Recording Macbook audio on Garageband for a podcast

Me and a friend have started a gaming podcast and I can't work out if I'm able to record audio playing on my Macbook pro directly into the recording.
A basic example would be to play a video on Youtube and have the audio from that record whilst being able to talk over the audio using microphones. It would also be nice to be able to play the audio introducing each segment and not have to worry about dragging the pre recorded files into the timeline.
An alternative would be to play the audio on an ipad and have that record using a mini jack cable plugged into the headphone/mic input on the Macbook.
Can this be done? I don't seem to be able to find anything using Google.
I'm using Garageband 11 (ver 6.0.5)
Macbook Pro 13" Early 2011
OSX Maveriks 10.9.3
Many Thanks

Download a free (great app) called Soundflower, which enables routing audio from one app to another.
When you install this app you get new virtual audio inputs and outputs in your operating system called soundflower 2ch and soundflower 64ch. For most purposes you'd use the 2ch option. Go to system preferences>sound>output and set it to soundflower 2ch.
Now your audio from youtube etc. goes into this virtual output rather than to your speakers or headphones (so you won't hear it just yet). Next in Garageband, open up the preferences dialog box and go to the audio/midi tab. Set the input to soundflower 2ch (now GB is getting the audio sent in from the other end of the soundflower virtual channel) but if you want to hear what's going on make sure the output is set to either headphones port, internal speaker, or something that you'll be able to listen to.
Soundflower is available at
http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/
Have fun!

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