Everything E-Directory: Crafts Podcasts, MP3's, and Internet Radio

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BlogTalkRadio - BlogTalkRadio allows individuals and businesses, anywhere the ability to host a live, Internet Talk Radio show, simply by using a telephone and a computer.

Boutique Cafe - Boutique Cafe is the world’s first boutique podcast for moms and momprenuers on the go. Our weekly shows feature all things boutique & inspired, highlighting topics of interest to fashion-savvy moms and momprenuers around the world.

CreateSpace - Create. Collaborate. Distribute. Our free online publishing tools and Community can help you complete and sell your work. Distribute on Amazon.com, your own website, and other retailers without setup fees or inventory. CreateSpace provides inventory-free, physical distribution of Books, CDs and DVDs on Demand, video downloads via Amazon Video On Demand and music downloads via Amazon MP3.

Fave Crafts Radio - Fave Crafts Radio is hosted by BlogTalkRadio Featured Host Tiffany Windsor. This lively lifestyle program treats listeners to creative ideas and featured guests and reporters who offer creative tips, project ideas, product reviews and creative lifestyle features. It’s all about discovering the crafter in you! Fave Crafts Radio airs live on BlogTalkRadio on Sunday nights from 7 – 8:00 pm (ET) (6 pm Central, 5 pm Mountain, 4 pm Pacific). Archived podcasts can be streamed directly from the FaveCrafts.com website or downloaded for free through iTunes.

iTunes - Podcasts - iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video, and syncs it all to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. And it’s a store where you can find more to entertain you, any time of the day. Visit the iTunes Store to browse over 10 million songs. You can also rent or buy HD movies, get HD episodes of your favorite TV shows, download apps for your iPhone or iPod touch, subscribe to free podcasts, and more.Treat yourself or someone you love!

Museum of Fine Arts - Boston - Podcasts - The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is excited to present a new approach to the Museum experience—podcasting. Using the latest technology available, you can download audio tours related to our collections and exhibitions.

Pandora - Pandora is a personalized radio service, available anytime and anywhere on the PC, in the home and on mobile devices. Pandora is based on the Music Genome Project, which began in 2000 and is the most thorough analysis of popular music ever undertaken.

Pat Sloan's Creative Talk Radio - My internet radio show 'Creative Talk Radio' is taped every Monday at 4pm EST. You can listen to the broadcast live as we tape it or listen after-wards! The show is is available for you to download to your player, you can listen online, or listen on your computer! Once it's downloaded listen while you quilt, while you do other computer work, in the car, or while you exercise!

PBS- PBS is made up of more than 350 local public noncommercial TV stations and reaches more than 115 million people each month through on-air and online content, and, increasingly, in other platforms. PBS content is available on air through our local stations and, for many programs, online, in the form of podcasts, blogs, video clips, and full episodes.

Prim Chat - A Live Pod Cast Internet Radio Show For Primitive and Folk Art Friends! This is a live internet radio pod cast show with guests who come and chat about the world of prims, crafting and being in business. We will have lots of information, tips and tricks for you all to enjoy.

WEBS - Ready, Set, Knit! Podcast- READY, SET, KNIT! is the official podcast of WEBS – America’s Yarn Store. Join owners Kathy & Steve each week as they discuss new yarns, interview members of the fiber community and share their adventures in life and yarn. In addition, spend some time each week with Kathy & Pixie as they talk technique and lead you through their latest knitalong (or maybe even a crochetalong!).

Within A Quarter Inch- A podcast about quilting and crafting....My life as it were.

YarnCraft- A knitting and crocheting podcast brought to you by Lion Brand Yarn Company.

Everything E-Directory Crafts Podcast List

In November of 2007 I wrote one of my "Tips From The Blogging Queen" columns entitled "What Is Podcasting and Should You Jump On The Podcasting Bandwagon?" which was about "Podcasting" which was gaining in popularity back then.

If you don't know what "podcasting" is it is a combination of the words IPod and broadcasting where you distribute audio and video material over the Internet using syndicated feeds like an RSS feed specifically for playback on portable digital players and personal computers.

However, you do not need to use an IPod to listen a podcast and nowadays do not even need to download the media file to listen to a podcast. Any computer that is capable of playing media files can listen to a podcast. Any anyone with a telephone line can create a podcast and become an Internet radio producer.

Some podcasts are simple downloads that you can download to your computer or digital players. Some are simple links within a podcast blog to the particular show that you click on and the podcast is played on your computer.

Syndicated podcasts allow for special software to retrieve the new shows when they are streamed and feed them automatically to the subscriber. Files are downloaded automatically by the podcatcher software and stored on the subscribers computer or other device for use whenever the subscriber wishes.

There weren't a lot of crafting podcasts back in November 2007 but there are many, many more of them now.

In fact, may crafters have started to create their own crafting radio shows and podcasting according to whatever schedule suits their needs on whatever topic they have and expertise. The podcasts are as varied as the crafters and can be on just about any subject.

Some of the podcasts are free and the podcasters offset the expense of running the podcasts with individual show advertising or button advertising on the home pages of the podcast website and/or blog. Some are syndication based and charge a fee for listening to each show.

You might wonder why you would want to podcast? Well, the answer is very simple.

Content has become extremely mobile and "podcasting" is allowing audio and video content to be delivered to portable media players on demand. This means that you can deliver audio and video content to your customers so they can watch or listen to it whenever they want and wherever they are. Content has become available anytime and anywhere.

Also, the way in which content is being delivered is also evolving. It used to be that only audio content could be podcast and required MP3 files to be downloaded into IPod's or personal computers where separate player software (i.e. Real Player) was used to play the audio files. You would click on the link and download the audio file. The audio file would then open up in your "player" and begin playing the file.

This started with music downloads and quickly evolved into "radio broadcasts" where anyone could broadcast if they had a microphone connected to their computer and sound recording software.

Now "podcasts" have become so sophisticated that your can broadcast audio and video content just about anywhere, anytime. Some broadcasters are now combining "podcast" within their blogs and creating what is known as a "blogcast."

The latter allows bloggers to post an article to their blog and include an audio or video "podcast" link within the post that can be played right from the post utilizing an inline audio/video player. Readers do not need to open up a new player.

With the evolution of podcasting hundreds of online radio show websites have been developed similar to social networking websites to allow podcasters to upload via a telephone line and create free, live, call-in talk shows. The talk shows are archived on the radio talk show website and made available as podcasts at any time. Listeners can subscribe to shows via RSS feed, play directly from their computer, or download to their audio readers. Some shows are free and some are syndicated for a fee.

Generally, the online radio show websites allow listeners access to thousands of shows, a social networking forum, archived shows, alerts for upcoming shows, the ability to group your favorite shows into a collection, and a listener profile page for adding text, video's, etc.

For podcasters the online radio websites generally offer the ability to create a free radio show without the need for software. Some may offer syndication revenue sharing, live chat capabilities to interact with listeners, multiple participants, archived shows, widgets for the podcasters websites and/or blogs, the ability to group their favorite shows into a collection, and a podcaster profile page for adding text, video's, etc.

"Podcasting" is not for everyone. Disadvantages include the fact that it does require practice and the ability to conceptualize what and how you want your idea conveyed to your listeners. Advantages are unlimited mobility and being able to convey your ideas to your listeners anytime and anywhere.

We hope you enjoy our selection of free crafts and crafting podcasts.