Idaho Sen. Larry Craig starts first senate podcast

Idaho’s Sen. Larry Craig is using a new medium to distribute his biweekly Washington Report.

Craig is the first U.S. senator to have a podcast through the iTunes music program. Podcasting refers to a method of distributing audio files via the Internet. People can download podcasts to their computers or portable audio players such as Apple’s iPod and listen to them at any time instead of using streaming audio over the Internet.

Craig has already started offering a three- to five-minute biweekly program last week. It is the audio version of a video he distributes to public access television stations, Spokesman Dan Whiting said.

By Karin Kowalski
Times-News writer

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Michigan Governor Delivers Her First Podcast

On August 5th, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm highlighted recent international investments in Michigan in her new weekly radio address and podcast.*

"This weekly radio address gives me an opportunity to talk directly to the citizens of Michigan about what their government is doing to improve their state for them," said Granholm. "From our efforts to reshape Michigan’s economy and give every child the opportunity to attend college, to our state programs that are protecting children or offering lower-cost prescription drugs, I want the people of Michigan to know about the great work we’re getting done on their behalf."

The Governor’s weekly address will be released each Friday at 10:00 a.m. and may be heard on broadcast stations across the state through an affiliation with the Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB).

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