While blogs have turned many bloggers into journalists, podcasting has the potential to turn podcasters into radio personalities.
what is podcasting?
"A podcast is a series of
digital-media files which are distributed over the
Internet using
syndication feeds for playback on
portable media players and
computers. The term podcast, like
broadcast, can refer either to the series of content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also called podcasting. The
host or
author of a podcast is often called a podcaster."
"Podcasting is quickly becoming a buzz word among the techie crowd. So what is podcasting, anyway? Podcasting is online audio content that is delivered via an RSS feed. Many people liken podcasting to radio on demand. However, in reality, podcasting gives far more options in terms of content and programming than radio does. In addition, with Podcasting, listeners can determine the time and the place, meaning they decide what programming they want to receive and when they want to listen to it."
a podcast is an audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player or computer. The "pod" in podcast was coined from "iPod," the predominant portable, digital music player, and although podcasts are mostly verbal, they may contain music.
Podcasting can be used for:
1. Self-Guided Walking Tours - Informational content. 2. Music - Band promotional clips and interviews.3. Talk Shows - Industry or organizational news, investor news, sportscasts, news coverage and commentaries.
4. Training - Instructional informational materials.
5. Story - Story telling for children or the visually-impaired.

how to create podcast in your blog?
First, you require an online space to save your recordings. Blogger doesn't offer hosting services for audio files; however, there are many providers of online storage space that offer both paid and free hosting services, such as
Box.net,
MoveDigital,
DreamHost, and
BlueHost.
Once you've uploaded your files to your web host of choice, you have to enable enclosure links to link to the file from within a Blogger post. To do so, just go to your Settings Formatting tab and set the "Show Link fields" option to "Yes."
This will add the enclosure link fields to your post editor.
When composing a post, you'll then see a field for your enclosures. From there, just enter the URLs of your audio files, and your blog will instantly become a podcast.
If you'd like to further customize your podcast, you may be interested in checking out
FeedBurner.
By processing and optimizing your existing Blogger feed, FeedBurner not only offers extensive podcasting options but also the ability to customize, optimize, and monetize your feed and to track the number of listeners subscribed to your podcast.
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Ghyna kurdywww.blogger.com