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Podcast
— what's that?
A podcast is a
radio show in the form of a MP3 file that can be downloaded to your
computer using free “podcatching” software. So you never miss an episode,
podcatching software can be set up to automatically download the latest
programs. Once delivered to your computer, podcasts can be listened
to using freely available audio player software. No further hardware
or software is needed to listen to podcasts on your computer.
For on-the-go listening,
podcasts can be transferred from your computer to a portable digital audio
player such as an iPod or iAudio player.
In short, podcasting is
radio on demand, when and where you want it.
How do I get started?
Where
do I get podcatching
software?
I’ve
installed a podcatcher —
what next?
How do I listen
once I've subscribed?
More
information
WDFH podcasts
Podcasts of other shows
carried on WDFH
How do I get started?
To begin receiving
podcasts, you’ll need
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a computer connected to the internet,
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free podcatching software,
and
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audio player software
capable of playing MP3 files.
Where
do I get
podcatching
software?
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Juice (formerly known as Ipodder) is a free
and easy-to-use program for Windows,
Mac OS X, GNU, Linux, and FreeBSD. |
For other podcatching
software, try these links:
I’ve
installed a podcatcher —
what next?
“Subscribe” to the
podcast you’re interested in by copying the URL (web address) listed below
and pasting it into your podcatching software.
Hint: The URL for a podcast starts with http:// and normally
ends with .xml
If you’re using Juice,
go to the “subscriptions” tab and click on the “add new feed” button,
shown as a “+” symbol. Paste or type the
URL into the blank “URL” field and click save.
Subscriptions
to WDFH podcasts are free.
If
you're using Juice, you can receive podcasts automatically
by going to the “scheduler” under the “tools” menu. To
receive podcasts manually, go to the “subscriptions” tab and click on the
“check for new podcasts” button.
How do I
listen
once I've subscribed?
A
free
audio player software application such as
Windows Media Player,
Winamp,
Real Player,
Quicktime,
or the ad-free, unobnoxious
Real or
Quicktime alternatives will play audio files on your computer.
(You need only one audio player, and it may already be on your computer.
If not, you can try one of those listed.)
Simply click on the received podcast and
your audio player software will begin playing
the podcast.
If you
want to to listen while you're away from your computer,
you can easily transfer your received
podcasts to a
portable digital audio player such as an iPod or iAudio player.
More information
Get more information
about podcasting from
Wikipedia.
WDFH Podcasts:
IN FOCUS
WDFH broadcasts an
ongoing series of local public affairs interviews with Gary Cahill,
publisher of The Gazette. Gary speaks with WDFH news hosts Jane
Botticelli and Vince Polywoda about issues affecting Ossining and our
surrounding communities.
Copy and paste, or type, the following address (URL) into your podcatcher to subscribe to In
Focus:
http://wdfh.org/infocus.xml
Note: If you go to this address in your browser, you may
see an unreadable mess — it's not meant to be "human-readable," as
they say. But if you copy the address into your podcatcher, the
software will know what to do with it.
RECOVERY TALK
WDFH's weekly half hour
program on issues surrounding recovery, with veteran journalist Robyn
Leary.
Copy and paste, or type, the following address (URL) into your podcatcher to subscribe to
Recovery Talk:
http://wdfh.org/recoverytalk.xml
Podcasts of other
shows carried on WDFH (note: these are not links; you should copy these
addresses into your podcatching receiver software)
THIS WAY OUT
http://feeds.feedburner.com/SeriesPodcastThisWayOut
COUNTERSPIN
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=29&rss_content=counterspin
MAKING CONTACT
http://www.radioproject.org/rss.xml
DEMOCRACY NOW!
http://www.democracynow.org/podcast.xml
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS
http://www.fsrn.org/podcast.xml
Note:
Because of current copyright law, we do not provide podcasts of our music
programming.
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