Podcasts

I have listened to podcasts before, not really noticing what they were called (from Radio broadcasts) ; have thought them an excellent device. It was easy to copy the feed into bloglines & then hey presto listen, email, save to clippings file, etc. Unfortunately, not able to include these broadcasts on the blog (due to copyright) but enjoyed doing this activity. I think latest book reviews & interviews from those new book launches we have would make ideal podcasts for libraries (will our oral history move into this arena?). I subscribed to Radio NZ’s “The Arts on Sunday with Lynn Freeman” ; wonderful listening to young NZ poet Charlotte Trevella speak about her work (what was I saying before about writer’s & emphasizing their own work?); I was certainly struck by her reading of “To a Sister” from ‘Because Paradise’; the interview / her reading can be accessed from here (uses windows media player): http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/artsonsunday ;
also listened to Te Papa’s podcast from last year on the Rita Angus Symposium – lots to immerse yourself in here ; great to revisit these talks, also giving students the ability to include different media in their study (although these podcasts don’t seem to have feeds) ; http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/whatson/podcasts/Pages/overview.aspx