I've never actually used a proper Podcasting application but I have been listening to the downloads of In Our Time available as part of the BBC's podcasting experiment. Fascinating stuff, this weeks is:
THE MIND AND BODY PROBLEM At the start of Descartes' Sixth Meditation he writes: "there is a great difference between mind and body, inasmuch as body is by nature always divisible, and mind is entirely indivisible. For when I consider the mind, or myself in so far as I am merely a thinking thing, I am unable to distinguish many parts within myself; I understand myself to be something quite single and complete. Although the whole mind seems to be united to the whole body, I recognize that if a foot or an arm or any other part of the body is cut off nothing has thereby been taken away from the mind". This thinking is the basis of what's known as 'Cartesian dualism', Descartes' attempt to address one of the central questions in philosophy, the mind/body problem: is the mind part of the body, or the body part of the mind? If they are distinct, then how do they interact? And which of the two is in charge? Contributors:Anthony Grayling, Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, Julian Baggini, editor of The Philosophers' Magazine,Sue James, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London. Making this MP3 available is an experiment. We value your thoughts about this trial, and would appreciate feedback at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/mp3.shtml#feedback
I'll just put the direct link to the audio as text in case Moodle's flash player tries loading the full two hours:
Another "professional podcast": National Public Radio's On the Media is distributing the show as a podcast these days.
This looks hip and very interesing.
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Check out the podcasting film by Lisa Williams.