Aviation Podcast Program Guide
This Program Guide lists the most recent episodes of selected aviation podcasts. The episode descriptions come directly from the podcast feeds. Remember: You don't need an iPod to listen to podcasts - just your computer will do.
Airplane Geeks
Dan Webb, Rob Mark, and Max Flight are three guys with a passion for aviation. In this podcast they talk about the week's industry news and discuss aviation topics with industry analysts, consultants, journalists, pilots, bloggers, and others. You'll also hear from the "Australia Desk" and get your dose of history with This Week in Aviation. Sign up for the free newsletter with aviation news, show notes, and other stuff for airplane geeks.
Episode 71 – Flying with MayCay
Episode 70 – A Trio of Pro Journalists
Episode 69 – Rob and David
Uncontrolled Airspace: The General Aviation Podcast
News and conversation about the world of General Aviation flying. This is hanger flying at it's best with three pilots who are qualified to gab about GA with authority. Dave Higdon is an accomplished aviation photographer and the senior editor of Kitplanes Magazine. Jeb Burnside is a writer and editor with Aviation Safety magazine, AVweb, and EAA AirVenture Today. Jack Hodgson is a writer, technology commentator, special-events and new-media producer, lecturer, aviation essayist, and tries to keep the other two on topic.
The UCAP community now has an online forum to complete the listener experience. Have a look at the Uncontrolled Airspace Forums and add your own contribution.
Uncontrolled Airspace #158 "Mach Point Five Six"
Uncontrolled Airspace #157 "Eunuchs Tending the Harem"
Uncontrolled Airspace #156 "Going Haywire"
The Conversation at AirSafe.com
This is the official podcast of the AirSafe.com Foundation which uses technologies such as email and the Web to raise public awareness about key issues involving air passenger safety and security. Dr. Todd Curtis produces this very informative podcast to cover aviation incidents around the world. You'll find audio, video, and high quality written content here. Be sure to listen to the Secrets of AirSafe.com special podcast series where Dr. Todd Curtis shares key insights and practices that have allowed AirSafe.com to thrive since its launch in July 1996.
Two Recent Scary Incidents: Northwest Airlines A320 Overflies Airport and Delta 767 Lands on Taxiway by Mistake (Audio - MP3)
The Evolution of Social Media's Role at AirSafe.com (Audio - MP3)
Jet Airliners with Lowest Fatal Crash Rates (Video - WMV)
The Finer Points, An Aviation Community & Podcast
TFP is brought to you weekly by Certified Flight Instructor, Jason Miller. GA pilots will find a good deal of reasonably technical flight instruction here. Besides the podcasts, you'll find a forum and online shopping with aviation gear.
Questions To The Max - Aviation Podcast #165
Don't Bank On Your Stall Speed - Aviation Podcast #164
Review of the OSH Arrival - Aviation Podcast #163
The Pilot's Flight PodLog - aviation podcast
Listen as Pilot Will (formerly "Student Pilot Will") and David relate their flying adventures. You'll also hear the stories of their guests through some great hangar flying.
See The Pilots Lounge website for podcast show notes and ideas for great places to fly to on the West Coast, along with ideas for things to do once you get there. Will also maintains a page listing State Pilot Associations in the U.S. and is starting to think about a West Coast Podcasters Fly In.
AOPA09 QuickCast 02
This week, Will and David have met up with some of their friends in Tampa, Florida for the 2009 AOPA Aviation Summit. There's a whole lot of aviation love going on here, and we hope to bring you just the smallest of snapshots through these short QuickCasts.
Be sure to follow http://twitter.com/AOPASummit for the lastest updates during the event. David is posting tweets directly to that account. Also, please watch the AOPA Meet-Up area live during the event at http://twurl.nl/s7fo77.
Clear skies!
AOPA09 QuickCast 01
This week, Will and David have met up with some of their friends in Tampa, Florida for the 2009 AOPA Aviation Summit. There's a whole lot of aviation love going on here, and we hope to bring you just the smallest of snapshots through these short QuickCasts.
Jeff Ward, the "shownote guy" of The Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast, joins us for a little chat about the event.
Be sure to follow http://twitter.com/AOPASummit for the lastest updates during the event. David is posting tweets directly to that account. Also, please watch the AOPA Meet-Up area live during the event at http://twurl.nl/s7fo77.
