A podcast is an audio file (usually MP3s) that are available for downloading online. You can download it to your computer using special software that plays podcasts, or download it to your personal digital audio player (iPod, iriver, Creative Zen Touch, etc.).
Podcasting is like "radio on demand"—you listen to what you want, when you want to hear it. Your computer software or your digital audio player will automatically update the podcast so you always have the most recent version.
If you want to listen on your computer, you need to download and install podcast subscription software to your computer.
You can use the latest version of Apple's iTunes (which has the software built in), or other services such as Juice (formerly iPodder) to manage your podcast subscriptions.
To download a podcast to iTunes 6, go to Advanced > Subscribe to Podcast > and then put the URL of the podcast into the box.
If you want to listen to a podcast away from your computer, you will need to transfer them to a portable media device. Check the podcast software you're using for instructions on how to do this.
After you've downloaded podcast software, just copy the URL of the podcast you want into your podcast software (e.g. iTunes, Juice (formerly iPodder). See the list of all RFA podcasts.
If you have a problem, question or comment about an RFA podcast, please contact RFA technical support.
Read more about podcasting at Wikipedia.
Podcast Feeds
Podcast resources
Podcast software
