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The podcast is ready and waiting for you. This week we've taken quite a journey. Here are the notes to accompany your audio trip with us this week:

• ´óÏó´«Ã½ Washington gets its on.


• How much do you know about IT in ? You'll know more if you listen closely. Also you can hear about Roland, the blues man who may soon be joining us in the podcast world.


• talks back to America as they head to the polls.


• Got a ? You could learn something!


Next week plunges us into political pods and blogs. Tune in to hear more about how the web looks at the American elections.

If you have seen a blog or heard a podcast that you think we should know about, drop me a line at podsandblog -at- bbc.co.uk I'd love to hear from you.

The notes not the podcast are belated again this week as we shuffle around changing hands here at Pods and Blogs. Here they are for this week:

• Is web 2.0 really dead?! Tech journo and web expert Bill Thompson puts us right.


• How much time do you spend watching short videos online? Chuck Potter is a documentary maker, his new film is called "I want my three minutes back" and he tells us all about the people who make those clips that steal hours from us everyday..


• Mobile phone expert James Whatley dropped in to tell us the latest news for mobiles online.


Very soon I will be putting out a show all about books online. Audiobooks, podcast fiction, publishing online and networked publishing. If you think there is something I should know online or if you can tell me more about how you read online, you know what to do.

If you have seen a blog or heard a podcast that you think we should know about, drop me a line at podsandblog -at- bbc.co.uk I'd love to hear from you.

The notes not the podcast are belated. Here they are. On the segment we featured:

• Blog Action day


• Chris Vallance returns and talks to .


• I found out how walking aimlessly with your phone in hand can help a good cause


If you have seen a blog or heard a podcast that you think we should know about, drop me a line at podsandblog -at- bbc.co.uk I'd love to hear from you.

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• and latest controversy to hit a


• Jamillah spoke to the


• I spoke to Arend Stührmann of Eve Online about

As mentioned on the podcast, the excellent Jamillah Knowles is going to be in charge of Pods and Blogs as I concentrate on iPM, though I'll still chip in the occasional blog post and piece of audio. Please do keep sending in ideas for items to feature in the podcast.

Posted below a YouTube photo essay about Found. Contains some swearing (so don't click if that sort of thing upsets you) and some beautiful photographs.

You can (first broadcast Tuesday). There were a few technical glitches with Rhod's ISDN line that I've edited out.

• did a bit of economic forecasting for us


• Technical problems cut short our chat with the founders of - we hope to hear from them again soon


• A row in Europe after a EU Parliament based press officer was warned about a blog post revealing some confidential information. The reprimanded blogger and found that this was one issue they could agree on


• The inventor of the


• And Jamillah talked to the writer of a rather

That's it for this week, do get in touch with comments thoughts and suggestions for next week. Posted below , well worth watching.