Internet Audio and Video

Internet audio is typically either realaudio or mp3 format. Realaudio requires the free software realplayer for listening. Mp3's can be listened to with a variety of players, including the free software iTunes. Mp3's can be downloaded for listening on your computer, burned to a cd, or listened to on any mp3 player. Podcasting, a format that is becoming more common, is nothing more than a process by which one can automatically download the mp3 broadcasts of favorite programs. iTunes and ipodderx are both free and allow one to subscribe to podcasts easily. Many of the links on the right include podcast feeds. Pacifica station KPFA has podcast feeds for many programs, including Free Speech Radio News and Flashpoints, here.

Mp3 players are handy for listening to internet audio, as well as your favorite music, wherever you like. But it's also easy to send your computer's audio out through a home stereo, a vast improvement over listening to computer speakers -- this 6 foot cord goes from the headphone jack on your computer to the RCA inputs on your stereo; you might want an extension cable also.

The thoughtful and entertaining radio program This American Life takes on the topic of counting the Iraqi victims of America's invasion in What's in a Number?.

Veteran Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk talks about Iraq, civil war and the prospect of U.S. withdrawal on Your Call radio in November 2005.

Stan Goff made a 30 minute popular education cd on the The Economics of Exploitation. It's a good idea and well worth listening to.

A very compelling set of speeches from Phil Donahue, Naomi Klein, and Seymour Hersh at the "Can freedom of the press survive media consolidation?" conference in May 2005 at University of Illinois.

"Pro Logo vs. No Logo: A Debate on the Role of Corporations in the World" is a debate between Naomi Klein (author of No Logo) and Sameena Ahmad (from the Economist magazine).