Podcasts

So.. I've always been a fan of podcasts. There is just soooo much you can get from them and there's so many different types now-- comedy shows, news shows, video tours, suggested walking tours, how-to videos, etc. Over the years, I've subscribed to different shows ranging from educational ones (ie Quick & Dirty Grammar Girl) to travel shows (ie Bowery Boys guide to NY) to the ones that discuss the shows I watch (ie Official Grey's Anatomy Podcast).

To help you guys discover podcasts on your own, here's a step by step process on how to get them:


1. Podcasts are mainly available through iTunes so the first step is to open it up. Once it's open, look on the left bar and click on the iTunes Store.



2. After it has loaded, you'll see everything that the iTunes Store has to offer (similar layout to the one below). Look at the left bar under iTunes Store and locate Podcasts and click on it.



3. Now you're in the world of podcasts and all you have to do is decide which one you want to listen to or download. More often than not, podcasts are free and you can either pick individual episodes to download or subscribe to a particular show that interests you.


There are a lot of different categories to choose from so I sometimes use the "search" function on the upper right to help me locate something of interest. An example was when I was going to the Museum of Modern Art in SF and wanted to see if there were podcasts related to the museum so I just typed in SF MOMA and chose from the results under podcasts. Since the "Search" function works for the entire iTunes store, the results will be categorized accordingly and I just look for the results under Podcasts.

Specifically for the one on Grey's Anatomy, I did a screen capture to show how to find it:


Once you're in their page, the episodes will be listed underneath the title page and you'll have to scroll to the far right to download the ones you want to get.

I encourage you guys to explore the other categories under podcasts... I even subscribed to one that teaches Italian for when we went to Europe. haha. That didn't work out that well. Then I tried the one for Spanish. haha! And I use it for when I travel since people would share walking itineraries on podcasts (some by Nat. Geographic, I think) or even when I go to the museum since alot of museums use podcasts as a way to showcase an exhibit or specific works of art.

Since I think podcasts are so useful, I actually thought about starting a podcast for travellers to the Philippines since I don't think there is one yet... Anyway, try it yourself!