This document provides an introduction to podcasts, explaining what they are, their benefits, and how to get started listening. Podcasts are digital audio files that can be streamed or downloaded on various devices and listened to anytime. They cover almost any topic and provide a convenient way to gain information and entertainment while on the go. Some key benefits include being portable, free, and allowing hands-free listening during other activities. The document recommends some popular platforms for finding and listening to podcasts and finding ones that match your interests.

1. PODCAST 101
Learn About Podcasts And Why You Should Start Listening Today!
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2. From a trendy digital jargon, podcasts transformed into a more mature media consumption. Today, we can find podcasts that provide value on almost every topic available in the planet, and where we can find a great amount of information and entertainment.

3. The popularity of podcasts remain marginal compared to other multi-media mediums, but it continues to grow a following with more and more people having a grasp of its benefits. Not to mention the businesses and digital marketers who can even attest that the experiences alone are all worth it!

4. What is a Podcast?
If the word “podcast” is new to you, don’t worry. You are just one of many who may find benefit of this discovery!
A podcast is a digital audio file that can be found on the Internet. It is typically a series that can run on various media formats such as video, PDF, ePub, radio, audio. Podcasts are available for online streaming or downloading, and new installments can be received automatically by subscribers.
WHAT IS A PODCAST?

5. THE CHALLENGE
The digital world has given us a myriad of options to get information and entertainment. More than ever, it has become easier to fall victim to information overload…

6. THE GOOD THINGS THAT PODCASTS BRING
THE GOOD THINGS THAT PODCASTS BRING
Here’s THE 6 BENEFITS OF PODCASTS
that can change the way you consume multi-media information…

7. 1. Podcasts Make Information Intimate
When listening to a podcast, the message is directly addressed to the listener. It is like listening to a friend who gives you a good share of what you would like to hear for the day, or at the very moment.

8. 2. Podcasts are Convenient
You don’t need to unfold a newspaper, stream on a radio or TV channel whenever you want to hear quick updates. With an audio podcast, one tap on your app, or after a subscription to your favorite podcast resource, you will be automatically updated even when you are walking your dog or eating ice-cream in the neighborhood park.

9. 3. Most Podcasts are Free!
Good things in life are free, so are podcasts! Since podcasts are digitally delivered, they eliminate the cost of other communication mediums like print, TV, and radio. They also are missing the truckloads of advertisement that can sometimes spoil the fun!

10. 4. Podcasts Can Save Your Time
Podcasts can be listened to anytime, so you can get the information you need while doing other errands or getting bored in a traffic jam. Podcasts give your time value.

11. 5. Podcasts are Portable
Whenever your podcast is residing on your gadget and that gadget, say an iPod, is portable, you can listen to it anytime, anywhere. You can also subscribe in a podcast through your smartphone.
How about other gadgets like iPad? Samsung Galaxy Tab? LG Tablet? Yes!
….Nokia 3310? Noooo!!!

12. 6. Podcasting is Becoming More Popular
Creating a podcast is free, and as there is a growing list of podcasters out there, listeners are also pouring in. BBC, ABC World News, New York Times, and many media publishing giants are already leveraging podcasting. People of varied interests and professionals of different industries are also sharing their noteworthy experiences and expertise for listeners to benefit from.

13. We can never predict how many forms of media will appear in the future, but isn’t it worth it to try and master using a new one today? After all, who wants to be left out?

14. 3 GREATPLACES TO LISTEN TO A PODCAST
iTunes–Listen through your desktop once you download iTunes. Mobile listening is only a tap with an Apple device (iPhone, iPad).
Stitcher–Listen from the Stitcher browser on your desktop by just clicking the below link. Download the app and enjoy more than 25,000 podcast on your Apple or Android.
Direct Website Link –The third amazing option is simply to go to http://www.mrpodcasts.com. A site where newbie and avid podcast listeners alike are directed to only the best podcasts online.

15. WHAT HINDERS PEOPLE FROM LISTENING TO PODCASTS?
“Part of the reason people don’t listen is that even after they learn how to listen, there is so much junk they have to sort through to find a podcast they will enjoy. Enjoyment, then turns into frustration that pulls them to go back to doing what they were doing before.”

16. We Want to Make a Difference!
“I created MrPodcasts because I too was frustrated and decided to create a podcast and make it easily available to people that would show them what was GREAT from all sorts of topics in a minimal amount of time. I have quickly become the go to source for thousands of people a day who come to www.mrpodcasts.com or listen to me on Stitcher and iTunes to find great podcasts in minimal time.”
-Les (MrPodcasts)

17. Contact MrPodcasts
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