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Using your Premium RSS Feed

Congrats! You have become a supporter of an awesome podcast! Now, you need to subscribe to your premium RSS Feed through your favorite podcasting app. We can help you with that!

Understanding your RSS Feed

Podcasts use RSS Feeds to store and share information. The premium RSS Feed that you have contains the subscriber-only content that you have access to because you are a supporter of the podcast. It is important that you don't share the RSS Feed because it is personal to you.

You can find your premium RSS Feed URL on your subscriber settings page. You will need this URL to subscribe to any listening app! 

Using your RSS Feed in Podcasting Apps

Now that you understand what this RSS Feed does, you can subscribe to it through your favorite podcasting app to access subscriber-only content on the go. The easiest way to do this is to click on the app icon shown on your Subscription Confirmation Page and scan the QR code with your phone. That will take you to the listening app, and allow you to subscribe to your Premium RSS Feed.

Note: When you start supporting a podcast, you will choose an emoji to represent yourself - ❤️📚✨. This emoji will be included in the title of the podcast with the subscriber-only content! 
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Note: Not all listening apps support a premium RSS Feed. That includes Spotify, PodBean, Podcast App, Podomatic, DoublePod, PodcastHD, and PodcastOne.

Manually Subscribe to Your Premium RSS Feed

If you can't scan the QR code, then just copy the RSS Feed URL and head to your preferred podcasting app. Just click Copy Link below the QR code to get your Premium RSS Feed URL. Then take that to your favorite listening app and subscribe directly to that feed! 

Apple Podcasts

To subscribe to your premium RSS Feed in your Apple Podcasts app, just follow these steps.

From your computer...
  1. Go to your Buzzsprout Subscription page
  2. Click on the RSS Feed option and click Copy Link 
  3. Now, head to your Apple Podcasts app on your computer 
  4. Click File > Add Show by URL 
  5. Paste your premium RSS Feed into the field and click Follow
  6. Now, when you go to the podcast in your Apple Podcasts Library, it will contain your subscriber-only content
From your phone... 
  1. Go to your Buzzsprout Subscription page
  2. Click the Apple Podcasts option
  3. From there, you will be taken to your Apple Podcasts app 
  4. You will see a pop-up on the screen to Follow that RSS Feed. 
  5. Once you click Follow, you will be following the premium RSS Feed that contains your subscriber-only content
If that process doesn't work on your device, you can manually subscribe to your premium RSS feed on your phone too. 
  1. Launch the Apple Podcasts app on your phone
  2. Go to the Library page
  3. At the top of the page, click the three dots icon. 
  4. That will pop up a box for you to follow your premium RSS feed. Just add the RSS feed URL from your subscription page and click Follow.
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Pocket Casts

To subscribe to your premium RSS feed in your Pocket Casts app just follow these steps. 
  1. Launch the Pocket Casts app on your phone
  2. Go to the Discover page and find the search bar at the top of the screen. 
  3. Tap the search bar and paste your premium RSS feed URL. 
  4. This should bring up podcast results, select your show! 
  5. Click the + button and you will be subscribed to the premium show!   
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Overcast

To subscribe to your premium RSS Feed in Overcast just follow these steps.
  1. Launch the Overcast app on your phone
  2. Click on the + in the top right corner.
  3. On the next page, click Add URL  
  4. Type in or paste your private RSS feed URL
  5. Click Add and you're all set!
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Castro 

To subscribe to your premium RSS Feed in Castro app just follow these steps. 
  1. Launch the Castro app on your phone. 
  2. Click the search icon to go to your Discover page.
  3. Paste your premium RSS feed URL in the search bar. 
  4. Tap + next to the podcast to subscribe!
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I don't see the subscriber-only content!

If you don't see the subscriber-only content after subscribing to your premium RSS feed, you may be seeing the original free feed. Just unsubscribe from the original podcast, and you will only get new episodes from the premium show. Just be sure you are only subscribed to the show that shows your emoji in the title.

And remember, you can always use the Listen Now button on your subscriptions page!
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