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Longing for the days when commercial radio was local, or at least interesting? Try going online and downloading a few podcasts to your iPod, laptop or MP3 player. These audio files contain all manner of talk and music. You can even find religion -- the Panton Community Baptist Church now offers podcasts of their Sunday services. Thanks to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds, you can subscribe to your favorites -- like Burlington's Friday Coffeeblogging, featured recently in BusinessWeek magazine -- and get the latest episodes in your inbox, a la TiVo. If you don't already use RSS, or you haven't hopped on the blog bandwagon quite yet, you'll have a little catching up to do before you're podcast-compatible. Podcast Alley -- www.podcastalley.com -- is a good place to start. Technophobes, take heart -- listening to and recording these DIY productions will only get easier.
--Cathy Resmer