Do You Listen to Podcasts?

How do you feel about podcasts? Please elaborate on how you use Podcasts. Do you listen to them regularly? If so, which ones? If not; why?

McDanielCA wrote:How do you feel about podcasts? Please elaborate on how you use Podcasts. Do you listen to them regularly? If so, which ones? If not; why?

I don't listen to podcasts because I prefer to get my information in ways that I can quickly scan and find what is relevant (web pages, newspapers, magazines, books). Podcasts are linear and force me to gather information at the pace determined by the podcast.

Note that I have no problem with a podcast as a delivery mechanism; it's more the type of content that doesn't fit my style. If I listened to the radio or audio from websites regularly, then a podcast would probably be a great delivery mechanism for that content.

I listen to talk radio quite a bit, as well as read content from blogs, and other web sources. When I miss a particular radio show, sometimes I will pick up their podcast version. For example, Bob Lonsberry is a weekday conservative talk radio host local to the Salt Lake area who offers a very nice "sermon" each Sunday morning on a variety of Mormon topics. Because some of his sermon overlaps Music and the Spoken Word, I'm sometimes torn on which to listen to. If I miss his, I will sometimes go back and pick it up in his pocast section.

I don't consider myself a podcast junkie, just a few here and there.

McDanielCA wrote:How do you feel about podcasts? Please elaborate on how you use Podcasts. Do you listen to them regularly? If so, which ones? If not; why?

This sounds like the beginning of a LOOOONG interview...

I listen to podcasts often. My favorite is the feed called LDS Voices, one of the few things I can stream at work (for now). It's awesome hearing speeches from Spencer W. Kimball from the 50's at my gym club instead of the terrible music videos they play on the big screens. The portability is it's best feature.

I agree with the previous comment concerning news, however, more substantial things (feeling the spirit, study, etc.) take effort and time together, which a focus on a podcast provide.

-Tom

I agree with Alan. Podcast (or video) simply isn't the way I like to get information. Some training videos play back in Windows Media Player and I bump the speed up until I can stay awake.

However, it is a good entertainment medium. As long as I'm thinking symbolically, it doesn't interfere with my work. I listen to a couple of entertainment podcasts at work on the computer. If I had a long commute, I might use it to be productive during that time.

I listen to a podcast every day at lunch as I go for a walk. However, I almost never listen to Church-related things. I find I have to be able to pay attention when I listen to Church things, and podcasts are just a way to help pass the time while I'm getting some exercise.

McDanielCA wrote:How do you feel about podcasts? Please elaborate on how you use Podcasts. Do you listen to them regularly? If so, which ones? If not; why?

I listen to some podcasts (both audio and video). Some of them are regular radio or tv programs and since I use Google Reader a lot as my RSS reader then it fits in nice to have these there too as I can easy see when there is a new program to listen to.

I also make use of http://feed.scripturecast.net which I found a very useful site. Its a site where you can create your scripture reading schedule and the RSS link will have both link to the text and audio embedded. This idea I personally think has bigger potential.

Pod casts are a good idea, but I don't like to have to physically sync my iPhone with my computer that often. There are some alternatives to podcasting on the apps store. One that immediately comes to mind is the MPR Radio app (Minnesota Public Radio).

It would be nice if there was a similar BYU Radio app, and additionally some variation of this for on-demand streaming of audio content, like general conference addresses and general conference music. That would save the hassle of physically syncing to the computer to update the podcast.

I like the LDS content currently available via podcast, but would prefer and on-demand streaming version instead.

Thanks everyone!

Podcast/Video Podcast.

I am in my early 30's and use them all the time. It is nice to be able to listen/watch during the times that I can't read or surf. Such as when riding public transportation or on my commute rides on the train.
They are very useful as well in teaching environments with the youth. I was just recently released from the YM presidency in my ward and some of them had them on their ipods/players. I believe that the effectiveness of pod/videocast all depends on the generation.

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Thanks for all the feedback everyone!

Please send this poll to your friends too! This one is on the main page of LDSTech.

Podcast Poll

McDanielCA wrote:Thanks for all the feedback everyone!

