Athletics Nation Podcasts Live

by eshock on Mar 14, 2006 4:35 PM PST Comment 30 comments

I've taken it upon myself to set up a free podcasting host with switchpod for A's Nation since Blez admits to not being able to edit his mp3 files. (I'll happily show you how to do it with the freeware, Audacity, Blez) Anyway, here's the URL to add to your aggregator. For iTunes, its under Advanced... Subscribe to Podcast URL..

http://switchpod.com/users/asnation/feed.xml

no, clicking on it won't let you hear the interview. this is for podcasting which means you can subscribe to it and automatically download it when a new audio file is available. i tested it, since its free there is a small ad inserted. subscribe, and i'll stick the mp3 files when they're posted to the site. Keep the audio interviews coming, Blez, Nico.

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Awesome

Thanks, just subscribed.

President of the Brent Gates Fan Club

by SoCal As Fan on Mar 14, 2006 6:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Cool!

Thank you, I subscribed too.

by indigo on Mar 14, 2006 6:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Thanks!

I just subscribed. My question though, is Duke's interview the only thing on it so far? It is the only thing that downloaded. I would really like to have the Bobby one! ;)

"Same as he always throws -- hard and nasty," Melhuse on Rich Harden - 2/27/06

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Mar 14, 2006 6:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Just Kidding

I figured it out!

"Same as he always throws -- hard and nasty," Melhuse on Rich Harden - 2/27/06

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Mar 14, 2006 6:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

meh...

I can't seem to manage to subscribe to it... :\

I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 7:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

What's your f'n problem, Poppy?

Why is everyone throwing chairs? -KendallGurl18

by ArakSOT on Mar 15, 2006 7:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm apparently a f'n idiot

Or should that be an f'n idiot?

See, I'm such an idiot that I don't even know how to express that I'm an idiot.

You can't spell "embellish" without "ellis"...

by Poppy on Mar 15, 2006 7:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Are you using iTunes?

If not, then you will want to cut and paste the link into a podcast "aggregator."

"We've added a little more bling to it, so to speak," Macha said.

by eshock on Mar 15, 2006 8:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm using iTunes

And I can't figure this out.

Help.

Pretty pretty please?

With a cherry on top?

by booya on Mar 15, 2006 9:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I use iTunes...

...at home (but I'm at work now).

When I tried last night, I didn't see a choice of "Subscribe to Podcast URL" under Advanced in iTunes... :(

You can't spell "embellish" without "ellis"...

by Poppy on Mar 15, 2006 9:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I can't recall the exact menu

but there is a menu (not advanced) where you can select "subscribe to podcast". From there you enter the URL. It's NOT through the podcast window of the iTunes store.

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Mar 15, 2006 9:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I might have seen that while poking around...

I'll try again when I get home tonight. What's it supposed to do after you enter the URL? (I'm a podcast newbie... have only used iStuff for music so far...)

You can't spell "embellish" without "ellis"...

by Poppy on Mar 15, 2006 10:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

after you add the URL

it should automatically bring up the podcast screen and start downloading the first one. You'll have to select each one (there's a button that says "GET") in order to download it.

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Mar 15, 2006 10:27 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

update your version

make sure you have the latest version of itunes... if you have the latest version, it should be excruciatingly simple.

"We've added a little more bling to it, so to speak," Macha said.

by eshock on Mar 15, 2006 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

booya says...

"BOOYA!"

I got it.

It's under the "advanced" menu ;-)

by booya on Mar 15, 2006 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

did you figure it out?

or would you like assistance?

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Mar 15, 2006 8:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Now you're talking fair dinkum (Podcast junkie)

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005 but BB's got the fix for 2006.

by ak_A on Mar 14, 2006 9:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Woo hoo! Podcasts!!!

