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Getting Started - Podcast Basics

Podcasting lets you automatically receive the latest episode of your chosen programme as soon as it's available. You can "subscribe" to a podcast, rather like you might subscribe to a magazine and get it delivered each week. An important difference is that all of the BBC's podcasts are free, and you can stop receiving the files at any time.

Try BBC Webwise's interactive guide to podcastingInterested in listening to some podcast from the BBC, but don't know where to start? Don't worry! We've put together a Beginner's Guide to Podcasts which should help you get going in no time at all.

What's more, BBC Webwise provide an interactive introduction to podcasting, presented by Julia Bradbury. Click here to get started.
Below, you will find answer to some of the most frequently asked questions about downloading or subscribing to podcasts.



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