You can listen to your favorite talk radio show podcasts at your convenience. But you can do much more: how about using podcasts to learn a foreign language? You can visit the Education category in the iTunes Store Categories directory to download audio podcasts of foreign language lessons. Now you can hear and learn from native speakers in Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, French, and Japanese, as shown in Figure 42-8.
Browse the Government & Organizations category in the iTunes Store Categories directory to find audio and video podcasts from the White House, the Pentagon, or the United Nations, as shown in Figure 42-9.
The News & Politics category of the iTunes Store Categories directory offers video podcasts from major news outlets such as ABC World News or BBC Radio News, as shown in Figure 42-10. You can listen only to those news stories that interest you and skip over the rest.
Browse through the Music category of the iTunes Store Categories directory to download music (for a small fee) and watch music videos of your favorite artists.
Figure 42-10. Major news media sources such as NBC News offer segments of their broadcasts as video podcasts.
With so many different Internet radio stations and types of podcasts from which to choose, you'll never run out of great listening, no matter what type of music or topic interests you. With free access to Internet radio stations and podcasts from around the world, iTunes can turn your Macintosh into a full-fledged stereo, television, and education center.