Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Thing #21 - Podcasts

My first exposure to podcasts was when I got into the television show Lost. I found a few things to listen to on Podcast.com on the same subject, but I didn't enjoy them as much as I did the official podcasts from ABC. I found these bits rather entertaining for several reasons. The show Lost is a giant puzzle or mystery to solve, and each podcast gave the listener a few extra bits of information to piece together. The writers are there speaking as they would to a group of friends in a very familiar way. This brings the viewers and the writers of the show together in a way that may have never been experienced before. You can start to understand their senses of humor and see how the writing is influenced by their personalities. And yet with all of this new technology, it did bring the group of us listening together as the old radio shows would have. Everyone sat around the computer listening and laughing. Podcasts are another great example of how the world becomes smaller as we all play our part in creating entertainment that is accessible to anyone.

Here is a link to a list of podcasts found on ABC pertaining to the show Lost.
http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index?pn=podcast#t=3421

1 comment:

abird said...

Catching up so fast...excellent job.
TTYS,
A