A podcast is a series of digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers. The term podcast, like broadcast, can refer either to the series of content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated

Podcast episodes on various websites can also be listened to from your web browser by pressing the play button or you can subscribe to them so that they are downloaded to your computer automatically whenever a new episode is published. See the list of syndication feed software below that will you to do this. 

Not a complete list by any means, the travel podcast links below are representative of the type of podcasts available. 

Weekly radio segments on "All Points West", a CBC Victoria show heard every Friday from 4:00 - 6:00 PM.
Tourism BC podcasts

A travel podcast for people who love to travel. It focuses on travel stories with a dash of travel news, travel tips and travel resources. Seasoned with humor and served weekly.
The Amateur Traveler 

Oceanside Tourism's Luba Plotnikoff joins Dave Graham with updates on events Fridays at 8:40 am through the summer. You will also find a selection of other radio shows that highlight attractions and events throughout the Parksville and Qualicum Beach region of British Columbia, Canada.
Parksville and Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island 

The Lonely Planet podcast series. You can subscribe to their podcasts using a podcast client (such as iPodder or iTunes) That way whenever they publish a new podcast, your computer will download it for you automatically!

The Digital Podcast website has dozens of travel podcasts from around the world.

 This is a list of Syndication Feed software that allows you to subscribe to podcasts or blogs. 

• Akregator (KDE/Linux)
• Apple Mail (Mac OS)
• Attensa for Mac, (Mac OS)
• Attensa for Windows, (Windows)
• Blam! (Linux)
• BlogBridge (cross-platform)
• BottomFeeder (cross-platform)
• Feedreader, (Windows)
• Feedview, a Firefox extension (cross-platform)
• FeedDemon (Windows)
• FeedBeast (Windows)
• FeedGhost (Windows)
• Hubdog (Windows Mobile)
• Juice (cross-platform)
• Liferea (Linux)
• Mindity (Windows)
• mDigger (Windows/Mac/Windows Mobile)
• Mozilla Thunderbird (cross-platform)
• Microsoft Outlook 2007 (Windows)
• Internet Explorer 7 (Windows)
• NetNewsWire (Mac OS)
• NewsAccess (Mac OS)
• Newsbeuter (Linux)
• NewsBreak (Windows Mobile)
• NewsFire (Mac OS)
• NewzJournal (Windows Vista)
• Omea (Windows)
• Opera M2 (cross-platform)
• RSS Bandit (.Net)
• RSSOwl (cross-platform)
• Safari (Mac OS)
• Sage, a Firefox extension (cross-platform)
• Snarfer (Windows)
• Thinfeeder (cross-platform)
• Vienna (Mac OS)
• Windows Live Mail (Windows)