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The Dire State of Podcast Clients and One Recommendation

Twelve percent of Internet users have downloaded a podcast, according to a Pew survey from November 2006. As more and more public media are using podcasts to make audio and video available over the Internet, the need for a decent podcast client (a.k.a. "podcatcher") increases. I have been carefully monitoring this market for at least a year - and I must admit that it has been a frustrating time. But, I think I finally found an application that has what it takes. I have been looking for a native Windows application to fit my needs, with features like: Automatic downloading of audio and video files to a specified folder. Light on system resources and not interfering with other processes. Free. Stable. Configurable. Intuitive GUI. To my great surprise there haven't been any decent choices out there for the longest time now. I have been trying all of the products out there only to uninstall them again shortly afterwards. To get a glimpse of which clients are popular, let'