What is a podcast?

A podcast is an audio file you can subscribe to, automatically download, and listen to on a computer or portable digital music player. The term podcast is a combination of iPod and broadcast - but an iPod-style music player is not required. Once you have subscribed to a podcast, each new episode of the podcast (typically an MP3 of AAC file) is automatically downloaded to your computer, where you can then listen to the file or transfer it to a portable music player such as an iPod.

It's all available for free. All you need is a computer with an internet connection - an iPod is strictly optional.

How do I subscribe to the CCSE Podcast?

The easiest way to subscribe to our podcast is to use iTunes (version 4.9 or later) - the latest version of iTunes is here.

Once you have your podcast software installed, subscribe to our podcast coping and pasting this URL into your podcasting tool:

podcast icon http://www.ccseportland.com/library/podcast.xml

If you are using iTunes:

  1. Launch iTunes.
  2. In the Advanced menu, select Subscribe To Podcast....
  3. Type the following into the window: http://www.ccseportland.com/library/podcast.xml and click OK.
  4. Click the Podcasts item on the left side of iTunes (under Source) to see your Podcast playlist, including the newly subscribed CCSE Podcast.
  5. Next to the new podcast subscription, you will see an orange circle, which indicates that iTunes is downloading the most recent Sunday Service from CCSE.
  6. When the orange circle disappears, you will see a list of all the episodes of the CCSE Podcast and a check next to the most recent service, indicating that it has been successfully downloaded.
  7. Double-click on the episode to play it in iTunes.
  8. Press the Get button to download past episodes of the CCSE Podcast.
  9. Future episodes of the CCSE Podcast will appear in this list after they have been automatically downloaded by iTunes


Be sure to check out our page at Calvary Chapel Podcasting