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Podcasts have become as much a part of pop culture as radio and television. Many of us watch or listen to several a week from mainstream broadcasts like NPR to small blogcasts. Once you are hooked on podcasts (whether it be audio or video), the question becomes “how do you manage them?”

The easy way is to subscribe to your favorite podcasts in iTunes and sync regularly. The easier way is to get Mediafly and not worry about syncing to iTunes. You can describe Mediafly many ways including media aggregator, podcatcher. Let’s take a look at the basic concept and functions of Mediafly first.

Signing up for a Mediafly account is free. Free is almost always good, and in this case it is very good indeed! Once you’ve signed up for your free account, you can start sifting through the website’s featured shows. Featured shows include the various WSJ podcasts, Discovery Health, Mighty Mommy, CNN, NPR, MSNBC, 60 minutes, AMPed, VH1, and many more. You can listen at your leisure, or subscribe to any of the episodes or shows from your Mediafly controls. There are a lot of options here, and it can take time to figure out exactly what to do. On the bright side, it is fun and well worth the effort.

Once you’ve signed up for an account, you set up your channels. Medafly has a decent lineup of channels, nicely divided into categories like tech, music, etc. If you’re looking for streaming radio…look elsewhere. What you’ll find under the music channel heading are podcasts about music and the recording industry.

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