Please send this poll to your friends too! This one is on the main page of LDSTech.

Podcast Poll

I only see a view of the results. In order to vote, I think you need to find the poll on the LDS Tech main page:

http://tech.lds.org/index.php

mkmurray wrote:I only see a view of the results. In order to vote, I think you need to find the poll on the LDS Tech main page:

http://tech.lds.org/index.php

It's true that the link Cassie supplied will only take you to the results. But you can link directly to this thread (http://tech.lds.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2773), and if you haven't voted yet, you can vote right here in the thread. It seems that linking to this thread would be a better link than the LDS Tech main page where so much is going on that it's hard to find the poll.

Alan_Brown wrote:It's true that the link Cassie supplied will only take you to the results. But you can link directly to this thread (http://tech.lds.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2773), and if you haven't voted yet, you can vote right here in the thread. It seems that linking to this thread would be a better link than the LDS Tech main page where so much is going on that it's hard to find the poll.

You've given us a link to the thread you just posted in!

This is apparently a new poll that only lives on the LDS Tech main page.

mkmurray wrote:You've given us a link to the thread you just posted in!

This is apparently a new poll that only lives on the LDS Tech main page.

I'm fully aware that I posted a link to the thread I was posting to. I provided that very useful link because at the top of this thread is the actual poll. It is indeed available in this thread, and not just on the LDS Tech main page.

The reason you thought I was confused is that you have already voted in this poll. Once you have voted, you only see the poll results. But if you have not voted, you will see at the top of the thread something like this, which is indeed useful for the people who might be sent a link to the thread.

Alan_Brown wrote:I'm fully aware that I posted a link to the thread I was posting to. I provided that very useful link because at the top of this thread is the actual poll. It is indeed available in this thread, and not just on the LDS Tech main page.

The reason you thought I was confused is that you have already voted in this poll. Once you have voted, you only see the poll results. But if you have not voted, you will see at the top of the thread something like this, which is indeed useful for the people who might be sent a link to the thread.

From the evidence given, I may have assumed something was more obvious than perhaps it really is (or I could be mistaken altogether).

I thought it was clear that for some reason the Church decided they needed to expand or redo the poll, evidenced by the replication of the poll on to the LDS Tech main page. With the new poll, it appears they hope to get a better feel for how often we listen to podcasts, rather than just simply a Yes/No answer. Also, with the main page poll, I believe they are able to reach non-registered users of the site?

My comments have been the way they've been, because I've been running under the assumption that this new main page poll replaces this older thread poll.

mkmurray wrote:From the evidence given, I may have assumed something was more obvious than perhaps it really is (or I could be mistaken altogether).

I thought it was clear that for some reason the Church decided they needed to expand or redo the poll, evidenced by the replication of the poll on to the LDS Tech main page. With the new poll, it appears they hope to get a better feel for how often we listen to podcasts, rather than just simply a Yes/No answer. Also, with the main page poll, I believe they are able to reach non-registered users of the site?

My comments have been the way they've been, because I've been running under the assumption that this new main page poll replaces this older thread poll.

Okay, I can see that the poll on the home page is different. Cassie's post today didn't really make it clear that the home page poll was a totally new poll. In the past, we have had the current poll appear both on the home page and on a forum thread. I'm not sure why that was not done in this case.

Mike is right, Sorry I wasn't more clear about the reasoning behind posting a similar poll on the main page. We want to reach more people than just registered users of this forum and see what frequency they might listen to podcasts.

The original poll in the forum spurred me to take it one step further, instead of merely duplicating it.

I use podcasts now and then, rarely really. It's great that such a thing is possible and I did run into something worth listening to, like RBTL and various tutorial podcasts. In general I haven't really found anything informative enough for me to bother turning off my music while sitting at the PC. Besides, when at the PC I'm usually doing something and so would like to concentrate on that rather than someone else's thoughts, opinions or clarifications, etc.

I'm probably being really demanding. If a search for certain content leads me to a podcast then sure, I'll get it, but somehow being a steady subscriber of anything seems unrealistic.