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Greetings, Zune Nation!  Here’s what we’ve got for you for the week of April 26 – May 2nd.

MUSIC

Artist of the Week: The Airborne Toxic Event with their new album, All At Once.   This is the sophomore effort from the band, so the expectations are high.  Have you listened to it yet?  They also performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on the 26th – did you catch them?

Beyoncé is back and all about the girl power with her latest single, “Run the World (Girls)“.  She’s even taking a poll on who runs the world over on her website, so go vote if you’d like to speak your mind on the battle of the sexes.

This week’s Trending Up Artist is the Foo Fighters!  They’ve gone number one with Wasting Light in countries all over the world, proclaiming “ROCK AND ROLL IS NUMBER ONE” via Twitter.  If you haven’t listened to the new album yet – get on it!  It really DOES rock.

We have not one but TWO completely and totally FREE songs for you this week.  The first is “Electric Love” from Dirty Vegas, whose new album of the same name dropped this week.  The second is “New Colors” by the Figurines – be sure to get them both!

Metal rockers Otep are out with their new album, Atavist.  Have a listen to these Ozzfest veterans and see what you think.

Have you checked out what’s Hot This Week yet?  Download this playlist with your Zune Pass and you’ll be ‘in the know’ with one click!

Augustana return with their new – and self-titled – album – listen to what the rockers from sunny San Diego have come up with this time.

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The Weekly Download Episode 43 dated April 26th, 2011 is now live and is hosted by Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
The Weekly Download podcast features audio samples from the hottest podcasts in the Zune Podcast Marketplace and is hosted by Jessica Zahn.  Let us know about a hot new podcast that you may have found and send us an email about it to: askzune at microsoft.com, we might feature it and give you a shout-out.

Listen to the full episode below:

FEATURED PODCASTS SHOW NOTES:  CBS Sports Radio’s The Oddcast with Matt Jones and Gregg Doyel  – 60 min – New Series – Weekly on Mondays  (:36 – 2:18); The Shed Show with Andy Dick Podcast - 100 min Audio Show – Weekly on Tues or Weds  (2:19 – 4:36);  The Meat Locker Podcast –  80 min – Weekly – Every Monday (4:37 – 6:05);  This is My Next Podcast – 100 min Audio Show – Weekly on Fridays (6:06 – 8:15); StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson Podcast – 45 min Audio Show – Every other Week on Mon or Tues (8:16 – 10:50);  Music: Earth by Ceps.

The mp3 file is 8 MB and runs for a 12 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in the FREE Zune Marketplace 4.7 Media Player software here.  Download the audio file directly here - stream it

Zune Insider Episode 113 dated April 22nd, 2011 of the Zune Insider Audio Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and James Chott (forrestmoon)

Here is a Special Zune Insider Video Segment - 22 minutes from episode 113.

Full Show Notes: Jessica is out this week so James Chott is in the house as guest host! (0:00 – 2:25); Zuneinsider.com gets a well-deserved makeover! (2:30 – 5:20) Full House Poker Xbox Live Community Playdate with the Zune Nation, and us! (5:30 – 12:30) James does double duty as co-host and TV extraordinaire bringing TV awesomeness such as Simian Undercover Detective Squad, Boo$ter Gold, and Archer! (15:00 – 21:50); Movies with Marco Desimone with the new Chronicles of Narnia available for rental, Terminator Salvation is back in window, and Dinoshark is coming! (22:00 – 32:35); Rock star and music programmer John Randolph drops in with Plain White T’s in 5 minutes of fame feature, Robyn is still cranking out Swedish pop goodness, and the new Gorillaz album is out! (32:40 – 40:15); Podcast Rob Greenlee (@robgreenlee) recommends the Best of You Tube and an exclusive awesome new brain-bending podcast coming to Zune next week! (40:30 – 46:10). Live Inbox! (46:20 – End).

Here is the Full Audio Stream from Episode 113 – 51 minutes.

The mp3 file is 35 MB and runs for a 51 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in the FREE Zune Marketplace 4.7 Media Player software here.  Download the audio file directly here - stream the audio from Zune.net

Zune Insider Episode 112 dated April 15th, 2011 of the Zune Insider Audio Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Jessica has a new gig and we discuss development methods at Microsoft! (0:00 – 10:25); James Chott drops by to talk about the small screen including Mythbusters and his own private contest! (11:55 – 18:35); Movies with Marco Desimone with Harry Potter mania! (19:00 – 27:50); Chill Paul Pearson drops in with some chap-hop and music madness! (27:55 – 34:09); Podcast Rob Greenlee recommends Tiesto’s Club Life and the NPR BirdNote podcasts, both with a sneak peak sample! (34:20 – End). 

The mp3 file is 27 MB and runs for a 40 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in the FREE Zune Marketplace 4.7 Media Player software here.  Download the audio file directly here - stream it

The Weekly Download Episode 42 dated April 12th, 2011 is now live and is hosted by Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
The Weekly Download podcast features audio samples from the hottest podcasts in the Zune Podcast Marketplace and is hosted by Jessica Zahn.  Let us know about a hot new podcast that you may have found and send us an email about it to: askzune at microsoft.com, we might feature it and give you a shout-out.  FEATURED PODCASTS SHOW NOTES:  NPR’s Latino USA Podcast – 30 min – Audio Series – Weekly on Fridays  (:39 – 2:49); E Online’s Ask the Answer Bitch Podcast - 30 min Audio Show – Weekly on Thursdays  (2:50 – 5:45);  The 90-Second Naturalist Podcast – 2 min – 3-4 times a week (5:46 – 7:03);  Common Sense with Dan Carlin – 60 min Audio Show – Twice a Month on Weds or Thursdays (7:04 – 10:00); The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith Podcast – 60 min Audio Show – Weekly on Friday (10:01 – 11:44);  Music: Earth by Ceps;   Total minutes (12:27)

The mp3 file is 9 MB and runs for a 13 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in the FREE Zune Marketplace 4.7 Media Player software here.  Download the audio file directly here - stream it