Category: Podcast

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General iPod Podcast

Podcast Novel Ordering Solution

I’ve been listening to lots of podcasts recently and particularly enjoying the Solar Clipper series. My main problem has been that the iPod Touch defaults to playing the newest podcast first, so that I always have to skip backwards to get to the next episode.  I found a neat little solution for this that I thought I should share.  It only really works for completed podcasts, or podcast novels though.

I downloaded all of the podcasts to iTunes, then selected the podcast and selected “Get Info” from the right-click menu.  I then changed the content type form Podcast to Audiobook.  This moves the completed podcast into the audiobook section and gives you correct ordering – sweet!

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Podcast

I'm looking forward to 07/07/07

7th Son LogoI grew up listening to audiobooks – books on tape. I used to get a lot of these from the library, but I’ve kind of given up on that. There are so many great fiction podcasts out there which can be enjoyed for free.

One I’ve particularly enjoyed is the 7th Son Podcast Trilogy from JC Hutchins. I downloaded the first two books of the series from podiobooks.com and I’ve been waiting desparately for the third volume.

Well, on July the 7th my longing will end, and the slow pleasurable agony of listening to the podcast week by week will begin. I’m honestly more excited about this than Harry Potter Book 7.

They’re exciting stories and, if you’re not sure if they’re for you, just listen to the first episode – it has an incredible beginning!

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Blogging Internet Podcast SciFi Video

Podcast TV: Stranger Things

ChurchI was getting my weekly escapepod fix and Steve mentioned a new project, Stranger Things, a sort of podcast twilight zone series. I downloaded their premiere episode, which was adapted from a short story by Scott Sigler, and was really impressed. It was a good story, well acted and the special effects were really impressive. They had decided to postpone the launch of the podcast to make this the premiere episode and I’m glad they did. They recently released the second episode (actually two in one) and, while I’d have stuck with them, i wasn’t nearly so impressed with these episodes.

That said, what they’re doing is incredibly brave and must be a huge amount of work, and they deserve credit for that. I’m excited to see what comes out next month.