More and more San Francisco attractions and businesses are offering podcasts.  Here are a few that are currently available:

1. Barbary Coast Trail
Discover 20 of San Francisco's most important historic sites. MP3 audio tour features period music, sound effects, historic reenactments and maps.

http://www.barbarycoasttrail.org

2. California Academy of Sciences
In each 90-second program, you will hear Academy staff share stories about new research and discoveries and amazing tales of the natural world with Bay Area broadcast veteran Jerry Kay.

http://www.calacademy.org/podcasts/

3. Exploratorium
The 1906 earthquake centennial podcast series includes seismic podcasts where listeners can: separate earthquake fact from fiction with Exploratorium geologist Eric Muller and relive the Loma Prieta quake with photographer, Amy Snyder.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/activezone/media.html

http://www.nisenet.org/podcasts

4. Geogad
Geogad Mobile Tours change your MP3 player into your personal mobile tour guide with voice narration and pictures. It is your personal tour guide to the most interesting places in the world. You take the tour on your own mobile device at your pace on your schedule and in the order that fits your interests. It is all about what works for you.   Best of all, it is completely free.

http://www.geogad.com/

5. Hands on Gourmet
Watch Chef Stephen Gibbs cook food, talk food, and most importantly, share great food with his chef friends and special guests.

http://www.handsongourmet.com

6. Monterey Bay Aquarium
Hear about cool ocean science on the "Aquarium of the Air" podcast. It's part of "Oceans 2006: A Year of Exploring."  New entries are added twice a month.

http://www.mbayaq.org/news/audio_stories.asp

7. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
SFMOMA Artcasts podcast series where artists, writers, curators, musicians and respond to exhibitions and artworks on view at SFMOMA each month.

http://www.sfmoma.org/education/edu_podcasts.html

8. Wells Fargo History Museum
The Wells Fargo History Museum presents historical perspectives, personal stories and modern day connections. The podcast episodes highlight exhibitions and treasures from the corporate archives, as well as interviews with museum visitors, curators and educators.

http://blog.wellsfargo.com/GuidedByHistory/Podcasts/

9.  The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa 
The podcast driving tour is offered free of charge through a link on the hotel's website.  Following the most common driving routes from the San Francisco and Oakland international airports, the tour highlights various destinations along the way while introducing listeners to the rich history and culture of the Bay Area; featuring interviews with skilled commentators, archival recordings, music and narration.  

http://www.fairmont.com/sonoma/audiodrivingtour.htm

10. Stroll San Francisco
Audio tours as fun and entertaining as the City itself, just load into your iPod and start strolling San Francisco.

http://www.strollsanfrancisco.com

11. Taste TV
TasteTV is the food, wine and lifestyle network that covers the incredible culinary scene of the San Francisco Bay Area, including great restaurants, chocolatiers, chefs and wine makers. See it at TasteTV.com or on Comcast On Demand

http://www.TasteTV.com

12. Four Seasons Collection of Contemporary Art
Discover the artistic process as you learn more about the Four Season's highly acclaimed Millennium Partners Collection of Contemporary Art, viewable in the public areas of the Four Seasons Hotel on the first and fifth floors.  Four Seasons Artwork Podcast includes interviews with several of the featured artists and will be offered as a complimentary service to guests and to the public. 

www.fourseasons.com/sanfrancisco/art/podcast

13. AIA San Francisco
AIA San Francisco's first podcast series, ArchCasts, is part of a public outreach campaign to help demystify and explain the design process to the general public.  ArchCasts feature Bay Area architects in conversation about issues of relevance to architecture and design.

http://www.aiasf.org/Programs/Public_Programs/ArchCasts_Podcasts.htm

14. Best of Broadway
For sneak peek of the new 2008-2009 Best of Broadway season, please visit SHN at http://www.shnsf.com/.

Also, to experience what goes on backstage at SHN shows, go to http://shnsf.com/podcast/index.asp and listen to Backstage, the SHN podcast series, to hear interviews with members of the creative teams or actors for all SHN productions. SHN is the pre-eminent theatrical entertainment company in San Francisco and owns and operates the Curran, Orpheum and Golden Gate Theatres-San Francisco's premier theatrical venues. SHN's Best of Broadway theater series provides Bay Area audiences with pre-Broadway world premieres, original Broadway cast productions, award-winners and current hits fresh from Broadway.

For information on all SHN shows, please visit shnsf.com.