A lot of the material out there is dull, badly produced, uninspired, derivative or simply misconceived. However, the same can be said of television, as a surf through the channels on satellite or Freeview will reveal, and this does not mean there is not great stuff too.
The quality of some of the podcasts I have listened to is certainly as good as many supposedly professional radio stations, and as the tools for finding and filtering what is out there improve we will inevitably see new ideas, new approaches and new names emerge. (…)
Podcasting will not replace radio in my life, not least because I like to listen in real-time. But it adds an interesting element to the mix and is an easy way to find new voices that would otherwise never come to my attention.
Read the full article: BBC NEWS Podcasting could be a revolution
And if by any means you dont exactly know what podcasting is, there is a little more to read, this way.