Today's Halloween show, introduced by Igor the ICANN Troll, focuses on the scariest thing I've seen in a long time: the new Verisign giveaway (blogged here). (iPro Radio 55 / 10 Minutes) Header Music: "This is Halloween" by Danny Elfman.

What's on my iPod? Chances are I'm listening to something that's linked in the "Podrolling" section in the margin. Each entry has three links, in this order: the podcaster's website, the RSS 2.0 feed, and a link to the podcast's subscription page in iTunes.

That purple icon is the iTunes link. Click that icon and, if it's installed, iTunes will open and connect to the linked show's subscription and information page in the iTunes Music Store. (If you don't have iTunes, available here, you'll get an error message.) All of the subscriptions linked in my podroll are free.

P.S. My everyday computer is now running Redhat Enterprise WS (a subject for a future podcast), so I'm painfully aware that iTunes is not available to everyone. I'm experimenting with various Linux podcasting clients though (like BashPodder and iPodder Lemon), so solutions do exist.

In today's show: music by Kevin Johnson, my one year anniversary (almost) of podcasting, and the effect of the proposed new COM registry contract on ICANN's budget. (iPro Radio 54 / 10 Minutes) Header Music: "The Bad Old Days" by Kevin Johnson.

Yes, of course it is. That, and more, on today's podcast. With background links to the ICANN Board resolution, Verisign litigation documents, the current .COM registry agreement, and this post from Byte.org. (iPro Radio 53 / 10 Minutes) Header Music: "Rocks for Dinner" by Kevin Johnson.

"So I got my reading glasses, and I got my reading drink, and I've read it now, I'll tell you what I think...." Words from today's header music to guide the podcast. A second-look at the ICANN-Verisign contracts. A little thinking out loud about ICANN's role in settlement discussions, and the effect of .COM's monopolistic pricing model. (iPro Radio 53 / 10 Minutes) Header Music: "Good for Nothing" by Kevin Johnson.

In today's show, I provide an initial summary of the ICANN-Verisign settlement agreement and make a few preliminary thoughts. I also catch up on some housekeeping and alert ICANN-followers to the category-specific RSS feeds of this weblog. (iPro Radio 51 / 11 Minutes) Header Music: "Blue Line Blues" by Kevin Johnson.

Today's show, podcast number 50,  is a bit of a reflective ramble. Sparked by Charlie Nesson's podcasts, I think out loud about ICANN's future and why many of us were so excited about ICANN at its creation. I also speculate that WSIS arose as response to politicians' fear of the Internet as a disruptive technology for governance. (iPro Radio 50 / 10 Minutes) Header Music: "Shadow in the Way," by Tift Merritt.

Take a look: audio.weblogs.com.

In today's show I talk about yesterday's Strategic Planning Meeting in Marina del Rey (my notes are here, in opml). I also welcome the ICANN Board into town for their two-day "Board retreat" with today's header music and talk a little bit about what a "Post-MOU" ICANN should look like. (iPro Radio 49 / 10 Minutes) Header Music: "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" by Hank Williams, Jr.

In today's show I talk about the ICANN Strategic Planning meetings that start tomorrow in Marina del Rey and note what might happen if .XXX is left unresolved until the Vancouver meetings. I also talk about digital distribution of media and digital residuals for artists and ask for input for a legal forum at the upcoming Portable Media Exposition. (iPro Radio 48 / 10 Minutes) Header Music: "That's How We Do It in L.A." by Lindsey Buckingham.

Today's show has an ambitious agenda, and I don't do justice to any of the items. I'll be attending the ICANN Strategic Planning meeting this week on behalf of the At Large. I note an interesting new ICANN staff appointment and discuss Esther Dyson's view that ICANN is a  legitmate manager of the DNS precisely because it's illegitimate...or something like that. I also give short shrift to this comment on IDNs but promise to talk more about IDNs soon. (iPro Radio 47 / 10 Minutes) Header Music: "The Streetbeater" by Quincy Jones.