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WHAT IS A PODCAST?
Podcasting is a form of audio broadcasting on the Internet. The reason it became linked with the iPod in name was because people download podcasts (audio shows) to listen to on their iPods. However you don’t have to listen to podcasts only on iPods; you can use your computers built-in software such as iTunes or Media Player.
What Makes Podcasting Different?
Many people initially didn't understand what made it different from simply searching and then downloading a music file or listening to it, much like we had been doing for years with MP3 music tracks. There was a knowledge gap because many didn’t understand what RSS and content syndication was about. A good place to learn about RSS is to click onto the following: primer article about RSS
The big difference between searching / downloading music files, and subscribing to podcasts, is all about having the files come to you through syndication instead of you going to the files through a search.
You subscribe to podcasts much like you subscribe to blogs. In fact often podcasts are distributed through a blog and provided your feed reading software handles podcasts you should be able to either instruct your reader to download new podcasts whenever they become available or manually choose which podcasts you want to download by clicking a link to the audio file. These files can then be listened to on your computer or you can transfer them to your portable player to listen to later. Some podcast feed reading software are configured to download and transfer the podcast directly to your portable player automatically so you can plug it in and walk away a few minutes later with your latest podcasts downloaded and ready to digest.