the Friday Show 07.04 [7:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Welcome to the first edition of the Friday Show on the Podcast Guide. We’ve been switching around our Friday format, checking out what you like and like even better… and we think you’ll like this Friday format best of all! I’m Rian and I’m with Lewis from DailySplice.com. On DailySplice you can put all your favorite podcasts together, so head over to DailySplice.com and see how much you love our directory and tools we’ve been building tirelessly for the past year.

Tip of the Week:

If you’re looking to get into podcasting, but don’t know what kind of services you need to host your files, listen up. Try libsyn (liberated syndication) (libsyn.com) , which provides all the tools you need to manage your podcast and upload your media files. You won’t have to worry about hosting or content delivery. Just upload your media files, and you’re ready to go. The downside is you don’t get your own domain name (e.g. dailysplice.com). If you’re comfortable enough to create your own web page as a front-end to your podcast, try dreamhost.com. They have really cheap plans and a large community.

Survey Question of the Week:

The album art is important for attracting new listeners. When I’m looking at a bunch of podcasts on a directory, I judge the quality of a podcast partially on the album art. If there is no album art, or it’s not very catchy, I’m conclude that that podcast is not particularly well-made. It’s like movies at the store: people are more likely to rent a movie that has an interesting-looking cover. So, which podcast do you think has the best album art?

A: Indiefeed Dance | Website |

B: Ask Blackie | Website |

C: CBC Radio 3 New Music Canada Track of the Day | Website |

D. 100 Word Stories | Website |

E. Podington Bear | Website |

Genre of the Week: Tech News

Last Wednesday we released an interview with the great people from Just One More Book. Some other book podcasts you may want to check out are:

• NPR Books | Website | | 25-30 min twice per week
• New York Times Book Reviews | Website | | 15 minutes on wednesdays
• Meet the Author | Website | | 1-3 minutes on weekdays
• CBC Betweek the Covers | Website | | 17 min three times per week

Now you can use DailySplice to Promote your favorite shows on your website! Simply visit the web page for these podcasts in the DailySplice directory and copy the code under “Promote this Show on Your Site.” An badge will be placed on your that will automatically add that show to the user’s splice list. This will help improve the DailySplice PodRank for that show.

 

 Ask Blackie Spotlight [7:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Yesturday we interviewed Dave, the producer of Ask Blackie. Of course, since our interviews are so short, there is not much time for us to get many words in, so on Wednesdays we do a spotlight on the interviewee. And today of course we are doing just that. Be sure to check out the interview from yesturday’s show, and head on over to their site. Send in your questions now while they are young because chances are in a few months it will be a lot harder to get anything through to these budding podlebreties.

On DailySplice you can put together a batch of these kinds of podcasts and we will but them all together for you and send you a daily comedy playlist either by RSS or email! Here’s a link to the comedy section where you can add as many of these as you like to your list.

Tune in tomorrow when we highlight 3 more of these kinds of shows. Hope you enjoy!

 

 Ask Blackie Interview [7:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Hey all, thanks for checking out today’s interview. We’ve had a lot of fun listening to the podcasts done by today’s interviewee. Dave produces a podcast called Ask Blackie, which is brand new but poised to take the world by storm. Listen to the interview, and keep your eyeballs on askblackie.com to watch this little puppet grow into an internet celeb.

On DailySplice you can put together a batch of these kinds of podcasts and we will but them all together for you and send you a daily comedy playlist either by RSS or email! Here’s a link to the comedy section where you can add as many of these as you like to your list. Hope you enjoy!

Tune in tomorrow for a spotlight on this show.

I love toilet humour. It’s low-brow, shameful and rude, but if it’s in the right setting and people don’t take it the wrong way, it’s prett’ darn funny. I found a short video podcast called Ask Blackie, where the host Jamal, a puppet caricature of the stereotypical african american, answers viewers questions. His racially charged antics are hilarious and offensive to any visible minority (or majority for that matter). It ends with his friend “Kraka” exposing a weekly racial slur, usually about white people. Overall, this podcast has my kind of humour (rude and dirty) and high production quality. If you’re not easily offended, give it a watch!

 

 08-04-09 >> the DailySplice Podcast [7:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

IndieFeed Alternative and Modern Rock: Marxy - To Save Ourselves;
Daily PWN - Don’t Get Vista;
Get It Done Guys Meeting Madness 3: Backlead Your Meetings;
Podictionary - Hunch;
Destroy All Media: Review of the movie Jumper;
Ask Blackie: The word Picaninny;
the Jamhole - Going to Church