Clear skies!
PFP # 52 Rick Felty
This week we talk to Rick Felty, a newly-minted private pilot who likes to film his flights from multiple angles with multiple cameras, thus giving us lucky viewers a really great perpective on the flight. Rick talks about some of the hurdles he had to overcome in his flight training, lists some of the podcasting resourced he used in his flight training, and discusses some a couple of emergencies that he overheard on the frequency during his flights.
Stay tuned for some more exiting episodes. Also, Will and David have tentative plans to attend the 2009 AOPA Aviation Summit in Tampa, FL from November 5th through the 7th. If all goes well, we plan to bring some great coverage of the event to you in the form of several QuickCasts, a full-length podcast episode, and an abundance of Tweets.
As always, we'd like to thank Steve Tupper and Scott Cannizzaro for the music for this podcast. If you'd like to email us to leave us feedback or be a guest, please drop us a line at pilotsflightpodlog@gmail.com.
Shownotes:
- Why start at age 48?
- Sticking points in flight training
- Rick's YouTube Page http://www.youtube.com/rdfelty
- Video Podcasters
- Ed Stoffel - Flying Reports Podcast
- Blog post on colorblindness and a class 3 medical
- Primary flight training in a glass cockpit
- Capturing some emergency calls
- The value of recording flying lessons
- ATC: The Aviation Trivia Challenge
- Question 1: What was the name of the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth?
- Answer: Sputnik-1
- First correct answer: @pilot2b
- Question 2: Precipitation that falls from a cloud and evaporates before reaching the ground is called what?
- Answer: Virga
- First correct answer: @s_crawford
- Question 3: During which northern hemisphere season is the earth closest to the sun?
- Answer: Winter
- First correct answer: @Mike_Flys
Sponsors:
- Scheyden Precision Eyewear
- Aerobatic Racing Challenge
- PilotMall.com
- Zulu by Lightspeed
- NAFI
- MyE6B
- Mach 2 Management Company
Contact us:
- Will on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pilotwill
- David on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveFlys
- Email address: pilotsflightpodlog@gmail.com
- Rick's email: rickfelty@mac.com
- Rick on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rfelty
Airspeed
Airspeed podcasts go in depth to cover aviation, aerospace, space exploration, and associated topics. Pilots, other aviation personnel, and enthusiasts will enjoy this podcast by "Stephen Force," the superhero alter ego of a technology lawyer, private pilot, and Civil Air Patrol captain. Show notes can be found in the Airspeed Blog.
You might also have a look at Airspeed - The First Two Years Aloft, Force's book that highlights the first two years of the podcast, including interviews transcribed for the first time, the full text of several popular episodes, and also additional explanatory material.
Airspeed - This I Believe
Airspeed - Safety Stand-Down - The Kranz Dictum
Airspeed - VIDEO - CAP Glider Sorties
Travel Commons
Mark Peacock is a frequent business flier who puts in a lot of air miles each year. He knows airlines and airports and hotels and technology for the road, so his podcast is valuable for any frequent flier. The podcast subtitle tells it all: "Giving the voice of the traveler, more about the journey than the destination." If you spend a lot of time flying commercially for business or pleasure, give this podcast a listen!
Travel Commons is part of the Boarding Area portal to business travel and air travel blogs and podcasts.
Podcast #79 - Skipping Rental Cars, WiFi or 3G?
Skipping the Rental Car
Podcast #78 - Lost in Distraction, Movie About Us
IAGblog Podcasts
Aviation and travel industry podcasts from the Innovation Analysis Group. IAG provides information and consulting services to the travel and aviation industries, and covers aircraft manufacturers, airlines, airports, and ground transportation. The IAGblog offers breaking news, insights, and commentary on a wide range of issues affecting travel and aviation.
China's high speed trains threaten its airlines
Today a thought piece was published by David Bentley, a principal with BigPondAviation.com. Southern Airlines? Chairman, Si Xianmin, warned that emerging competition from China's expanding high-speed rail network is a ?major challenge? for China's airlines. Mr Xianmin stated competition from high-speed trains is "already visible" and costing China Southern, Air China, China Eastern and other carriers market share on major routes where high-speed service is also available. According to Mr. Xianmin, traffic may fall by more than half on 518 of the carrier?s weekly services, while 38 of its 160 domestic routes will compete directly with high-speed railway lines. This is amazing, since China is still developing and its airline industry is in early growth phase. To see such a rapid impact from high speed rail is unprecedented.