Finally, something worthwhile to listen to on BART tomorrow morning!!! :) :) :)

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Mar 14, 2006 9:40 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I did a search on Oakland Athletics in

the regular Itunes and it brought up Mean in Green with a handfull of podcasts from the 2005 season...downloaded one but have not listened to it yet.

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005 but BB's got the fix for 2006.

by ak_A on Mar 14, 2006 10:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

new ones on the way

the hos of mean in green says he will be posting some new podcast really soon.

by Zabat on Mar 14, 2006 10:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Very good

the one I picked last night to read (from last year)I dozed off to sleep while the host was talking about insecticide spraying in his neighborhood in Sacramento.

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005 but BB's got the fix for 2006.

by ak_A on Mar 15, 2006 1:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Was I really THAT boring? :P

Harsh words, alaska... sniff... J/K ;)

I'm the host of the Mean In Green podcast. YES, I know (now :P) that no one cared about insecticide spraying other than me and YES, I'm sure that I probably caused a few commuter fender benders with that one, but they aren't ALL like that! :)

Case in point, I'm pretty proud of the one I just posted yesterday, which is the first of the new season. I'm planning on posting at least one more before I head down for the last week of Spring Training -- probably Sunday or Monday.

--
Aaron
Mean In Green: The Oakland Athletics Podcast
"What you DIDN'T hear on SportsCenter!"

by wannabelikekotsay on Mar 16, 2006 1:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No problem

I listen to all kinds of podcasts so the intro commentary was nothing new to me...that's part of their "charm". I fix my Ipod into a base with speakers by my bed when I retire...just extra tired the other night. Will probably get try it again later on.

Kudos to you for having done one on the A's in the first place..yours may be among the first. I was mildly shocked when I saw this was last season....as I got my Mac last July...and never noticed it until the other day.

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005 but BB's got the fix for 2006.

by ak_A on Mar 16, 2006 9:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well...

I'm pretty sure I was the first to do one. I did a pretty thorough googlin' before making the decision to do it. I figured that if there was already one being done, I'd probably just support the existing effort.

Thanks for kudos and I hope you continue listening.

--
Aaron
Mean In Green: The Oakland Athletics Podcast
"What you DIDN'T hear on SportsCenter!"

by wannabelikekotsay on Mar 17, 2006 12:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Y'know

the A's new "flagship" station, 1550AM, is all about rebroadcasting people's podcasts (can you say "cheap programming").

AN on the air anyone ?

by green star oakland on Mar 15, 2006 10:02 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I just subscribed

Audio podcasts are the perfect compliment to any blog, but more especially a sports blog.

by kvn on Mar 15, 2006 1:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

all right...

I finally got around to this...

I updated my iTunes version (I still had v4, now have v6), found the "subscribe to podcast," entered the URL, and it downloaded the "Duke part two" interview... but no others.

AND almost all of my library, including purchased music, disappeared when I updated, so I'm a little pissed off, but that's obviously not the podcast's fault... }8-[

You can't spell "embellish" without "ellis"...

by Poppy on Mar 16, 2006 5:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

RE: all right...

I'm pretty sure iTunes' default settings only download the first episode of the feed. When you click the little disclosure triangle, it should show the others as greyed with individual 'GET' buttons next to each of them to download the others. Do you not see the other episodes? If not, are you on a Mac or PC?

--
Aaron
Mean In Green: The Oakland Athletics Podcast
"What you DIDN'T hear on SportsCenter!"

by wannabelikekotsay on Mar 16, 2006 6:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Aha!

Thank you! That did it... :-D

You can't spell "embellish" without "ellis"...

by Poppy on Mar 16, 2006 8:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

...glad that worked for you...

Also, if you didn't already find it, go into iTunes preferences and find the podcast settings. You can select how often you want it to check for new shows and what you want it to do if it finds a new episode.

--
Aaron
Mean In Green: The Oakland Athletics Podcast
"What you DIDN'T hear on SportsCenter!"

by wannabelikekotsay on Mar 17, 2006 12:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs