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What is a podcast?
How do I use podcasts?
How do I subscribe to The Sounds of Science Podcast from The National Academies?
What is a podcast? Podcasting is a method of publishing audio, video, and other content via a Web site, allowing users to subscribe to a feed of downloadable files. This subscription strategy is similar to that of RSS newsfeeds.
How do I use podcasts?
These feeds can automatically deliver audio broadcasts from The National Academies to your desktop. You can listen to these files on your computer or load them on a digital audio player to take them with you.
How do I subscribe to The Sounds of Science Podcast from The National Academies?
- For iTunes:
- Open this link in your web browser: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=217933572
- If you have iTUNES installed on your computer it will automatically open iTUNES and direct you to the Sounds of Science page.
- If you do not have iTUNES installed on your computer, it will first direct you to install iTUNES before taking you to the Sounds of Science page.
- For other programs,
- Copy this link: http://media.nap.edu/podcasts/naxSoundsofSciencefeed.xml
- Open the program
- Select "Add Feed" (might be called something a little different depending on your program) in the "Edit" or "Tools" (or possibly "File") menu.
- Paste the link within the URL field of the window that opens
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