Boeing chooses South Carolina; blame game is on
The decision was much anticipated but still came as a shock - Boeing's unions are angrier, and they were angry to start with. Jon Talton, Economy Columnist at The Seattle Times and Jon Ostrower from FlightGlobal are Boeing watchers and share their views of this news. The "blame game" has started and there is enough to share. Management at Boeing has to accept responsibility here but clearly the unions also helped to create the situation. Even the politicians in Washington state could have performed better.
Social media jitters?
There are so many firms that seem fearful of entering the field. But listen to emerging media diva and old school journalism veteran Benet Wilson explain why is nothing to fear. She even encourages people to make mistakes because there are no other schools to go to but the school of hard knocks. So no matter how big your firm, just give it a try.
Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase!
With this podcast, you can travel the world with flight attendant Betty. This flight attendant for a major U.S. airline has been podcasting since August 2005. She's got a delightful personality and seems like the attendant we all want to fly with. Her podcasts relate her stories and the stories of the people she flys with.
57 Pets & Peeves
Episode 57
I'm Back! Sorry but I got distracted with my fella who lives in another country!
This episode has alot of short stories about animals like an alligator and a whale along with stories about things that bother Flight Attendants and Pilots on the airplane.
Contact... flywithbetty@gmail.com
Check out my online store which now features Airline Christmas Cards!! www.skybetty.com
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES! It's free!
Music by www.garageband.com "Waiting" by the Auroras
56 McGyverAir
Episode 56
Do you guys remember the TV Show from the 80's called McGyver? It was about a guy that could make anything out of the most obscure items. Well on the airplane sometimes we have to solve a problem with the limited items we have onboard. We have to pull a McGyver!
So this show features some McGyver stories along with two ejection stories. Because sometimes a McGyver story is impressive but there is nothing as amazing as ejecting out of an airplane and surviving!
Contact... flywithbetty@gmail.com
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES! It's free!
Check out my store at www.skybetty.com
Music is the theme from the old TV show (I hope they don't mind)
Student Pilot Journal
General Aviation pilots (or pilot wannabe's) will enjoy these video podcasts by Greg Summers. They represent "a podcast journal in the life of a student pilot" and contain lots of good video straight from the cockpit. You can't get much closer to the action than this!
Marathon Key Trip on YouTube
Student Pilot Journal Podcast #25
Student Pilot Journal in Flight Training Magazine
The Student Pilot Cast
The chronical of Bill Williams as he learns to fly and earn his Private Pilot License. You'll find both audio and video episodes, as well as interviews with other pilots and coverage of cool aviation stuff.
SPC #034-Solo, Shorts, Softs, and FOD
Hello again SPC listeners. Today’s episode takes us on a solo training flight on a very busy day to practice performance landings and takeoffs (shorts and softs). We have everything from FOD to go-arounds in this episode, so enjoy.
I was nearing the end of stage III in my training, so I was almost in the home stretch. I also explain in this episode the cramming of flights I had to do over just a few days to finish stage III. This flight was the first of them.
As mentioned, If you are thinking about learning to fly, check out Air Freddy’s Learning to Fly Guide, an e-book that will answer many of your questions beforehand, and do it in an entertaining way.
Lastly, don’t forget to go check out the newly released (out of beta) myTransponder. This aviation oriented social networking site is great. To commemorate the recent full release and the fact that it is now open to anyone to join, I’ve created a group on myTransponder called, “Fans of the Student Pilot Cast.” Please head over to the site and sign up if you haven’t already, and by all means, join my new group!
Thanks again for listening, and enjoy the episode. Then, get out and fly!
StudentPilotCast-A034-20091105.mp3
SPC #033-Into the Night, Part II
This is part II of my night dual cross country flight. This part takes us from Marana Airport in the far northern part of Tucson back to Chandler.
[KAVQ-KCHD]
I mentioned the Remos GX LSA flight from Oshkosh in this episode. Here is the link to the Airspeed episode that covered this. My flight video from this will be coming in the future.
Also, feel free to follow me on Twitter for the latest news from Student Pilot Cast land at http://twitter.com/billwil.
