The first podcast directory I tried was podcast.com. I used the "Browse Podcast Collection" on the right side of the screen to browse for foreign language podcasts. Then I briefly listened to several of the podcasts featured in the German collection. I chose a few in the Zicklein und Familie (kids and family) collection and several of the DeutscheWelle selections. A few of the podcasts had audio and video, but most were just audio. I guess I just prefer watching, but I am not a big fan of just listening to news, cartoons, or shows. I prefer to watch television for these types of things and so the podcasts just didn't appeal to me. The selections that included video didn't seem very "professional" either. I prefer watching professionally produced television programs and movies to "home-made" programs. Basically I only enjoy listening to music and sometimes comedy, but not much else. I think if one was trying to learn something specific (learning/practicing a language) or liked listening to certain types of "talk-radio" (gardening tips) a podcast might be the answer. However, I am not sure that I would download or especially spend money to download most types of podcasts out there.
I liked the directories in which you could browse for podcasts (podcast.com and Educational Podcast Directory) more than the "search for a podcast" directories (Yahoo podcasts). It was kind of interesting to see all the different subjects of podcasts out there and get ideas on what ones I might like to listen to.
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