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CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010: listeners’ choice

by Jonathan Downin in Features404 days ago

Wow– just wow. I have to say right up front here that I, along with the whole CM crew, were blown away by the response this year. It’s clear that we are not the only ones who are passionate about podcasts with 5,500+ votes submitted for this years listeners’ choice poll. Just to put that into perspective, last year’s poll garnered 338 votes. Crazy town. It was great to see that no single podcast ran away with the vote this time around. It was contentious up to the very end with 3 podcasts leading the pack. Here’s how...

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010: Jonathan’s picks

by Jonathan Downin in Features405 days ago

3)  Tell ‘Em Steve-Dave I have been a long-time listener of director Kevin’s Smith’s podcast, Smodcast. Although the tone has changed a bit in the last year, it is a classic in my books. When it was announced that Kevin’s long-time friends Brian Johnson and Walter Planegan would starting their own podcast, I was skeptical at best. Boy was a wrong. Brian and Walt, along with Brian Quinn, deliver a show that feels more honest than almost anything else out there. There is no theme to this podcast, which makes its consistency...

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010: Jon’s picks

by Jon Cole in Features405 days ago

Radiolab This American Life has been my go-to podcast to evangelize newcomers to my medium of choice for the longest time. Radiolab has come around this year and usurped that throne without breaking a sweat. Each episode tackles a broad topic in a mostly scientific way, exploring the sensation of falling, the passage of time, the placebo effect, or any number of seemingly mundane things. Host Jad Abumrad and his crew assemble interviews with experts in a particular field or people with an interesting story into a cohesive story, stringing things...

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010: Erik’s picks

by KirePDX in Features405 days ago

3)  Irrational Interviews I’ve said before that one of my favorite experiences is listening to smart people talk about smart things; and I realized this year that many of favorite shows provide this almost every week.  The Gianbomb, IGN, and other crews are all hilarious and entertaining; but really, they’re generally smart guys and girls who are talking on subjects they are passionate about.  However, Irrational Interviews made its focus on talking to a selection of leading representatives from a range of industries to take a broader look...

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010: Ross’s picks

by Ross Adams in Features405 days ago

3)  The Sound Test A combination of two of my favourite things, Ray Barnholt and video game music. Every two weeks Ray would lovingly craft a playlist of game music that was always a dream to listen to. Often incredibly eclectic each weeks musical selection could contain anything from the newest triple A title to an obscure game never released outside of Japan. Sadly when Ray was let go of 1UP The Sound Test went with him, we can only hope that when he finds his feet the show can return in some form. Until then the 16 archived episodes are a must...

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010: Alex’s picks

by Alex Martin in Features405 days ago

3) Short podcasts This is a bit of a cheat, but since I bought a fancy phone that automatically trawls RSS feeds for new podcasts, I’ve found myself breaking up marathons like the Bombcast with quick, minutes-long shows. CBC Radio 3: New Music Canada Track of the Day. Simply a short preamble from CBC’s Lana Gay, or a guest host, and one track of independent music from Canada. web | iTunes | rss The Onion Radio News is the quickest here. At a minute long, it’s the most compact way to enjoy the Onion, whose jokes are mainly in their headlines...

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010

by Jonathan Downin in Features406 days ago

It’s the time of the year where everyone is putting out their end of the year awards, and we are again taking our own crack at highlighting the best of the best in our medium of choice– podcasts. We cover mostly game and tech podcasts, so our picks stick pretty closely to these fields. Look for a wider variety in our personal picks coming up tomorrow. We had 5 different categories our awards last year, so we had to 1-up ourselves this year, so we went with 6. All jokes aside, we’ve brought back a couple categories from last year...

CastMedium Podcast Awards ‘09 – Staff Picks

by Jonathan Downin in Features769 days ago

After doing our official CastMedium group picks a couple weeks ago, we each wanted to give our personal pick for best podcast of the year. So, here they are: Jonathan Downin – The Totally Rad Show While The Totally Rad Show is not the funniest, most thought-provoking or informative podcast around, it is the one that I find myself looking forward to most each week. Alex, Jeff and Dan are able to infuse the show with genuine fun, personality and heart. More than any other podcast, I treat TRS like a favorite TV show or movie that I follow; I...

CastMedium Podcast Awards ‘09 – Readers’ Choice

by Jonathan Downin in Features769 days ago

Winner – Giant Bombcast (162 votes) Runner-up – Mobcast (73 votes) It seems like we weren’t alone in our choice of the Giant Bombcast as our favorite podcast of the year. The Mobcast made a comeback in the final days, but could not overcome the initial domination of the The Bombcast. Best podcast 2009(opinion)

CastMedium Podcast Awards ’09

by Jonathan Downin in Features780 days ago

In the spirit of game of the year awards, we have taken the opportunity to make some of our own type of picks– and of course ours are centered around podcasts. Although we cover game, tech and movie podcasts, the fact that all of the winners were gaming podcasts is purely coincidence. Since this is the first year that we have done these awards, we started with a modest 5 categories. We spent a significant amount of time as a team discussing these picks, and you can get a feel for some of that discussion below. Also, you can vote for your...

Casting Gear 004 – Drunken Gamers Radio

by Derek Lavigne in Features783 days ago

Editor’s note: Casting Gear is a series about podcasting and the tools used in the process. In this series, we hope to demystify the podcasting process and show the wide range of tools and methods that different podcasters use to produce a show. In addition to listing the software and hardware used, a brief rundown of the work-flow for the given podcast will be provided. Delving into technical minutiae isn’t the goal here, it is to provide a window into the different approaches that are in practice. The following text, unless otherwise noted,...

Casting Gear 003 – 1UP

by Jonathan Downin in Features791 days ago

Editor’s note: Casting Gear is a series about podcasting and the tools used in the process. In this series, we hope to demystify the podcasting process and show the wide range of tools and methods that different podcasters use to produce a show. In addition to listing the software and hardware used, a brief rundown of the work-flow for the given podcast will be provided. Delving into technical minutiae isn’t the goal here, it is to provide a window into the different approaches that are in practice. The following text, unless otherwise noted,...

Casting Gear 002 – Pixel Revolt Podcast

by Derek Lavigne in Features804 days ago

Editor’s note: We said that this would be a Thursday feature, and that is still the goal, but here is this week’s special Friday edition of Casting Gear. The following text, unless otherwise noted, is written in-full by Derek Lavigne of Pixel Revolt. Casting Gear is a series about podcasting and the tools used in the process. In this series, we hope to demystify the podcasting process and show the wide range of tools and methods that different podcasters use to produce a show. In addition to listing the software and hardware used, a...

Casting Gear 001 – CastMedium Podcast

by Jonathan Downin in Features813 days ago

This is the first entry in a series about podcasting, and the tools used in the process. In this series, we hope to demystify the podcasting process and show the wide range of tools and methods that different podcasters use to produce a show. In addition to listing the software and hardware used, a brief rundown of the work-flow for the given podcast will be provided. Delving into technical minutiae isn’t the goal here, it is to provide a window into the different approaches that are in practice. If you haven’t heard, we do a podcast...

Podcasters’ Favorite Podcasts | Part 7 – The HotSpot

by Jonathan Downin in Features966 days ago

The HotSpot has been a staple in the gaming podcast world for going on 4 years now.  As the years have passed, so have the regular hosts, but the thing that hasn’t changed is their commitment to delivering the news of the gaming world with some commentary and a lot of personality. We initially started Podcasters’ Favorite Podcasts to see what other podcasts in their field podcasters enjoyed the most, but if this feature has proven anything, it is that people have all kinds of tastes.  We have Brendan Sinclair, host of GameSpot’s...

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