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How do I subscribe to a podcast?
You will need an internet connection; and a piece of podcast software or an RSS feed reader (see Related Links).
How you subscribe will vary depending on which software you have chosen. Three pieces of software popular with BBC users are iTunes, Juice and Doppler.
You can also subscribe using a web-based “feed reader” such as My Yahoo or Google Reader. These work in a similar way to the podcast software but are online rather than application-based and you need to have an account - they're usually free and easy to set-up but you will need an email address.
To subscribe the first thing you need to do is add the "feed" of the podcast to your software (or online reader). The feed is where the software will go to each time it wants to check for a new episode.
You can find the feed for any BBC podcast in the orange subscribe box. The feed will start with "http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/..."
BBC Subscribe box
You will need to copy this feed address and paste it into your podcast software. How you do this will depend on your software, but you should look out for buttons or links that say "Add" or "Subscribe".
Alternatively, some software and readers provide one-click subscription. At the moment, the BBC provide quick links for iTunes, Zune, ZenCast, My Yahoo and Google Reader - just click the relevant one-click subscription button.
The software will do the rest.
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