What is a Podcast?
A podcast is an mp3
audio file that you can download to your desktop and play with
any number of free media players such as Microsoft's Windows Media
Player, Apple's Quick Time player or iTunes, or the Real Media
Player. If you want, you can put podcast audio files on a portable
mp3 player such as Apple's iPod.
You download podcasts with free software that works very much like an RSS newsfeed aggregator.
One piece of podcast software that works on Windows, MacOS and Linux is Apple Computer's iTunes 4.9
For more general information on podcasts, visit the following Web sites:
Wikipedia Free Online Encyclopedia
How Do I Get PA AFL-CIO Podcasts?
1. Download Apple's iTunes and install it on your computer. iTunes is free of charge.
2. Start iTunes. From the "Advanced" menu choose "Subscribe to Podcast" and enter the following link:
http://paaflcio.org/media/aflciopodcasts.xml
and click the "OK" button. iTunes will automatically add the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO podcast subscription to your podcasts list.
3. To download a PA AFL-CIO podcasts click on the triangle next to the PA AFL-CIO podcast title in iTunes. You will see a list of available podcasts. Click on the "get" button to download an individual podcast to play.
Once you enter the subscription URL, everytime you run iTunes you can download the latest podcasts from the PA AFL-CIO .
Do I Have to Use iTunes to Play mp3 Podcasts?
No. There are other programs that will work. We are recommending that you use iTunes because it is free, easy to use and is available for Windows and Mac.
What Can I Do With Podcasts?
Once you have downloaded podcasts to your computer you can burn them to a CD that you can share with friends, co-workers and others who you might feel would be interested in the podcast content.