My Four Pod Casts:

Photoshop:
http://www.podcast.net/show/37350

The pod cast series is called “Photoshop Quick tips [Video],” so obviously it talks about Photoshop. At first I never really thought about Photoshop but then when I heard what it is all about, I have to say I got very intrigued. Afterwards when I was thinking about what I should do for my pod casts, the idea of Photoshop popped in my head. This pod cast has a series of episodes that talks about Photoshop and I listened to the one called “Episode 18: The Blender.” It basically talks about how to blend in different images so you can get a good composition in the end. It takes three pictures and shows you the steps very precisely and clearly. The steps it shows is how to add the effects you desire by blending the pictures, therefore having a complete masterpiece at the end. It is very clear since it has a picture of a Photoshop program and shows you exactly where to click with the mouse. Therefore, all the steps are done right before you eyes causing no confusion. If I was going to change something about this pod cast I would change the fact that it goes by a little bit too quickly not giving enough time for the viewer to do what he/she wants.

Planets:
http://www.podcast.net/show/79937

These series of pod cast are called "Planet Quest - the Search for Another Earth." The one I heard is called "Episode 2: NASA takes a giant step toward finding Earth-like planets" and it is directed by a scientist called, Dr.sobataski. Dr.sobataski explains about NASA's curiosity in whether there are planets around other suns. She explains how on a clear star filled night in a Hawaii execratory in Monakaya, NASA engineers were able to contain the extremely bright light of three different stars down to 1/100th of their original brightness. In doing so this gives scientists the power to study the faint disks around the sun where planets might be forming that were originally hidden by the light. These planets are the ones that are maybe relative to earth and can maybe harbor life. I really liked this pod cast because it was thorough in explaining and was short so you don’t get bored. Also for me it was very interesting to hear about something involving other earth like planets being found.

Arabic:
http://podcasts.yahoo.com/search?p=arabic&c=s

This pod cast was really amusing for me because first of all it was all spoken in Arabic. It talks about what the United States is currently doing to Iraq and has English quotes made by president George Bush. After George Bush says a quote it is translated in Arabic then they discuss the impact that United States is having on the Iraqi country. I found this pod cast to be really interesting but if I were to change something I would change the fact that maybe the talking goes by a little too fast.

Anime:
http://podcasts.yahoo.com/search?p=anime&c=s&s=21

My fourth pod cast is called Anime Plus. Anime plus talks about the famous Laura Bailey and does an interview with her. It explains how she did the voices of many anime characters, like for example she played Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket, Lust in Full Metal Alchemist, and many many more. The pod cast then starts to ask Laura bailey questions to let the audience know more about her. The thing I would change in this pod cast is that it is 55 minutes long and so it tends to get boring. I would make this shorter or maybe break it up into two pod casts but I wouldn’t just put all 55 minutes on one pod cast because then the listener would most probably get bored after the first 30 minutes. However I did like this pod cast in some ways because it talked about Laura Bailey and for some of the voices that they said were made by her, up until now I never knew that she was the one who made them. Therefore it was interesting for me to find that out.