I understand that it costs money to produce these ...

2008-09-19T09:00:00.000-07:00

I understand that it costs money to produce these podcasts and to be able to provide so many services to students from all over the world but I'm a bit disappointed that very little is now available to non-premium users. I used to listen to the Advanced and Media podcasts at Chinesepod but these are no longer available (and I admit I'm not willing to pay a monthly or annual fee to listen to a few podcasts).

I remember when Chinesepod had just started and how everything was free, even the PDFs. I remembered wishing that Chinesepod had been around when I was studying Mandarin as there was nothing like it when I embarked on my Chinese studies. I don't know if Chinesepod is really going to get that many new subscribers now that they've limited access to almost everything. Intermediate and advanced students are certainly going to be worse off and I doubt many of them are going to fork out the money for access to a few podcasts.

It's amazing how many companies have now jumped on the language podcast wagon, not to mention the numerous sister-sites that have popped up over the last few months. The Chinesepod and Japanesepod101 teams are really trying to outdo each other...

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I understand that it costs money to produce these ...