If you are thinking about learning to fly, check out Air Freddy’s Learning to Fly Guide, an e-book that will answer many of your questions beforehand, and do it in an entertaining way.
I hope you all enjoy the episode. Please send comments and feedback.
StudentPilotCast-A033-20091002.mp3
SPC #032-Podapalooza 2009, Part II
This is part II of Podapalooza 2009, the part of the show that was not broadcast live on EAA Radio. This took place at Oshkosh, July 31st, 2009.
If you are thinking about learning to fly, check out Air Freddy’s Learning to Fly Guide, an e-book that will answer many of your questions beforehand, and do it in an entertaining way.
Enjoy the episode.
StudentPilotCast-A032-20090914.mp3
Aviation Podcast Directory
- 7600 On Air Defunct now, but it was a podcast for people who love flying, flying machines, and who prefer to not crash and die. Soaring and gliders, props, jets, interviews, aviation features, and stories made with big imaginations.
- Aero-News.Net A great site with lots of current GA and other aviation news stories, as well as many podcasts: a daily feed, general aviation, sport aviation, aerospace, commercial aviation, and military aviation.
- Aero News TV The folks at Aero-News.net have created this fantastic aviation video news site.
- Air Force Link - Podcasts Podcasts from the U.S. Air Force. "Around the Air Force Radio Podcast" daily radio newscast includes timely, topical, news and information about the Air Force, its people, its programs and its missions. "Around the Air Force Video Podcast" is a five minute daily news program covering important topics from around the Air Force. "Air Force Report Video Podcast" gives one minute updates on important news and issues affecting the Air Force. "Chief's View Video Podcast" from the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force discusses Air Force issues. "Today's Air Force Video Podcast" is a long-format, weekly news show featuring in-depth stories about the Air Force's people, programs, technology, exercises, operations and more.
- The AirPigz podcast The podcast of the AirPigz blogazine, for anyone who loves to fly.
- Airplane Geeks Podcast Two aviation enthusiasts talk about the week's aviation news, discuss a feature topic, and offer an aviation website pick.
- AirShowCast A podcast for the air show enthusiast, fanatic, performer, volunteer, organizer, etc. Hear news about shows, meet movers and shakers in the business, and listen to some of the behind the scenes folks who make things happen at your favorite shows.
- Airspeed Airspeed podcasts go in depth to cover aviation, aerospace, space exploration, and associated topics. Pilots, other aviation personnel, and enthusiasts will enjoy this podcast by "Stephen Force," the superhero alter ego of a technology lawyer, private pilot, and Civil Air Patrol captain.
- The Amateur Traveler Podcast A weekly travel podcast for people who love to travel, focusing on travel stories, travel news, tips, and travel resources. All with a little bit of humor.
- AMEcast - Aviation Medicine Podcast An aviation medicine podcast with Dr. Bruce Chien, MD, AME., CFI offering advice and insights on Medical Certification.
- ATW Online Podcasts These single-topic podcasts from Air Transport World cover current airline industry news and happenings.
- Aviapod Histoire de l'aviation, enquete-accident, anecdotes. Ce podcast est en français. This podcast is in French.
- Aviation Today Radio Podcasts on a wide range of aviation issues, generally with industry leaders.
- The Aviation Video Podcast An HD video podcast series by Jason Miller to inspire aviators and those that have always dreamed of being aviators.
- AviPod.net Aviation Podcast (Also gone.) A aviation podcast featuring news and industry analysis.
- AVweb Podcasts Twice weekly podcasts on current aviation topics.
- Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase! With this podcast, you can travel the world with flight attendant Betty.
- Building an Airplane at Home with Jeff Coffey In this 28 minute podcast, the builder takes you from $600 of blueprints and $900 of aluminum sheets to the first, anxiety-ridden flight. If you are thinking of building your own, this will give you a feel for what it takes. If you are not a prospective homebuilder, you'll still find this a fascinating listen. From 16 September 2005.
- Civil Air Patrol Today A podcast produced by Maryland Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
- The Conversation at AirSafe.com The official podcast of the AirSafe.com Foundation designed to raise public awareness about key issues involving aviation safety and security.
- DarkCompass The chronicles of a podcaster, with airplane sound effects. 27mins, 12mb, 64kbps.
- Edwards Air Force Base Podcast A weekly podcast featuring news stories relevant to the Edwards community, usually about two to three minutes in length.
