I've been working on something in secret for the past few weeks, and I'm thrilled to finally share it with you: the In the News podcast. On Friday, April 10, 2009, I debuted the first In the News post on iPhone J.D., taking a look back at the news of note from the prior week. There have been many more since then; this past Friday, I published the 578th such post.
The new In the News podcast builds upon that idea. Every Friday, after my weekly post is published on iPhone J.D., Brett Burney of Apps in Law and I will discuss three of the top stories in the news that are significant for attorneys and other professionals who use Apple mobile technology, such as the iPhone and iPad. Often, those will be three of the topics addressed in my Friday post, but that might not always be the case. At the end of the podcast, we have a segment called "In the Know" in which Brett and I each share one pick of the week: an app, a technique, a website, etc.
The podcast will typically run about 30 minutes or less, and the plan is for the podcast to be published in the middle of the day on Friday. Thus, each new episode should be ready for you to listen to it during your commute home on Friday or over the weekend.
The episode that will come out this Friday is actually our third episode because we recorded test episodes on May 14 and May 21. The first two episodes are now available if you want to turn back the clock and listen to them. For example, during the second episode, I mentioned that my new iPad Pro was out for delivery, and then it showed up at the very end of the podcast. Of course, you now know what I think about that new iPad because it was the subject of the review I posted on Monday.
The website for the podcast is inthenewspodcast.com. You can listen to episodes on that website if you want, but I believe that you will enjoy the podcast more if you subscribe using your podcast player of choice on your iPhone, such as Apple's own Podcasts app, the Overcast app, the Spotify app, etc. Here are links that you can use to subscribe in many popular podcast apps:
- Apple Podcasts
- Overcast
- Spotify
- Castro
- Pocket Casts
- Amazon Music
- Sticher
- Podcast Addict
- Castbox
- Podchaser
- Deezer
- Player FM
- Podcast Index
- Podfriend
- RSS Feed
I suspect that most people will listen to the audio version of this podcast. That's how I myself listen to most podcasts. But sometimes, when I listen to an audio podcast and there is also a video version available, I will switch from the audio to the video when I want to see what the hosts are talking about.
You can do the same thing with the new In the News podcast because Brett is creating video versions of each podcast. And he is doing an amazing job with them. Brett has been producing videos for his Apps in Law website for a long time. He has also published numerous video tutorials over the years, such as his iPractice on an iPad course back in 2017 and his more recent TextExpander for Lawyers course. Brett knows so much more than I do about creating excellent (and fun!) video content, so I love that he is doing this.
For the video version of the podcast, you can see both me and Brett on the side of the screen. In the main part of the screen, Brett shows off webpages or other content, giving you the chance to see what we are discussing.
There is a link to each video podcast on inthenewspodcast.com. Also, you can find the video episodes on the YouTube page for the In the News podcast. I suspect that some folks will want to watch the videos every week, and others will listen to the audio podcasts every week and then look at the videos from time to time. However you want to do it, both versions will be available for every episode.
In addition to subscribing in a podcast client or on YouTube, you can follow the In the News podcast on Twitter and Mastodon to get updates of new posts.
As you can probably tell, I'm incredibly excited to launch this podcast. In part, that is because I always enjoy discussing these topics. But what makes me most excited about this podcast is the opportunity to team up with Brett. We've given numerous CLE presentations together over the years, so I know that we will be great co-hosts. Both Brett and I have a long history with technology, especially legal technology. We both started using computers in the 1980s — I used the Sinclair ZX81 and then the Commodore 64 before I purchased a Mac Plus in college, and some of Brett's earliest computers were the TRS-80 and Compaq computers. Brett did tech support during college and got involved with legal technology when he was in law school in the late 1990s. He loved doing that so much that he pivoted from practicing law to becoming a legal technology consultant in 2002. Thus, Brett has been helping lawyers to get the most out of their technology for about two decades, and he was even Chair of the 2015 ABA TECHSHOW. And finally, while both Brett and I know lots about using PCs and Macs in a law practice, we both love using Apple mobile technology, especially the iPhone and iPad.
Whether you have been listening to podcasts every day for years or you are new to the world of podcasts, I encourage you to subscribe to this new podcast and watch episodes on YouTube. I think that you will enjoy what we are doing.