8. Subscribing and Listening to Podcasts

Podcasts are episodic audio or video series you can add to your iTunes Library for your listening or viewing pleasure. Podcasts exist for just about any topic you can think of and are created by individuals or organizations; for example, almost all radio shows provide their content in podcasts that you can subscribe and listen to in iTunes or on iOS devices. Some podcasts are informative in nature, such as news podcasts, while others are for entertainment.

Most podcasts are provided in episodes. When you want to be able to listen to or view a podcast, you subscribe to it; subscribing to a podcast causes ...

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