While I have never subscribed to Podcasts, I have been downloading and listening to the odd one on my iRiver for a few years now. I wanted to share with you the first Podcast that I ever downloaded - a 2005 BBC Radio 2 interview with my all time favourite artist, Kate Bush, however the BBC have since taken it down. Luckily I have kept a copy on my iRiver! Organisations such as BBC normally only make their Podcasts available for a few months after they are broadcast, however I found another one one from BBC's Front Row programme that aired two years ago.
I agree with my colleague LibOdyssey - podcasting is not a new technology. It has been around for ages and 'simply an old idea repackaged then aggressively marketed'.
Nevertheless, I consider myself extremely fortunate to live in an era where there are no physical barriers when it comes to most information. Today we can easily track down audio files almost immediately after they have aired and re-listen them.
Circa 1994 Richard Kingsmill (of Triple J fame) did a well-researched 'J-File' on Kate Bush and I fell asleep therefore forgetting to change sides on my C90 cassette tape and missed taping the last 45 minutes!! If anyone out there has a digital copy of this J-File can you please send me a copy as I have never quite got over it!!! If only podcasts were made available back then!!
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