Podcasting is a web-based broadcast medium that sends audio content (most commonly in MP3 format) directly to your iPod or other digital audio player. Podcasts are professional-quality Internet radio broadcast, and like blogging and HTML before it, a revolutionary new way of publishing to the Internet has become a new outlet for personal expression. If you have Internet access and a copy of Podcasting Hacks, you can find out how easy it is to listen and make your own Internet audio programs. With Podcasting Hacks, Jack Herrington, a software engineer with 20 years experience developing applications using a set of diverse languages and tools, provides the best how-to of podcasting for anyone looking to get the most from this new medium heat. Since August 2004 (month iPodder.com editor Adam Curry considers the beginning of podcasting), audio blogging has exploded. There are podcasts from the Democratic National Convention in the fall of 2004, and some programs on Air America and NPR are also podcasts. Podcasting Hacks provides expert tips and tools for blogging out loud - for transmitting (and receiving) audio content worldwide with ease.