The Finance Buff » podcast http://thefinancebuff.com like a friend telling you about money ... Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:16:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 NY Times Podcasts without iTunes http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/06/ny-times-podcasts-without-itunes.html http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/06/ny-times-podcasts-without-itunes.html#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:45:00 +0000 TFB http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/06/ny-times-podcasts-without-itunes.html [Updated on April 5, 2010: Added Freakonomics Radio. Thank you Illinoisjoe.]

I wanted to subscribe to some podcasts by New York Times, in particular Your Money by Ron Lieber. To my surprise, they only publish the podcast links for iTunes. Hello? What about people who don’t use iTunes or iPod?

Luckily I have their Weekend Business podcast in my open-source Juice podcast receiver from some time ago. New York Times must have published the plain podcast RSS links back then. I don’t know why they only give iTues links now. Is Apple paying NY Times for only showing iTunes links? It will not surprise me if that’s the case. All monopolies behave the same way: Microsoft, Apple, Google, in their respective world. They want to make it difficult to use anything except their product.

Using the Weekend Business link, and some trial-and-error in guessing the file names for the other podcasts, I got the plain podcast RSS links for these NY Times podcasts.

Backstory Jane Bornemeier talks to Times reporters about the top stories of the day.
Book Review Sam Tanenhaus, editor of The New York Times Book Review, discusses this week’s issue.
Ethicist Randy Cohen, Times Magazine columnist, answers readers’ questions on ethical issues each week.
Freakonomics Radio Hosted by Stephen Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics
Front Page James Barron, a reporter at The New York Times, summarizes the top headlines every weekday morning.
Music Popcast The New York Times pop music critics discuss the latest albums and music events of the week.
Tech Talk A look at the latest technology news and Internet trends with J.D. Biersdorfer, Bettina Edelstein and Pedro Rafael Rosado.
Only In New York On the beat with Sam Roberts, metro reporter for The New York Times.
Political Points A weekly conversation on politics and the Obama presidency with reporters and editors from The New York Times hosted by Times correspondents Sam Roberts and David Kirkpatrick.
Science Times David Corcoran, a science editor, explores the topics addressed in this week’s Science Times.
TimesTalks Intimate discussions with people of note and New York Times journalists and editors.
Today’s Business Jeff Sommer talks to Times reporters about the day’s top business news.
Weekend Business Jeff Sommer, an editor for Sunday Business, talks to Times reporters and editors about the week’s business news.
World View Douglas Schorzman and Andrea Kannapell discuss the latest global news events with New York Times correspondents from all over the world.
Your Money Your Money columnist Ron Lieber and personal finance writer Tara Siegel Bernard talk about how to manage your money in these uncertain economic times.

Free content should be free to everybody, not just iTunes users.

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]]> http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/06/ny-times-podcasts-without-itunes.html/feed 13 Radio Programs On Demand with Podcasts http://thefinancebuff.com/2007/03/radio-programs-on-demand-with-podcasts.html http://thefinancebuff.com/2007/03/radio-programs-on-demand-with-podcasts.html#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:48:00 +0000 TFB http://blog.thefinancebuff.com/?p=90 I mentioned in my Netflix vs. Blockbuster post that I don’t subscribe to cable TV. I use Netflix for entertainment and podcasts for keeping up with the news. Podcasts for radio programs are like TiVo for television or RSS feeds for blogs. You download the programs’ podcasts, load them onto a mp3 player, and listen to them whenever you want. I listen to them during commute.

You need a podcast receiving software. I use the free open source software Juice. Here are the podcasts I subscribe to:

Personal Finance: Marketplace Money by American Public Media. Weekly, 1-hour program on personal finance. Hosts also answer listener’s questions.

Business News: Marketplace by American Public Media. Monday to Friday, 30 minutes of business news .

World News: World Today Select by BBC. Monday to Friday, 15 minutes of world news.

Technology News: Digital Planet by BBC. Weekly, 30-minute news program on digital technology around the world.

News Quiz: Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me by NPR. Weekly, 1 hour of humorous news quiz with a liberal bias.

These programs keep me occupied during my commute. American Public Media, BBC and NPR all make high quality radio programs available as podcasts. Take a look at their list of programs and find what interest you:

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