Oh, heart be still — speeches by World Trade Organization are now being podcast. How long have I waited to rollerblade while listening on my iPod-like device to Pascal Lamy muse about sustainable development!
Seriously though — good on the WTO to do start up this service, which was announced today. You never know what sort of content is going to find a home and I’m sure there’s plenty of policy wonks here in Ottawa that will find they’d rather listen to Lamy — he’s the WTO’s director-general and a pretty smart guy — talk about sustainable development while on the morning commute than two sports talk radio jocks moaning about the Ottawa Senators.
I know political junkies who have actually subscribed to the podcasts the Conservative Party distributes (no, not me — never me, dear reader) so they can listen to the Prime Minister speeches. His speech to the House of Commons introducting the Australian Prime Minister is the most recently added podcast.
You know podcasting is definitely going mainstream when the WTO is doing it!
The fact that even organizations such as the WTO are embracing new delivery methods such as this can only be a good thing for everyone.
Yes, I have subscribed to the CPC podcast, but you're not a real political junkie unless you subscribe to Michael Iganatieff's feed and CPAC's Question Period.