Sleepcasts
Sleepcast is the term Awake In America's uses when referring to its specific brand of podcasts.
Subscribing to Awake In America's Sleepcasts is identical to subscribing to any other podcasts. Visit our Sleepcast page to add our feed link, which will then allow you to receive the feeds, as well as the mp3 enclosures.
Not sure what a Podcast is? Visit out short FAQ on Podcasting below
What are podcasts?
The links below may be used to listen to current and past Sleepcasts locally on your computer using the audio player of your choice. The audio player must be configured to play mp3 files. All files are owned and copyrights held by Awake In America, Inc., which transfers no rights, ownership, or distribution permissions to any other organization or individual in making the Podcasts available.
- 03-27-2006 National Sleep Awareness Week public service message
- 04-17-2006 Consequences of A Bad Night's Sleep
Sleepcast FAQ
How to Subscribe to Sleepcasts
What Are Sleepcasts Intended to Do?
Computer Software to Subscribe to Sleepcasts
Sleepcasts are a new way of distributing or "publishing" audio files, such as mp3 files that allows users to "subscribe" to a website and receive up-to-date audio files as they are posted. It's the process of distributing an audio program via an RSS 2.0 feed that supports enclosures.
How to Subscribe to Sleepcasts
In order to "subscribe" to Awake In America's Sleepcasts, you must have an RSS Feedreader, such as Trintina or others available. Some are free, others may be available by purchase. Some browsers, such at Firefox, also have plugins that function as newsreaders, as well, including Wizz RSS. Both of the feedreaders are free.
Be sure to check out our section below, "Computer Software to Subscribe to Sleepcasts," which lists a sampling of several software tools for OS X, Unix, and Windows platforms.
For Awake In America's Sleepcasts, you would simply "add" an RSS feed to your feedreader -- a process called "subscribing" -- and have that subscription point to http://www.AwakeInAmerica.org/Sleepcast/news.rss. The feedreader will download all new Sleepcasts as they become available. Most feedreaders either download any "enclosures" (the actual audio portion of the Sleepcast), or ask if you want to listen to the Sleepcast or save the file. Each product handles the feeds in slightly different ways.
You may subscribe to all of Awake In America's RSS newsfeeds, including the Sleepcast, by downloading our OPML file to import into your feedreader. Importing the OPML file will add the channels and pertinent data without you having to worry about it. Simply download the OPML file, import the OPML file, and the feeds will be updated automatically.
To listen to Awake In America's Sleepcasts, you must have an mp3 player, either on your computer or a standalone mp3 player, such as an iPod or other similar device. We make each file available individually, as shown above, so that those individuals without iPods or other similar devices, as well as those individuals without feedreaders, may listen to the files, as well.
For Awake In America's Sleepcasts, you would simply "add" an RSS feed to your feedreader -- a process called "subscribing" -- and have that subscription point to http://www.AwakeInAmerica.org/Sleepcast/news.rss. The feedreader will download all new Sleepcasts as they become available. Most feedreaders either download any "enclosures" (the actual audio portion of the Sleepcast), or ask if you want to listen to the Sleepcast or save the file. Each product handles the feeds in slightly different ways.
What are Sleepcasts Intended to Do?
Sleepcasts are designed to include talk shows, tutorials, music, and other audio content. Think of your Sleepcasts as having a set of subscriptions that are checked regularly for updates automatically and instead of reading the feeds on your computer screen, you listen to the new content on on your iPod or like portable device.
Awake In America will be using Sleepcasts for a variety of things, including issuing news and information, as well as just general sleep tips.
Computer Software to Subscribe to Sleepcasts
Listed below are software packages that may be used on OS X, Unix, and Windows platforms to subscribe to Sleepcasts, not just Awake In America's Sleepcasts, on a computer. Each package is listed by operation system: