{"id":60,"date":"2007-09-05T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-05T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=60"},"modified":"2008-02-28T06:48:13","modified_gmt":"2008-02-28T14:48:13","slug":"what-is-on-the-ipod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/what-is-on-the-ipod\/","title":{"rendered":"What is on the iPod?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you remember earlier posts<\/a>, you know that I don’t actually have an iPod but a Sansa e250 MP3 player<\/a>which I really enjoy. I mentioned that I tend to listen to podcasts instead of music when I run with it, which is only sometimes.<\/p>\n

According to Podcast.com<\/a><\/p>\n

A \u00e2\u20ac\u0153podcast\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a buzzword to describe a very simple concept: an audio or video file available on the Internet for you to listen to and\/or watch. A podcast can also refer to a series of audio or video files (a podcast show, similar to a TV or radio show), and when using the word podcast most people refer to the entire series and not just one show.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oversimplified a podcast is an audio version of a blog!<\/p>\n

I know I am a geek but thought I’d let you know which podcasts I listen to because some are relevant to running\/endurance sports!<\/p>\n

Running-related<\/strong><\/p>\n

Endurance Planet<\/a> is a podcast of EndurancePlanet.com<\/a> which covers a different endurance sport related topic each day.<\/p>\n

Phedippidations<\/a> (it took me a while to learn to pronounce it!) is an hour long weekly podcast with a variety of running information and sometimes corny jokes and songs hosted by Steve Runner<\/a>. This was recently featured in Runner’s World.<\/p>\n

Political<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mayor Kevin Smith (Anderson, Indiana)<\/a> had a weekly radio show before the election season and I listened to the podcast to see what was happening in the city<\/a>.
\nONEcast<\/a> is a random podcast produced by the ONE campaign<\/a>. The ONE campaign is trying to raise awareness about international poverty.<\/p>\n

Pence’s Podcasts<\/a> is an other randomly produced podcast featuring highlights from Rep. Pence sometime on the radio and sometimes his speeches from the floor of the US House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

Council of Foreign Relations<\/a> has two podcasts one is from random seminars<\/a> and the other is random short updates<\/a> about international political, social, and economic issues.<\/p>\n

Christian <\/strong><\/p>\n

Anderson University Chapel<\/a> publishes random chapel<\/a> services from their bi-weekly schedule.<\/p>\n

The Bridge Community Church<\/a> (my home church) publishes some of the weekly messages.<\/p>\n

Christian Community Development Association<\/a> publishes workshops from their annual conferences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Crescent Project<\/a> publishes a monthly message from their speaking tours or seminars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Taylor University Chapel Messages<\/a> (my alma mater<\/a>) post many of their thrice weekly chapel services.<\/p>\n

Vintage 21 Sermons<\/a> is from an excellent church<\/a> in North Carolina (very random I know).<\/p>\n

Word Made Flesh<\/a> publishes monthly excerpts from their “Beggars Society<\/a>” a weekly gathering where they talk about God’s mercy for the poor.<\/p>\n

I know I am a geek, my wife definitely thinks so! <\/em>I would note that this gives me plenty to listen to and think about while I’m running and it really isn’t that much since many of them don’t update on a regular basis. I would recommend each of them for your listening pleasure and information.<\/p>\n

What’s on your mp3 player?<\/p>\n

Technorati tags: mp3<\/a>, podcast<\/a>, ipod<\/a>, sansa<\/a><\/p>\n