Searching for Podcasts.....and Some Griping

I decided to search for podcasts using itunes, since I already have it on my computer. I've actually never used it to search for podcasts, so it was a new experience. I am an avid fan of NPR, so I looked through their list of NPR podcasts first. I like the convenience of podcasts. You can listen to your favorite show whenever you want. I know I hate it when I can't hear the last few minutes of a program because I have to get out of the car for one reason or another and it would be easy to listen to the rest if you got a podcast. We have definitely come a long way from the days when you had to order a transcript of a show to revisit something you had missed or something you really liked.

I also attempted a search with Podcast Pickle, simply because the name got my attention, but I didn't really like it. I can't explain why. I could see that there were some podcasts there--including downloadable audio books, which I don't think really count as podcasts--which you had to pay for. The site just wasn't appealing to me, so I didn't look at it for long. It seemed a little disorganized to me, though you did have the option of limiting the podcasts by genre.

Podcast Alley seemed too focused on the supposed "best" podcasts and the search box was small and strangely placed. It took me a while to see it, which I don't think is a good thing.

I liked itunes the best of the three podcast searching tools I tried and found an NPR program to subscribe to. I think would also tend to go directly to the sites for certain networks, organizations, programs, etc. to find a podcast. I guess I like to make things difficult for myself. : )