What is a Podcast?
A podcast is, at its most basic, a radio-style show that is pre-recorded and available for you to listen to anywhere that you have a connection to the internet, and sometimes even when you don't. At Footnoting History, most of our episodes are each self-contained. This means you can choose which episodes you listen to and in what order, without worrying about missing anything, and if multiple episodes are connected, it is indicated in the titles.
how do I listen?
Conveniently, you can listen to our episodes without leaving this site! To find our most recent episodes, go to the Home page (click here). To browse our older episodes, go to our Archive Page (click here) and then click on the title of the episode that strikes your fancy. If you would like captioned versions of our episodes, our YouTube channel (click here) has those.
Every episode listed on this website has a streaming audio player attached to it. The audio player allows you to listen to the episode on the spot. Here you can see what it looks like:
Every episode listed on this website has a streaming audio player attached to it. The audio player allows you to listen to the episode on the spot. Here you can see what it looks like:
This audio player is for our episode titled "Moe Berg, Baseball's Scholar and Spy". To play it, click on the white triangle in the green circle at the left (make sure your device has its volume on first!)
If you would prefer to listen to the episode when you are not connected to the internet, look at the right side of the player. Beneath the word PodBean, the middle icon is a downward arrow into a box. Clicking on that will download and save the file to your device, and then you can open it at your leisure and listen whenever you would like, without an internet connection.
But what if you don't want to visit us every time you want to listen to an episode? Thankfully, the internet has that all sorted out for you. You can "subscribe" to a podcast, which means that instead of you coming to us, our episodes get delivered directly to you as soon as we have released them.
If you would prefer to listen to the episode when you are not connected to the internet, look at the right side of the player. Beneath the word PodBean, the middle icon is a downward arrow into a box. Clicking on that will download and save the file to your device, and then you can open it at your leisure and listen whenever you would like, without an internet connection.
But what if you don't want to visit us every time you want to listen to an episode? Thankfully, the internet has that all sorted out for you. You can "subscribe" to a podcast, which means that instead of you coming to us, our episodes get delivered directly to you as soon as we have released them.
how do i subscribe?
If you've read this far, it's likely you've decided you to subscribe to a podcast and have it delivered to your device upon release. Excellent choice! To do that, you will need to choose a program (or "app") where you want to listen to your favorite podcasts. Below, we have linked to the Footnoting History listings on a variety of popular podcast playing apps. Each app works slightly differently, so check them out and see which one works best with your device (some may only work for Apple devices, while others are only for Androids, though most are for both) and your personality, then follow the directions they provide for installing the app. The good news is once that is done, you can hit Subscribe/Follow/+ (or whichever other button that service uses) on the listing for the podcast of your choice and you never have to worry again because every time an episode is released it will appear like magic on the app for your enjoyment.
There is also one other option. If this all seems too complicated, or you simply don't want to bother with it, you can click here to sign up for our newsletter and we will email you every time a new episode of our show comes out!
There is also one other option. If this all seems too complicated, or you simply don't want to bother with it, you can click here to sign up for our newsletter and we will email you every time a new episode of our show comes out!
Happy Listening!