EIU-BioSci Podcasts

Podcasts

What is Podcasting?

Podcasting can be thought of as Internet broadcasting. Podcast MP3 audio files posted on Internet web sites can be downloaded to your computer or portable MP3 player and listened to at your convenience. Podcasts can be individual programs or a periodic series of Internet broadcasts that can be automatically downloaded to your computer or personal MP3 player through subscription on a daily basis.

See Pod101.com for podcasting information and help.

Specimen trees on the campus of EIU- An Audio Walking Tour

- One to two minute MP3 narratives that provide interesting information about each tree.

- Includes location maps and detail images of each tree that can be downloaded to Photo iPods.

Selected Podcasts

Animalwiseradio

- Radio that celebrates animals and our connections to them.

- Weekly discussions with expert contributors on issues that affect people and animals.

Earthwatch Radio

- Produced by Gaylord Nelson Institute and University of Wisconsin Sea Grant.

- Two-minute feature programs on science and the environment.

EcoTalk

- Produced by San Francisco's KCBS.

- Award-winning series of programs focusing on all aspects of a greener lifestyle.

Living on Earth

- Weekly environmental news and information programs distributed by National Public Radio.

- News, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.

MicrobeWorld Radio Archives

- Produced by Finger Lakes Productions in cooperation with the American Society for Microbiology

- Daily 90-second syndicated radio features on microbiological subjects.

The Naked Scientists Online

- Produced by a group of physicians and researchers from Cambridge University.

- Award-winning BBC weekly programs that strip science down to its bare essentials.

Off The Grid Radio

- The Internet's first solar powered podcast from Edge of Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada.

- Features interesting people, places and things at a solar-powered retreat.

On the Wing

- An audio magazine of birds and birding.

Selected Podcast Directories:

Selected software links:

- iPodder

- Cross-platform podcast receiver that allows users to select and download shows and

music to iPods, digital media players or computers automatically.

- iPodderX

- Newsreader that automatically downloads Internet feeds in the background then moves

it to iTunes for download to your iPod.

- iTunes

- Digital jukebox that allows you to browse, find and sample podcasts as well as

automatically synchronize your iPod music and podcasts with your computer.

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