Name: Money Minute
Host(s): Lindsay Davis, Betsy Stark, others
podcast file type(s): MP3
Average File Size(s): 460kb
Average Length: one minute, eight seconds
Format (single concept, multiple concepts, multi-format): Single Concept
Production Quality (excellent, good, acceptable, bad): good
Type of Content (practical content, philosophical content): mixed
Site URL: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/
Feed URL(s): http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=85744881 [again, ABC's entire podcasting section makes no mention of this, so this link works for iTunes only]
Subjective Review:
I hate it when news sources create ‘practical advice’. It just falls short and ends up being sensationalist. What I really want is practical advice and don’t wrap it in ‘end of the world’ sound bites. I listened to these four short podcast bits and am determined to keep moving on to find other podcasts worth my time and your time. This one just lacks content quality. There is some good advice in this podcast, but you have to put on your rubber boots, rain slicker, and heavy gloves to battle the acid rain of generalizations and extreme statements that come with this little podcast. I would not recommend it for the average person.

Context: I listened to the following dated podcasts on 1/30/2008: 1/24/2008, 1/25/2008, 1/28/2008, 1/29/2008.

Name: American Public Marketplace
Host(s): Kai Ryssdal
Podcast file type(s): MP3
Average File Size(s): 13.3MB
Average Length: 28 minutes
Format (single concept, multiple concepts, multi-format): Multiple concepts: introduction summary, news summary, news segments
Production Quality (excellent, good, acceptable, bad): Excellent
Type of Content (practical content, philosophical content): This is a radio show being re-used as a podcast
Site URL: http://www.marketplace.org
Feed URL(s): http://marketplace.publicradio.org/tools/rss/rundown.php?show_id=14
Subjective Review:

This podcast/radio show is only partially oriented towards personal finance. The subject matter tends to vary between business news, personal finance influencing news, and world market news. Its not a podcast for the person looking for very practical day-to-day information, but instead is good for the person trying to keep a big picture view on world financial news. I don’t really enjoy this sort of news program on a personal level because some of the recorded story bits included audio clips and sound bites with no context. It made the credibility of the assertions a little lower to me.

The audio clips between the different segments had some nice music, but that’s probably not the best reason to listen to a financially oriented podcast. A few of the audio segments carried some political persuasion and I would caution various listeners to be discerning if they subscribe.

Context: I listened to the following dated shows: 01/25/2008, 01/24/2008, 01/23/2008, 01/22/2008 in one day.