Podcasting redux

Last month, Engadget did a great how-to piece on Podcasting (what the heck is Podcasting?), which opens the door to exciting DIY internet radio broadcasting. We Pod People, being of curious mind, began wondering why we would continually scrounge the net for interesting Podcasts, when we know we can train our Macs to do the scrounging for us.

The logical companion to the Podcasting craze is Podcatching, which solves the scrounging problem by using an iPodder client to automagically deliver fresh multimedia content to your desktop. The iPodder clients harness the power of RSS 2.0, letting you subscribe to a feed once and get new content delivered via iTunes to your iPod the next time you sync.

The iPodder clients are maturing quickly, and new Podcasting feeds are cropping up by the score. Independent musicians are using Podcasting as an excellent low-cost distribution method, pundits are releasing talk shows, and our own Engadget is running one of the most popular podcasts in the iPodder directory. Go get yourself some grassroots media!