While Apple's podcasts app comes with every iPhone and iPod touch, there are lots of third-party podcast apps with other features that you may prefer. Once you've gotten your toes wet in podcasting, here are some apps you may want to check out.

Third-Party Podcast Apps

• Castro—US$3.99. Download at iTunes
• Downcast—$2.99. Download at iTunes
• Overcast—Free, with in-app purchases. Download at iTunes
• PodCruncher—$2.99. Download at iTunes

Podcast Suggestions

Interested in podcasts but not sure where to start? Here are some suggestions for popular shows in different categories. Start with these and you'll be off to a good start.

• This American Life (storytelling/news)
• Dan Carlin's Hardcore History (history)
• ESPN Fantasy Focus Football
• Filmspotting (film)
• Fresh Air (news/interviews)
• Hollywood Prospectus (pop culture analysis)
• How Did This Get Made? (film/comedy)
• The Moth (storytelling)
• Selected Shorts (short stories performed by Hollywood actors)
• Serial (true crime/reporting)
• StartUp (entrepreneurship) 
• Welcome to Night Vale (horror/humor)
• WTF with Marc Maron (comedy/interviews)