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radio ver. 2.0

I’m new to podcasting, so forgive my spurting enthusiasm. DailySonic (iTMS) — it’s like radio you can pause. And not hear the same thing repeatedly. And rewind the DJ when he announces the song title and band, but you didn’t quite hear it the first time. Now if I can figure out how to get iTunes to play nicely with podcasts that haven’t necessarily benefited from Apple’s seal of approval, such as Warren Ellis’s SuperBurst mixtapes (RSS) life will be grand.

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  1. Under the Advanced menu, choose Subscribe to Podcast and enter the appropriate URL. In the case of Ellis' Superburst Mixtape that would be http://warrenellis.libsyn.com/rss.xml.

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  2. Grr. Didn't mean that to be anonymous. Need coffee now!

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