Sleaze-casting

I've been pondering as to whether there should be a Sleaze Diary podcast. Apparently podcasting is where it is all at these days - the cutting edge of information technology. Or so the media would have me believe. Anyway, just about every radio show on the BBC seems to have a podcast of its best bits. Then there are newspapers - several of the broadsheets have their own podcasts now, ranging from The Guardian's weekly 'Ricky Gervais Show' to recordings consisting of just top correspondents discussing the weighty issues of the day (why not just listen to Today on Radio Four or watch BBC2's Newsnight?). I have no doubt that leading 'down with the kids' politicians like David Cameron have podcasts (probably featuring 'Dave' rapping his latest policy initiatives over a hip hop baseline, accompanied by Dizzee Rascal). Maybe John Prescott has a podcast too, featuring his best shags of the week.

Personally, I'm waiting for Osama bin Laden to join the world of podcasting. He is just so conservative - always issuing his statements via cassette tapes! I mean, he doesn't even have a blog! You'd think he'd at least do that - what better way could there be for him chronicle his daily battle against the Great Satan? Can you imagine the jubilation he'd have been expressing in his September 11 2001 entry? I have no doubt that embracing new technology in this way would help Osama and his organisation connect better with the kids. Right now, the main impression young kids are getting of AL Qaida is entirely negative: suicide bombers, Jihads, Fatwas and ranting middle aged guys with long straggly beards and AK-47s. Not the kind of thing which young people can easily relate to. Now, if they were to present their campaign in the form of a well-designed blog, youngsters would find it far more accessible. An accompanying podcast would be the icing on the cake! Just imagine: all those kids listening to Osama's ten greatest terror ultimatums on their iPods as they skateboard! Radical, dude!

However, none of this gets us any closer to deciding whether to have a podcast for this site and, if so, what form it could take. I suppose the easiest option would be to record some conversations between me and my mates at the pub and issue a weekly highlights podcast. The result would probably sound something like Derek and Clive, but without the wit and possibly less swearing. The alternative - and this is the one I'm keen on - would be a podcast of my weekly top ten farts. These could either be the favourite ones I've let loose myself, or simply ones 've heard in pubs, shops, the street, etc. Of course, it could be tricky, going around with a tape recorder, waiting for people to break wind, but I think it would be worth it. Just think, great farts preserved for posterity! It surely must be worth the risk!