When iTunes 4.9 was released, podcasts were exposed to a large potential audience. I subscribed to dozens. Since then, I’ve followed the podcasting industry at a distance over the past few years.

It didn’t take long before the podcasts I subscribed to slowly dwindled off my subscription list due to many contributing factors. I eventually came to a point where I didn’t listed to any at all.

Recently I’ve revived my listening habits and now have a few favorite shows I eagerly await updates to daily, weekly, and monthly.

Macbreak Weekly

MacBreak Weekly is run by Leo Laporte and the team over at TWIT is a weekly show highlighting the best of the weeks happenings in the Mac world.

I thoroughly enjoy listening to the well educated Merlin Mann each week, spilling the latest productivity and workplace tips. I’ve been a listener to MacBreak Weekly since week one, overall it’s my favorite Mac radio show.

The Talk Show

Recently launched, The Talk Show is hosted by John Gruber and Dan Benjamin, both long time Mac fanatics. John Gruber, the more well known of the two is author of the popular Daring Fireball read by over 40,000 on a daily basis.

I still haven’t exactly figured out what the general topic of The Talk Show is, as with each episode, a new topic is explored. In the most recent episode John and Dan are talked about punctuation, while the previous episode they had guest James Duncan Davidson, Apple & O’Reilly Media event photography on the show talking photography.

The Chris Pirillo Show

I only recently discovered Chris Pirillo through my good friend Michael Yurechko. For those who don’t know (like I didn’t), Chris is a former employee of G4 media. He now runs a personal blog, company blog, video show, and broadcasts a 24/7 “lifestream” directly out of his office.

The Chris Pirillo Show is something Chris does multiple times daily, comprising of short 3-10 minute video clips he records from reader questions in his live chat or email inbox, he spends time answering these over video helping people out.

The clips are short, relevant, interesting, and full of knowledge. Chris is a joy to watch in front of the camera and his humerous personality makes for an interesting show. Chris inspired me to start my personal community video show, The Glenn Wolsey Show. (iTunes).

Inside Aperture

As an avid amatuer photographer who loves to get out in the field and shoot, one aspect of photography I find myself struggling through in lack of enthusiasm is post production..that was until I discovered Aperture, Apple’s one stop application for “after the shoot.”

The Inside Aperture podcast is produced by the guys from the Inside Aperture blog over at O’Reilly Media. The infrequent and un-scheduled show has had interviews with pro photographers, and conversations from within the Apple HQ with their Aperture product manager, Joe Schorr.

The Inside Aperture podcast is highly recommended to anyone who runs Aperture, I’m always left with a feeling of inspiration as the show winds down.

Additionally…

Notably, a few other favorites inside iTunes include Diggnation, The MacApper Podcast, The Nick Danforth Show, and This Week In Tech.

What podcasts or video shows do you enjoy or subscribe to?