Tech Talk at ShieldsGroup

I want to subscribe to a podcast, but I can’t find it when I search for it by name with my Android app.

And I can’t find the RSS link.

Sound familiar?

How do you subscribe to an iTunes podcast with PocketCasts?

How do you subscribe to an iTunes podcast with Google Play Music?

You need the RSS link.

But many podcast sites, without intending to do so, hide the RSS link for an iTunes podcast.

Fortunately, there’s a solution.

It’s at this web site:
http://getrssfeed.com/

Here’s how to use it:

1. Go to the iTunes site or SoundCloud site for your podcast and copy the url from your browser.(at the top of the screen).
2. Paste that url into the field at getrssfeed.com and the service will retrieve the public RSS feed of the podcast.
3. Paste that information into the search field of PocketCasts or whatever podcast catcher you use on your Android.

How can you get podcasts on your iPod without a computer?

This is possible, and it’s not hard at all.

1. Open iTunes on your iPod.
2. Select Podcasts.
3. Search for the podcast you wish to follow, e.g. “shieldsgroup” or “curwensville alliance” (minus the “” marks).
4. When the search results come up, select the feed you wish to receive.
5. Choose the episode you want, perhaps the most recent, by either pressing the down-arrow on the right (to download it for later) or the episode name (to stream it right now).

Now that wasn’t so hard, was it?