- Fear of Flying Podcast Recorded March 16, 2005 on United UA 840 en route SYD-LAX. The author discusses how he picked his seats - and why - and what to do when turbulence occurs, as it did on this flight.
- The Finer Points, An Aviation Community & Podcast TFP is brought to you weekly by Certified Flight Instructor, Jason Miller.
- The Finer Points - Aviation Videos Weekly flying tips to make you a safer pilot. From expert flight instructor, Jason Miller.
- Finmeccanica Inc. Podcast These podcasts cover a number of helicopter topics.
- Flight Junkies A podcast about leaving the ground in every way possible from an educated amateur's point of view.
- The Flightcast An audio and video podcast covering flight sim games and news.
- Flightglobal.com's Week on the Web Jeff Decker brings you the top aircraft and aviation stories from Flightglobal.com and other hot site content.
- Flight Journal Podcast/Radio Show Flight Journal's editor-in-chief, Budd Davisson, tells us what it's like to fly some of aviation's legendary airplanes.
- Flight Line Internet Radio An internet-based radio station covering a variety of aviation topics with programming 24/7.
- FlyByWire podcast blog Slated to contain flight sim and aviation news, music, reviews, hints and tips, flight of the week.
- Flying with ACE This podcast was started by Alex, a youngster who is sharing his training experience.
- Flying Pilot Podcast "The flying pilot's news and rants," by a captain with a major network airline. News, science, history, and a little music.
- Fly With Me Hear from flight attendants and pilots as they tell what goes on behind the galley curtain (and behind the cockpit door).
- FSBreak This weekly podcast covers Flight Simulator news, reviews, and hardware.
- Gold Seal Live Live, streaming aviation talk radio on the Internet, with a twist - graphics and interactivity. You not only listen to this aviation format show, you see visuals and can ask questions of the guests via a built-in chat window. Two programs are produced: The 25Zulu Show is a 90-minute talk show with live guests that covers a wide range of topics. The Ground School Live show focuses on specific training issues. These can also be downloaded as a podcast.
- The Home Based Travel Agent Podcast A blog and podcast dedicated to the home based travel agent and the journey of learning the travel business.
- Jim N Texas! Jim is a retired U.S. Air Force officer, a member of the Chandelle Flying Club, and has a lifelong love of aviation. Intermixed in his blog, you'll find some podcasts.
- The Learning to Fly....Together Podcast Rob is a certified flight instructor and airline captain for a major airline. Tina is the anxious but eager student pilot who has a few things to teach Rob about "getting a clue". Both have been married to each other for 23 years. Listen in as they teach each other to fly.
- MzeroA Podcast This full time flight instructor provides audio and video podcasts for general aviation pilots.
- NBAA Flight Plan News and information about the business aviation community: developments affecting NBAA Members and the Association's work to advocate for their interests.
- The Pilotcast A podcast series by pilots about General Aviation, for pilots and aircraft owners, and those who want to become pilots.
- The Pilots Flight PodLog - aviation podcast Listen in of the adventures of Pilot Will (formerly "Student Pilot Will" as he flies around with friends and family. Also hear stories of other's adventures in the sky.
- Pilot's Journey Podcast Hosts Stuart Stevenson (a private pilot in north Dallas) and Stewart Stoll (a certificated flight instructor near Fort Worth, Texas) discuss aviation training and the steps involved in maintaining proficiency.
- Pilots-Log A web page and podcast for the discussion of aviation topics ranging from military planes to commercial transports to general aviation. Coverage of new aircraft, fly-ins, airshows, and other aviation related events in Texas and neighboring states.
- Plane Crazy Down Under An aviation-based podcast with a focus on the Asia/Pacific area.
- PodAsia - Matthew Holden An interesting podcast for business and leisure travellers in Asia. Each episode takes you to a different location and offers tips on where to go, what to see, what to eat, and where to stay. Interviews with locals add flavor and more great information for the traveler. [Episodes of this podcast are no longer being produced, but the archive survives.]
- The Private Pilot Recordings that are interesting for aviation enthusiasts as well as pilots.
- rocket.aero This creater of films and DVDs highlighting little known chapters in aerospace history offers podcasts created from DVD and other content.
