I can see how my husband might use podcasts in-order-to listen to some of his favorite radio programs when it is more convenient. I did find one feed that I will use. However, getting it into my bloglines account was a trip and now that I see Explorer has a feeds folder, why do I need bloglines as well? Maybe for the convenience of it telling me how recent stuff is? Since I have not used the Explorer feeds before, I may not recognize the convenience of bloglines.
I can see how a podcast might be useful on the library website if it is tracking a particular author, i.e. Harry Potter stuff would have been good during all the furor while the series was being written. And if a patron has concerns now, being able to refer them to this type of discussion might be helpful but unless it is a blog, how long do the podcasts remain available?
Except for special situations, it seems like a lot of fuss and bother to research, mark and consistently check some of this stuff. I guess I'm not interested in spending all of my life on a computer.
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I'm sensing a bit of confusion as to what podcasts are. A podcast is simply an audio or video program that you subscribe to via an RSS feed. I really wouldn't recommend either Bloglines or Internet Explorer to subscribe to podcasts. If there are programs that you're really interested in, e.g., your husband's favorite radio programs, you'll want to subscribe via a podcatcher like iTunes or Juice. When a new program is produced, it's automatically downloaded to your computer - no searching or wondering how long it will remain available. It's on your computer until you delete it.
Podcasts are not really good if you're just interested in a one time only program of an interview with J.K. Rowling. For that, you'd want to do an audio search for just that audio file. You'd use a podcast to subscribe to an on-going series of author interviews. I hope this answers some of your questions.
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