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Zune’s Best of 2011 Podcasts List

1)  On the Verge (Video)
2)  Here’s The Thing – WNYC
3)  Mohr Stories – Smodcast.com
4)  The Jillian Michaels Show
5)  Freakonomics Radio
6)  StarTalk
7)  This American Life
8)  TEDTalks (Video)
9)  WNYC’s Radiolab
10)  this Week in TECH
11)  The Adam Carolla Podcast
12)  Peter B Collins Show
13)  TERRA: The Nature of Our World
14)  The Nerdist
15)  Onion News Network
16)  We’re Alive – A “Zombie” Story
17)  Girl on Guy with Aisha Tyler
18)  Buzz Report HD
19)  The Rest of Everest
20) WTF with Marc Maron
21)  99% Invisible

Visit the Best of 2011 Podcast page in Zune Marketplace on the PC

The Weekly Download Episode 61 dated Oct 11th, 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: Knockin’ Boots – IGN.com Podcast – 90 min Audio Show – Monthly on Random Days so Subscribe (:39 – 2:38);  Waking from the American Dream – SModcast Podcast – 90 min Audio Show – Every Thursday (2:38 – 5:01);  Tech History Today - TWiT Podcast – 1 min Audio Show – Daily (5:02 – 6:00);  Anything Ghost Show – 40 min Audio Show – Random every two weeks (6:01 – 9:00); Coaching Basketball Wisely Podcast – 20 min Audio Show – Sun or Monday every Two Weeks (9:01 – 11:58);  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 4.8 Media Player software here or on your Windows Phone 7.5. Download the audio file directly here – stream it

The Weekly Download Episode 60 dated Oct 4th, 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:  SModCo SMorning Show Podcast – 90 min Audio Show – M-F (:39 – 2:31);  Vinyl Café Stories from CBC Radio Podcast – 45 min Audio Show – Every Friday (2:32 – 5:31);  I Sell Comics - SModcast Podcast – 60 min Audio Show – Weekly on Random Days (5:32 – 7:17);  Rooster Teeth – 60 min Audio Show – Weekly on Weds (7:18 – 9:07); Geek Friday from 5By5 Podcast – 50 min Audio Show – Every Friday (9:08 – 11:20);  Music: Earth by Ceps.

The mp3 file is 11 MB and runs for a 12 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in the FREE Zune Marketplace 4.8 Media Player software here. Download the audio file directly here – stream it

Zune Insider Episode 134 dated Sept 30th, 2011 of the Zune Insider Audio Podcast is now live and hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Full Show Notes: New “Zune Music Pass” in Canada, and changes in the US (0:00 -9:47);  John Randolph brings the music recommendations, including “Blink-182″, “Nirvana”, and Jason Derulo (9:48 – 15:40);  Movies Ammon Gilbert discusses “Transformers”, “Fast Five”, “Scream 4″, and “Bad Teacher” (15:41 – 19:22);  Erick Roff gives us the TV scoop, which includes “House MD” and “Big Bang Theory” – and “2 and a Half Men” (oh and “It’s Always Sunny” is not a good choice for an 11-year-old) (19:23 – 26:54); Podcast Rob Greenlee (@robgreenlee) recommends 6 new podcasts from Al-Jazeera, with special mention of “The Stream”, “Fox News Flash” Daily Video series and “The News with Jessica” (26:57 – 31:19);  Live Inbox and Twitter (31:20 – 36:09);  An important announcement (36:10 – end). 

Here is the Full Audio Stream from Episode 134 – 39 minutes:

The mp3 file is 35 MB and runs for a 39 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in the FREE Zune Marketplace 4.8 Media Player software here. Download the audio file directly here – stream the audio from Zune.net

The Weekly Download Episode 59 dated Sept 27th, 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:  The Trending Show Podcast – 30 min – Audio Series – Weekly on Sundays  (:39 – 2:40);  Old Time Radio Thrillers Podcast – 30 min Audio Show – Weekly on Mondays (2:41 – 4:43);  Hot Apps – Channel 9 Podcast – 5 min – Weekly Audio Show – Weekly on Tues (4:44 – 6:04);  The Dead Authors Podcast – 40 min Audio Show – Weekly on Tuesdays (6:05 – 7:55);  MommyBeta Podcast – 35 min Audio Show – Weekly on Thursdays (7:56 – 9:42);  Music: Earth by Ceps.

The mp3 file is 7.5 MB and runs for a 10 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in the FREE Zune Marketplace 4.8 Media Player software here. Download the audio file directly here – stream it