Chapter 1. Tuning into Podcasts
Hacks 1–9
I’ll come home, eat, and surf the TV a bit, but
usually there’s nothing good on. Then around
11 p.m., I’ll turn on [the] Dawn and Drew
[podcast]. And it’s like I’m hanging out
with old friends.
—Scott Saunders
Congratulations, you just found 3,000 new friends to listen and talk to! These 3,000 podcasting friends talk about their lives, their work, their passions, and their interests in segments of audio and video every day from around the world. It’s all free, and it finds you because you can subscribe to what you like.
This chapter is all about how to find and listen to podcasts, how to pass podcasts on to your friends, and how to listen to podcasts on iPods and other music players, as well as on devices that are more exotic.
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