Posted by Bryan J Busch at November 20th, 2005

No, You Don’t Need an iPod

The term “podcast” often scares people into thinking they need an iPod to hear the show, but that’s just not true. Yahoo! Podcasts has a good explanation of what a podcast is and isn’t, but to summarize: you can listen as long as you have a computer. If you want to take it with you, all you need is a device that plays MP3s.

In order to get the show delivered to you every time there’s a new episode, the software (or website, or whatever) you use to listen to podcasts will want this address: http://feeds.theynow.com/theynowcom

If you’re using iTunes, copy that link, switch to iTunes, go to Advanced > Subscribe to Podcast and paste the link in the box that shows up.

I Don’t Want Any New Hardware or Software

Each update will include a direct mp3 download link. You could periodically visit and grab the mp3 from time to time.

Or, if you just want to listen right away, you can use either of the “Play” links included with each show, that look like this: