Nostalgia: The Guide To Going Back In Time

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Going Back in Time

Are you itching to pull over from the chaos of the information super-highway and relax in the simpler time of the past? Believe it or not, it is possible!

The Nostalgia Network

Dennis Humphrey and Bob Camardella have taken their passion for Old Time Radio shows and created a whole network of podcasts that bring their audience back to the days of big bands and Red Ryder. The Nostalgia network is made up of 10 "stations" (each station featuring 5-10 podcast shows):

Nostalgia Old Time Radio Station: http://www.podango.com/podcast_station_home/158/Nostalgia_Old_Time_Radio_Station

Nostalgia Classic Movie Station: http://www.podango.com/podcast_station_home/157/Nostalgia_Classic_Movie_Station

Science Fiction & Horror Theater: http://www.podango.com/podcast_station_home/183/Science_Fiction__Horror_Theater

British Radio Playhouse: http://www.podango.com/podcast_station_home/203/British_Radio_Playhouse

Radio Nostalgia Playhouse: http://www.podango.com/podcast_station_home/202/Radio_Nostalgia_Playhouse

Yesterday USA Theater: http://www.podango.com/podcast_station_home/185/Yesterday_USA__Theater

Frontier Western Theater: http://www.podango.com/podcast_station_home/184/Frontier_Western_Theater

Law & Order Theater: http://www.podango.com/podcast_station_home/201/Law_and_Order_Theater

Drama Radio Theater: http://www.podango.com/podcast_station_home/181/Drama_Radio_Theater

Radio Comedy Theater: http://www.podango.com/podcast_station_home/182/Radio_Comedy_Theater

Podcasting Basics: Meshing Past and Present

A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers. A podcast is a specific type of webcast which, like 'radio', can mean either the content itself or the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also termed podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster. The term "podcast" is a portmanteau of the name of Apple's portable music player, the iPod, and broadcast[1]; a "pod" refers to a container of some sort, and "cast" to the idea of broadcasting.

In other words, a podcast is a collection of files (usually audio and video) residing at a unique web feed address. People can "subscribe" to this feed by submitting the feed address to an aggregator (like iTunes - software that runs on the consumer's computer). When new "episodes" become available in the podcast they will be automatically downloaded to that user's computer. Unlike radio or streaming content on the web, podcasts are not real-time. The material is pre-recorded and users can check out the material at their leisure, offline.

Though podcasters' web sites may also offer direct download or streaming of their content, a podcast is distinguished from other digital media formats by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically, using an aggregator or feed reader capable of reading feed formats such as RSS or Atom.

Certain podcasts, like those using technology developed by TalkShoe, can even be live and interactive. Dozens of podcast enthusiasts can be on at once, with the TalkShoe "host" being able to control their audience in the same way a radio host can.

Podcasting information gathered from Wikipedia.org.

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