Podcasting has taken off. While its been around for years, in the last 8 months or so, it seems to have really grown in popularity, at least in our corner of the Internet.
Here’s a list of the podcasts I currently subscribe to:
- The B&B Podcast
- The Bro Show
- Engadget
- The Engadget Show
- Enough – The Minimal Mac Podcast
- The Macgasm Podcast
- NPR: Car Talk
- NPR: Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
- The Operation Broken Silence Podcast
- Put This On
- Shawn Today
- The Talk Show
Only two of those are video podcasts — the rest are just audio.
I’m sure many people listen to more than this. I know people who listen to everything Dan Benjamin or Leo Leoporte do. Even with this short list of mostly weekly shows, I find myself unable to keep up.
Currently, my work MacBook Pro is my podcast machine. I only subscribe to the Engadget Show and Car Talk at home, so I can’t spend an hour at work watching Engadget, and listening to Car Talk on Sunday afternoons has become a ritual at our house. That said, I often find myself selecting “Mark all as Played” on these great shows, just because I don’t have enough time.
When I’m at my desk, I usually have my headphones on. Several of us work in a big open room, and its distracting to hear everyone’s conversations. But my days aren’t always spent at my desk, with me hiding behind my Cinema Display.
I spend about 30 minutes a day in commute, and often more time driving between our sites at work. I’ve thought about syncing podcasts to my iPhone, but I sync my phone with our iMac at home, not my MacBook Pro. Syncing an iPhone with two iTunes libraries is possible, but can blow your face off at a moment’s notice.
Enter Podcaster, a 99¢ app that makes your iPhone a standalone podcast catcher.
I’ve moved most of my podcasts to my iPhone, giving me greater flexibility for listening. I can listen in my truck, at work or anywhere with headphones.
Bring on the content.
Update: Cody Fink just reviewed Instacast, and boy is it great. I made the switch and haven’t looked back.