KCPW Podcasting

What Is A Podcast?

A podcast is a way to download the latest programs and news to your computer - automatically. You will need free software to choose the podcasts you want to grab. Once installed, your program will automatically download updated content via the internet. You can subscribe to as many podcast feeds as you like. You can then listen to the podcast whenever you want from your computer or a portable media player.

Note: Our audio format is MP3 - you will need an audio player capable of playing MP3 files to use our podcasts. Windows Media Player, Quicktime, iTunes and many others are compatible with the MP3 format.

KCPW offers podcasts of many different programs, news features and program segments. Our menu of podcasts will be growing in the weeks and months to come.

You need three things to get KCPW's podcasts:

• A computer
• An internet connection
• Free podcasting software

How Do I Get KCPW's Podcasts?

Download KCPW's free "Pubcatcher" program to automatically subscribe to KCPW's podcasts and NPR programming.

KCPW Pubcatcher is pre-loaded with links to KCPW Podcasts as well as a wide variety of public radio podcasts from NPR, PRI, the BBC and many more. Subscribe to the ones you want - ignore the ones you don't!

How Do I Use KCPW Pubcatcher?

Select the Feeds Directory tab to view the directories. Click on "KCPW Podcasts" to view all of our feeds. "KCPW Picks" are some great podcasts chosen by our own staff. The "Public Radio Podcasts" directory contains dozens of superb programs and segments from around the globe.

To add a feed, simply select the link and click the "Add" button at the top.

Scheduling: Click on the Subscriptions tab and select the feed you'd like to schedule. Click on the schedule button to set Pubcatcher to check and download new feeds automatically and schedule it to happen hourly, daily, weekly, etc.

Players: Under file--> preferences, click on the "Player" tab and choose a player where your downloaded audio files will play. If you choose iTunes: after a podcast successfully downloads, your file will be moved to your library and iTunes will automatically open. If you choose Media player: Right-click on the downloaded file in Pubcatcher and select "play episode in Mediaplayer." Your mediaplayer will then open and play the audio.