Want to listen to your favorite radio shows and audio programs anytime? Just subscribe to the podcasts you want and iTunes takes care of the rest. Updates occur automatically. New episodes appear like magic. Podcasts sync to your iPod as soon as you dock it. Fast. Easy. Free. Podcasts on iTunes.

Get Podcasts, Served Fresh Daily

Find your favorites from the Podcast Directory on the iTunes Music Store — shows from big names such as ABC News, ESPN, KCRW, WGBH and more — subscribe free and voila! iTunes automatically downloads each new episode as it becomes available. Yes, you heard right. Every podcast on the iTunes Music Store is free. With the click of a button, you get the most recent episode — and all future episodes — automatically delivered directly to your iTunes Podcast Library. To download new episodes, just click the Get button. It’s that easy. Play everything in order or listen to a single episode — Wednesday’s scathing talk show installment, this week’s movie reviews, last month’s weblog entry — whenever you like. View podcast title, category, time, release date and description. You can even add options like rating, category, date added and play count. Everything you want to know about your podcast appears front and center.

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Find podcasts fast and refine your search with the new Search Bar.

Choose Your Views

Oh, what a dilemma. Now that you can find thousands of podcasts all in one place, how ever will you decide what to download? Call it kid-in-a-candy-store syndrome. Let the iTunes Music Store help. Browse podcasts in 20 categories — from arts and entertainment to politics to comedy — complete with descriptive summaries and the podcast equivalent of album art. Once you find a podcast that piques your interest, just give it a listen. Not just a sample, mind you. You can listen to the entire podcast before you decide to subscribe.

Make a Request

If you can’t find a podcast in the Podcast Directory on the iTunes Music Store, never fear. You can subscribe to virtually any podcast in the known universe by dragging its URL into your podcasts library, or by typing the URL into “Subscribe to Podcast” under the Advanced menu.

Take Podcasting Personally

Open Preferences to customize the what, where and when of podcasts on iTunes. Check for new podcast episodes hourly, daily, weekly or manually using the slick new Update button. Automatically download every episode or just the most recent ones. Keep all your episodes, delete them after you play them or keep a specific number based on release date. iTunes automatically checks for updates and downloads them according to your preferences.

Listen to Radio on Your iPod

Once all your podcasts arrive in iTunes, sync them to any iPod and listen to your favorite shows anywhere. If you have a Click Wheel iPod, your podcasts appear in their own menu, right alongside your music and audiobooks. And don’t worry about losing your place: If the podcast you download comes with bookmarks, you can zip around within it on any click wheel iPod, just as you would with an audiobook.