting seminars are scheduled for the International Podcasting Expo, an online expo being held October 20-22. Anyone with an Internet connection can attend, and participants may download all event recordings. Keynote speakers include Elisabeth Lewin of Podcasting News, Matt Mullenweg of WordPress, Andy Wibbels of BlogWild. Other speakers include Eric Olson of Feedburner, […]

Podcast Pickle is looking for podcasters to compete in its Pickle Tales: Battle of the Podcast Stars contest. The contest challenges podcasters to write and produce 5-minute stories, skits or essays on an assigned theme. Listeners will be able to vote for their favorites in each round of the contest, and each round will narrow […]

BlogAmp, a service that offers audio hosting and a customizable Flash interface for podcasts and other audio files, is offering a free trial for the next 500 users to try the service through November 10th. The fine print: 50MB Total Storage limit with Unlimited plays/downloads 25 MB limit per uploaded MP3