What is a Podcast?

A podcast has the qualities of both a radio broadcast and a magazine subscription. Our podcasts are modeled on the famous CBC radia show "Ideas." If you subscribe, then you will automatically receive new episodes as we post them - in the same way that you would receive a magazine subscription. With one difference: there is no charge for our podcasts - they're free.

How do I subscribe to a podcast?

Subscribing using iTunes
If you have iTunes installed, click on "subscribe in iTunes" on our podcast page. The iTunes program will load and from then on, every new episode will be downloaded into iTunes. You can also search for us in iTunes with the keywords "voices on cloth." If the most recent episode is not showing up hit the "refresh" button in iTunes and you'll get everything.

iTunes is available free for both Mac and Windows platforms. Go to http://www.apple.com/itunes/ to download iTunes.

You can also follow the podcasts on their own blog (this is where our podcast feed originates.) Find it here: http://maiwapodcasts.blogspot.com/ .

Subscribing using Google
Just click on It will give you the option to either use the Google "Reader" or to select your own "Google Home Page."

Play the podcast in your web browser
You can also simply click on the "play" button on the web page for the episode. The podcast will load automatically into your web browser.

About formats
We publish in m4a format to include images with the podcasts. Some players prefer the mp3 format, and so we also post mp3s. Follow the link from the webpage of the podcast episode.