Not everybody has access to podcasts. No everyboday can afford the hardware, connectivity, or has time to listen. What kind of democratising notion is it if it requires a capital outlay, an understanding of computing, and free time to browse before one can participate? What is the nature of this new media democracy?

Additionally, whilst you reach an international (niche) audience with a podcast, you can’t reach the people in your own street.

Broadcast Your Podcast enables and encourages podcasters to break out of the net and to transmit their podcasts on FM.

BYP units are handmade FM transmitters, following the circuit design of Tetsuo Kogawa. By connecting a BYP unit to your computer or mp3 player podcasts can be transmitted on FM in a radius of about 100 meters.

The idea is to allow people to hear podcasts without the need for expensive equipment or fast internet connections.

BYPs strategy is to distribute these units for free to podcasters so they can extend their practice, reaching beyond the net and into local radio space. If you’re a podcaster, you can request to receive a BYP-unit or read a manual by Adam Hyde, on how to make your own Mini-FM transmitter.

By Amsterdam artist and designer Lotte Meijer. Another of her projects: Blitze Gidsen.