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What is RSS?

RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

Why RSS? Benefits and Reasons for using RSS:

RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter. The number of sites offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly and includes big names like Yahoo News.

What do I need to do to read an RSS Feed? RSS Feed Readers and News Aggregators

Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use.

A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers.

Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding sites that syndicate content and adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available.

How does RSS apply to Podcasting?

Podcasting is simply distributing audio content using RSS. The process is surprisingly simple, and by making audio content available using RSS, podcasters give listeners more control over what they listen to and when. Also, many podcasts are available for syndication, which increases a broadcasters exposure.

Generally podcasting is helpful for:

Music - (demo's)

Training (instructional materials)

Self Guided Walking Tours

Talk Shows (discussions, commentaries)

Podcasting is simply an RSS feed that contains an MP3 or audio file in the enclosure tag.

How do I subscribe to podcasts?

Download Juice.

Install Juice

Press control + N and paste in the xml url.

* Juice Audio Tutorial

http://www.dot-talk.com/tutorials/JuiceTutorial.mp3

* Access technology specialist Londa Peterson walks you through all of the steps mentioned above

http://www.dot-talk.com/tutorials/TCABPNExplained.mp3

Subscribe to TCAB's podcasts

Below you will find the URL's for TCAB's podcasts which you can paste into Juice or any other podcatcher of your choice. We will be adding more podcasts as time goes on, so check back often. If you would rather download individual recordings, you may do so by visiting the Download Patriot Podcast Recordings or Download Other Podcast Recordings pages.