Podcasting

A podcast is an audio file which, when added to a web site, can be automatically detected and downloaded to your computer or digital audio player (such as an iPod) so you can listen to it whenever you want.

To get set up, download and install podcast retriever software (Juice is a good choice -- you can also use iTunes), then follow its instructions to "add" or "subscribe to" the podcast feeds you're interested in.  (Podcast feeds are URLs -- ours is http://www.mhl.org/teens/audio/teens.xml.)  You can then use your software to check those feeds for new audio files and download them periodically, or whenever you use the "Check for new Podcasts" (or similarly named) function.

For more information, see Wikipedia's article on Podcasting.  For lists of podcast software and podcast feeds, Podcasting News and Podcast Alley are good resources.

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