- RV Pilot Podcast Dedicated to RV pilots and builders, with interesting discussions about experiences building and flying the different RV airplane models from the builders themselves. General and specific topics of interest to RV owners are also covered.
- Skydive Radio This weekly podcast is dedicated to skydiving and offers discussions covering a variety of topics: news, events, dropzones, policies, memorable jumps, history, and any other hot topic related to skydiving. Also, product reviews and conversations with well known skydivers.
- The Student Pilot Flight PodLog Devoted to flying and learning to fly. The podcasts take you through the author's journey towards a Private Pilot's License. Made on a Mac, and you can tell!
- This Week in Travel podcast A weekly podcast covering news, topics and trends in the travel industry.
- Student Pilot Journal General Aviation pilots will enjoy these frequent video podcasts by Greg Summers. They represent "a podcast journal in the life of a student pilot" and contain lots of good video straight from the cockpit.
- The Student Pilot Cast This podcast is the chronical of Bill Williams as he learns to fly and earn his Private Pilot License. You'll find both audio and video episodes, as well as interviews with other pilots and coverage of cool aviation stuff.
- Thoughts From The Flight Deck In this podcast about flying, Pilot Bill talks about learning to fly, general things about aviation on his way to becoming a certified flight instructor, and just seemingly unrelated things that pop in to his mind.
- Tips for Travellers Podcast Advice, tips and recommendations of places, hotels, planes, trains, books based on the first hand experience and research for a book on legends and icons of travel.
- TravelCommons.com A very good travel podcast about airlines, security and the TSA, hotels, frequent flyer programs, travel tech, and a lot more.
- Travel Industry Association of America Podcasts featuring industry professionals on a variety of topics.
- The Traveling Man Podcast This podcast documents the travel adventures of life on the road. Episodes feature travel tips, technology, hotel reviews, and wacky adventures. (Inactive since July 2006.)
- Trends Taste and Travel Captain Cy Emerus is your host for Trends, Taste and Travel podcast. Captain Cy is an actual airline captain who has spent the last 35 years taking travelers to exotic destinations the world over.
- UK Aviation Roundup - Aviation Talk Radio This site is shut down.
- UltraFlight Radio Show The weekly show discusses subjects of interest to the ultralight or sport aircraft pilot: fixed wing, trike, powered parachute, powered paraglider, glider, gyro, and other topics are covered. Also, safety subjects, flying events, and government issues. Weekly email.
- Uncontrolled Airspace: The General Aviation Podcast News and conversation about the world of General Aviation flying. This is hanger flying at it's (sometimes verbose) best with three pilots who are qualified to gab about GA with authority.
- The University of North Dakota AeroCast A series of video/audio training podcasts.
- Upgrd Podcast A weekly podcast from frequent flyers.
Podcasting Resources
- Digital Podcast Helping you find the world's best podcasts.
- Juice This free software, licensed under the GPL, runs on your computer and downloads audio files, usually mp3's, to your computer. Multi-language support for multiple media players. Windows and Mac.
- Odeo Millions of mp3's and 1000's of audio channels - podcasts, music, and more. Listen, download, subscribe
- Podcast Directory Podcast listings from around the world.
- Podcasting News News, articles, directory, forum, gear.
- Podcatcher Matrix A great place to compare, choose, and discuss various Podcatchers and their features. Podcast users can choose the right tool for their requirements, podcast providers can optimize their content for the most popular podcatchers, and podcast developers can check out feature trends and user needs.
What's a Podcast?
From Wikipedia:
"Podcasting" is a web-based broadcast medium. Audio files (most commonly in MP3 format) are made available online in a way that allows software to automatically detect the availability of new files (generally via RSS), and download the files for listening at the user's convenience.
The word "podcasting" is a portmanteau of the words iPod and broadcasting. A podcast is like an audio magazine subscription: a subscriber receives regular audio programs delivered via the internet, and can listen to them at their leisure.
Podcasts differ from traditional internet audio in two important ways. In the past, listeners have had to either tune in to web radio on a schedule, or they have had to search for and download individual files from webpages. Podcasts are much easier to get. They can be listened to at any time because a copy is on the listener's computer or portable music player (hence the "pod" in "podcasting"), and they are automatically delivered to subscribers, so no active downloading is required.
Podcasting is functionally similar to the use of timeshift-capable digital video recorders (DVRs), such as TiVo, which let users record and store television programs for later viewing.