Podcasts at their best: Laugh with me. These are hilarious!

Podcasts at their best: Laugh with me. These are hilarious!

In the academic world, we are often very serious with our theories and suggestive research all the time that sometimes we forget to laugh a little. So on a slightly serious note, PC Magazine might intellectually inform readers that podcasting is the following:

(iPOD broadCAST) An audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player. Although many podcasts are played in a regular computer, the original idea was to listen on a portable device; hence, the "pod" name from "iPod." Although podcasts are mostly verbal, they may contain music, images and video
(http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=podcast&i=49433,00.asp).

I think this is really a good academic definition of podcasting as interesting as that is. So now that we have accomplished a very-excellent-Bill-and-Ted-Adventures academic definition, I thought I might resource some of the experts that really know what they are talking about. For instance, I often enjoy getting any type of advice from a ninja, really. So I asked a real ninja, “What is podcasting?” And this is what he said…



In all honesty, I used to play on an Ultimate Frisbee Club team with someone who regularly dressed up like a ninja on the field. Of course, that was his nickname as well, “Ninja.” I looked for some more experts in the field, and I came across a couple that seems to speak from experience in terms of podcasting. They analogize podcasting to a specific talent when someone goes fishing. While I was kind of wondering what planet these two live on, it kind of made sense.



In comparison to the older couple above, Helen and Olly seem to have some realistic advice in terms of starting a podcast of your own. Something that they point out is that you should try to do something in your own unique personality in a very unique way that no one else is doing. In other words, be very original and creative in your own originality. If you are truly trying to market yourself, it helps to have a consistent title. It is kind of like branding yourself. In terms of a recognizable icon, you are kind of hoping to become one. I do not mean in the celebrity sense but more so of an online presence.



Podcasts can obviously be used for a variety of purposes. In the past, I have used podcasts to express details of my travels around the world. When having a really rough day, I often listen to podcasts in order to have a good laugh. This one always gets me rolling. These are podcast of older Jewish people telling jokes, and they are hilarious! The first one performed by Charlotte Bornstein is so funny. She is about to roll over herself in the video. The joke is not funny, but her laugh is an original kind in its own element. On the following link, you will find another link with her name on it (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/old-jews-telling-jokes/id303783970). You should check this out. I promise you will not regret it. The older Jewish people who tell jokes apparently have a homepage website too (http://oldjewstellingjokes.com/). It should make you laugh as well.

Several humorous podcasts are somewhat vulgar in content, which is not always so funny to me individually. I found that Brian Regan is a hilarious comedian who is very clean with his jokes but also very hilarious. His podcasts are somewhat difficult to find, but on his website, you can find some clips to his website (http://www.brianregan.com/experience-av.html). When you Google “clean comedy podcast,” some interesting results definitely show up (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=AsB&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=clean+comedy+podcast&start=0&sa=N).

We have seen a variety of sources give information on what a podcast is. A podcast is what you make it should you choose to start one. Through RSS feeds, people can follow you literally as an active audience. In the podcast world, you are what you want to become, and if you talk, someone is bound to listen.