CoP Show: podcasting: what, why and how?

Episode date: 3rd March 2011

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Exactly what is it that makes a podcast a podcast? What does it offer content producers and how does a format that allows fans to subscribe and download audio onto their portable device somehow change or influence the way a podcast episode is put together?

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They've got the whole of the internet to play with so if they're listening to you then you're really very lucky

End Quote Helen Zaltzman

Simon Smith and guests explore podcasting in this episode of the CoP Show.

Joining Simon in the studio are Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann from the award-winning Answer Me This! comedy podcast; Andy Jones, BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music’s podcast guru; and Jamillah Knowles presenter of Radio 5 live’s Outriders technology podcast.

Our editor also blogged about the various podcasts recommended by the guests, read Amanda's post here.

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