Podcasts without iTunes?

[Canada 02]

I find iTunes to be bloated and not particularly user-freindly; I also have a bias against all things Apple

So what are my software alternatives for subscribing to podcasts?

[Arsenal14]

MediaMonkey is a free iTunes alternative which supports podcasts. I really like it and used it for years to sync my iPod.

[llama64]

A PodCast is really just a large MP3 file, so all you need is something that subscribes to the RSS/Atom feed of your favorite podcasts and automatically downloads them.

Apparently this is one of the better ones: http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/

Once downloaded, you can import them into your media player/manager of choice.

I think Media Center and Windows Media Player also have pod catching features, but I prefer my "bloated and not particularly user-friendly" iTunes since it makes the whole process simple.

[Canada 02]

thanks to both of you; i'll test them out