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A podcast is a way for you to "subscribe" to a program and listen to it when and where you want. It's kind of like TiVo for radio, with the added benefit of portability.
Once you've subscribed to a program's podcast, your podcasting application checks on a regular basis for new episodes of the program, and makes them available for downloading to your computer.
Learn more about podcasting, software, and where you can find more podcasts from National Public Radio, American Public Media, and others.
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What is a podcast, and why would I want to use one?
A podcast is a way for you to "subscribe" to a program and listen to it when and where you want. It's kind of like TiVo for radio, with the added benefit of portability.
Once you've subscribed to a program's podcast, your podcasting application checks on a regular basis for new episodes of the program, and makes them available for downloading to your computer.
Once you've downloaded the episodes, you can listen to them on your PC, put them on a portable MP3 player to take with you, burn CDs of them... or all three!
Do I need special software to use podcasts?
Yes. There are many available for free. For a complete list of cross-platform solutions, refer to the section at the bottom of this page. We recommend Apple's iTunes for ease of use.
How is a podcast different from the audio archive on the Web site?
1.) Archived audio can be listened to only on your PC directly from the site; the audio can not be downloaded or put on to a portable device as podcasts can; 2.) With archived audio, you find one story or segment and listen to it. With podcasts, you subscribe to a program and get all episodes. You can then choose which ones you want to download and listen to.
If you only want to listen to a particular story, or occasional specific stories, and you don't mind listening on your computer, archived audio may suit your needs just fine.
The main advantages of podcasts are:
1.) the ability to subscribe; 2.) the ability to download the audio file to your computer, and 3.) the portability of being able to put the audio on to a portable device, such as an iPod, and listen wherever you want.
