We’re back to business at Tandem and today we recorded a series of podcasts with Psychologist Jonathan Black, and he recorded one that concentrated on the very topical issue of the psychological effects of the disaster and advice on how to help get back to normal and reassure children, and also what business owners can do to to reconstruct not only their businesses, but their lives.
Jonothan Black’s website is www.farsightglobal.co.nz and he is speaking to Andy Collyer.

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Podcasts are now reaching about half as many people as internet radio does.

Research findings out of the UK has found 31 percent of those surveyed listen to radio via the internet and 16 percent listen to podcasts.

Key Findings of the RAJAR survey:
- 31 percent of adults claim to have ever listened to the radio via the internet, including 29 percent who have listened live (up from 27 percent in November 2009) and 25 percent who have used time-shifted listening (using Listen Again services, up from 23 percent).

- 71 percent of those Listen Again listeners said the service has no impact on the amount of live radio to which they listen; while half said they are now listening to radio programmes to which they did not listen previously. The average user of Listen Again services listened to just under 2 programmes in this way in the previous week.

- Awareness of Personalised Online Radio (POR) increased from 14 percent of Adults 15+ to 17 percent while the number of users of such services has increased from 8 percent to 11 percent. 6 percent claim to use POR at least once a week.

- 15 percent have heard of WiFi radio (a standalone radio set that connects wirelessly to the internet and is able to play any internet radio service) but only 2 percent claimed to own one.

- 15 percent of the adult 15+ population have downloaded a podcast. Almost half (47 percent) of podcast users claim to listen to podcasts at least once a week but only 25 percent of users find the time to listen to all the podcasts they download.

- 74 percent said that listening to podcasts had no impact on their live radio listening habits.

- The typical podcast user subscribes to just under 5 podcasts, and spent about an hour in the last week listening to them. As in previous surveys, comedy and music remain the two favorite genres. -

- 77 percent of podcast users listen to podcasts at home, and 45 percent listen in the car or on public transport.

- Podcasting appears to have a positive effect on radio listening with 36 percent saying that they now listen to radio programs to which they did not listen previously, up from 32 percent in November 2009.

- 13 percent of adults 15+ have ever listened to the radio via mobile phone. Of those, 54 percent select the station using specific FM preset and 14 percent run an app for a specific radio station.

- 20 percent of smartphone owners on the Midas survey (or 1.4 million) have downloaded a radio app and, of those, over half (53 percent) use their radio apps at least once a week.

Read the full blog from Podcasting News – here.

Michael Brown’s Finding the Field has made it through to the second round of the Next Top Spiritual Author competition.

In spite of this competition, aimed at landing a traditional publisher, the printed book is available now, through www.findingthefield.com. The Order Now button takes you directly to the right page on Amazon Books – the only way to get a copy until Michael signs up with a traditional publisher.

You can of course download free podcasts of the book – recorded at Tandem – by clicking here.

Michael has already received some good feedback from readers. Here are some typical comments:

“Up to page 83. Can’t put it down! What a ripper! Congratulations.”
Allanah James, New Zealand

“I sat and read it in one sitting. It is wonderful and will touch a lot of people I am sure.”
Jenny Finlay, Canada

“I loved it!!!!!”
Andrea van Heerden, Australia

“I’ve read no other books that I found to be so profound and compelling.”
Toby Ricketts, New Zealand

“It is really well written! There is so much in there! I will read the book a second time.”
Bjoern Hofmann, Switzerland

“This book is exquisite!”
Deb Stanaway, New Zealand

To vote for Michael’s book – click here. If you voted for Michael in Round 1, voting will be swift and simple (one click on Voter Login). If you didn’t, the system will ask you to register first (click on Voter Registration).

So people can understand why their animals do what they do, a vet in Timaru is sharing his knowledge through podcasts.

The series is called Animals Get Sick Too and Dr Bryan Gregor chats about things like – how to stop your dog chewing things, what breeds are in your cross-bred pet and why your cat sprays around the house.

His podcasts can also be downloaded for free at iTunes. It’s a popular site, and has some good feedback from people who have downloaded them.

It is a programme from the Highfield Veterinary Centre, Timaru, and Dr Gregor invites comments on the podcasts or a question, topic or suggestion for future podcasts – contact him on vetpodcast@gmail.com. You can also listen to the podcasts here.

Here is a sample of his latest podcast:

How to stop dogs chewing……

The Vetpodcast