After my search in the Web (looking for something in the Web is very boring, in my opinion...- Sorry, but I needed to admit it-)I found three podcasts I like.
Choosing a speific podcast has been very far from being simple, since generally I found some interesting Web pages which contained a lot of useful podacasts.
Anyway, that's what I decided to share with you:
1) http://pinkgeek.net/weblog3/rss.xml
It's not a podcast; it's a page in which " The adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is subdivided in different parts. You can click to listen to the story. I think it's a wonderful way to spread culture.
Oh, I love Sherlock Holmes! He was one of my favorite character when I was younger...I think I red everything about him...
2) http://eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=467
It's an example of daily conversation. In this specifc case, the topic is car renting. The characters speak slow and there is also the transcript of the oral text, so everybody can follow the argument. It's a very useful tool for improving students' listening skills.
In this Web site you can find other conversation models to practise your ability.
3) http://www.voanews.com/english/customcf/podcastxml.cfm?id=3
Here global issues in science, technology and the environment are the main subject. It's useful to improve everybody's listening skills and in the meanwhile you can learn something about culture, society (especially American) since all the podcasts offered by this Web-site deal with real topics and problems of the present day.
What about the world of podcasts?
I'll probably seem to be banal, I know, but they're...USEFUL. Listening to them you can improve your ability and you can also can learn something. However, as for everything in the Internet, there's the other side of the coin...The Web is a huge tub where everybody in the world can put something...and something is just rubbish...so, pay attention!
