I drive a lot from client to client so I tend to spend a great deal of time on the road. About a year ago I started to listen to podcasts religiously as an outlet for my ever increasing frustration with monotonous radio shows and repeating playlists. Some of the first podcasts I listened to then was BoagWorld, This Week in Tech and some Mac Radio show with two obnoxiously cheesy radio personalities pretending to care about Mac computers but are really just paid to pedal the latest offerings from their sponsors.

Along the way many podcasts have come and gone in my rotation as I grew tired of poor audio quality, lackluster hosts and overall poor choices of material to broadcast. BoagWorld fell by the wayside once it seemed that Paul and Marcus had lost the spark and chemistry they once had, This Week in Tech fell out of favor with me when it became obvious that Leo Laporte was clearly a tech pimp who’s opinions were constantly in conflict between one production and another (TWiT vs. MacBreak Weekly) seemly just to fuel what ever fire would get him the most advertising revenue. Countless other podcasts have come and gone and still do in my quest to find new things to listen to (the fact that I have the choice is what makes podcasts great).

Over the past year though I found a few gems; Spark, Search Engine, The Linux Action Show, The Vinyl Cafe, You Suck at Web Design, Alt Text, Buzz Out Loud, The Hour, and my personal favorite… MacBreak Tech. It’s this last one, MacBreak Tech, that breaks all convention as far as format is concerned. The CBC productions, Spark and Search Engine, are just that… CBC productions. The Linux Action Show and Buzz out Loud follow a familiar news, reviews and Q&A format. The Vinyl Cafe, The Hour, Y.S.A.W.D., and Alt Text are purely for entertainment… But MacBreak Tech? Man, if you are reading this blog then MacBreak tech is for you.

So you are a geek right? Of course you are. You wouldn’t be here if you weren’t. And by default you love Macs (if not than you are really off course and better look at getting your GPS navigation unit fixed). So, Mac geek, imagine passing the water cooler at the office and everyone is taking about Survivor, JailBreak (not the iPhone hacking kind that might interest you) or Grey’s Anatomy and you think to yourself, “Man wouldn’t it be great to hang with a bunch of Mac geeks like me?” MacBreak Tech is exactly that, a bunch of Mac geeks sitting around the proverbial office water cooler talking about the mac geekery that truly interests you. You coming away with a new opinion, perspective or idea and a new trick or tidbit of information that you might not have known previously. MacBreak tech is the ONLY Mac podcast worth anything right now. It is a true gem glistening from the inner depths of my iPod.

I’ve been fortunate enough to have a few email interactions with MacBreak Tech’s main host, PixelCops John Foster, spurred by a comment I posted after listening to one of their particularly interesting podcasts reviewing Path Finder (yes, I am THAT fanboy). Here is a guy that really and truly puts himself into a podcast. He is the same guy behind the scenes as he is in the show, totally approachable with little to no ego about him. A genuinely cool guy… in the geek sense of the word.

If you haven’t done so already, I strongly urge you to go into iTunes and subscribe to MacBreak Tech. You will thank me for it.

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