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The Pods and Blogs podcast is raring to be heard. Chock full of online interest and this week bringing tech to mainstream places.

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News media changes have been on the agenda. I popped into to talk to innovators from the , the and . Thanks to those of you who joined in the discussion via Twitter and email with your thoughts on the possible future for news.

Reporting from the field is also changing. is a freelance journalist who uses many new media tools to add to his kit in the field.

For the well travelled - or even those with the wanderlust, could be something you want to get involved with. Where's the greatest place on earth to stand? You decide.

When starting your business online why begin with a regular web page when you can create a presence with your own social network? The is doing just that and hoping to generate ideas with their audience to tailor their art.

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'Til next week!
Jamillah

Apologies this week for a rather stuffy presentation of Pods and Blogs. I've had a cold, but nothing will stop me bringing web highlights to you, so long as you can forgive the odd snuffle and husky reply.

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Guatemalan social media and beyond has been somewhat surprised by the arrest of Jean Anleu. The IT worker was arrested under the law against "incitement of financial panic". How responsible should we be for our short messages online?

Congressman Mariano Rayo in Guatemala told me more about the law that brought about the arrest and Wilmar Mejia chatted with me about Twitter instead of tanks in a country that has seen plenty of social and political upheaval.

The buzz online has been loud as Wolfram Alpha finally saw it's launch. Twitterers and bloggers have been discussing how useful they think it might be. I snatched a moment with Conrad Wolfram, the managing director of Wolfram research Europe who is also Stephen Wolfram's younger brother - the man who imagined and made Mathematica and .

Somewhere in Scotland, a 13-year-old student is running an online newspaper that rivals most professional publications. I had a chat with Scott Campbell of Net News Daily. At some point I am sure many journalists will be considering him for employment.

Another new kid on the block. Ever wanted a definitive answer as to whether your photographs are any good? Professor James Wang at the college of information sciences and technology at the Pennsylvania State University is developing a system called . With enough testing it should have a qualified opinion that will seem like aesthetic judgement.

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'Til next week!
Jamillah

Fresh out of the radio oven, thePods and Blogs podcast has been posted and is waiting for you to listen.

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Journalism is changing, not a new idea but one that many bright thinkers are considering. In Birmingham, brought a lot of those thinkers together to try and look at the situation and discussion solutions for creative and talented people who may be facing job cuts in the business. Paul Bradshaw is the organiser and he explained his vision of the near future.

More traditionally people think this will mainly affect photographers and writers, but there's a lot more to your local paper so I caught up with a couple of cartoonists. Matthew Buck and Alex Hughes also of the were also kind enough to lend me a couple of their great pictures to show off on our page this week.

Chris Vallance returns this week to Pods and Blogs. He has spent some time with another web legend, Phil Zimmermann.

Had your head in a freezer lately? No, me either - but a lot of people have and can be found online showing the world. The man behind this rather odd movement is . Though this alone is not really his aim, he does have a lot of interesting things to do on his blog.

Thanks to FoxyCoxy on Flickr for his freezer pic.

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'Til next week!
Jamillah

Outtakes

Much as we strive for perfection on Pods and Blogs - turns out wer're only human after all. Here's a few outtakes from last week's show.

Ready and waiting for your listening pleasure, the Pods and Blogs podcast is up and running with a fresh and tasty edition.

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Can online activity affect the possibility of a pandemic? Marcel Salathe is studying epidemics at Stanford university. He explained how they hope to take the temperature of people online with a that should show us more about the links between online networks and real life reactions.

India has taken to the polls. The online reaction this time is revealing how the nation is developing digitally as well as making political choices. joins us to look at the future for India online and what the electronic reaction to these elections can show us.

Chris Vallance returns this week to Pods and Blogs. He's been hanging out with online royalty and chats with crypto-legend .

Treasures abound online from cultures afar and times long ago. The goes live and Matt Raymond of the Library of Congress walks us through the collections.

Robot uprising you say? How about hearing that from the mech mouth? Number 29 of the takes some time out from planning the end of humanity to chat to me about why the future with robots could be a bumpy ride.

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

'Til next week!
Jamillah