Podcasting: Power to the People

As long as podcasting remains unrestricted by the Federal Communications Commission, it will continue to overcome media control in the hands of a few. This is even more remarkable than its technological accessibility and affordable cost.

*Podcast.net*Podcastalley.com*NPR's Podcasts*Learn Out Loud: I tried these directories and preferred Podcastalley and NPR. I also appreciated Podcastalley's prominent RSS feed address display. Some of the feeds I added to my Bloglines:

From NPR, I found:

Classical to Go! Podcast [WGBH] http://streams.wgbh.org/online/clas/clas_performance.xml

KUOW's Elections Coverage Podcast [KUOW] (Puget Sound, WA) http://www.kuow.org/rss_specials.php?program=elections

From Podcast.net (incorrect RSS) and Podcast Alley (correct RSS), I found Sunnyvale Public Library Podcasts http://www.librarypodcasts.org/?feed=rss2 with impressive local history and contents including:

Sunnyvale's Library of the Future Interviewed by City Communications Officer John Pilger, Sunnyvale Public Library Director Deborah Barrow talks about Sunnyvale's Library of the Future. Where are we now and where do we go from here?...Podcast Date: Aug 31, 2006 17:00:20

Sunnyvale Voices - How Apricots Were Grown and Dried A resident for more than 80 years, Ann Zarko shares a slice of apricot history with listeners. This story was made possible through a Library Services & Technology... Podcast Date: Jul 11, 2006 00:00:09

Sunnyvale Voices - Butcher's Corner Audrey Butcher shares the history of this well-known Sunnyvale landmark as well as stories of her life at Butcher's Corner. This story was made possible through... Podcast Date: Jun 25, 2006 00:00:27

Sunnyvale Voices - Work Hard, Play Hard Vince Cala talks about life in Sunnyvale in the 1930s and 1940s. He describes the hard work in the fruit orchards and dancing the night away in Santa Cruz. ...Podcast Date: Aug 14, 2006 21:00:39

Sunnyvale Voices - A Prune is a Prune! Dave Johnson tells the story of how his great, great grandfather won title to El Quito Rancho, a land grant along Lawrence Road, in a card game with Manuel Arguello, an Emissary of King....

There are surprisingly few public library podcasts and most seem short-lived with few recent entries.