Welcome to the Family!
Greetings Kerchner family! Welcome to the brand-new Kerchner Family Podcast. This blog will serve as the warehouse for all new episodes of the podcast.
Just to give you a little background, I've been thinking lately how unfortunate it is that we don't all stay in touch with each other as much as we'd like. But let's face it...none of us has enough time in the day to keep up with all 43 of us (I think that's the right number these days). So, in an effort to save time and keep everyone somewhat connected, I thought it might be interesting to do weekly updates, with a different member of the family getting interviewed each week. My goal is to produce one a week, posting new episodes every Friday. You can think of this podcast as the 21st century incarnation of our old Kerchner family videotape which got passed around among family members for a while.
Just what is a podcast, you ask? Well, a podcast is basically like a radio show, consisting of a series of downloadable audio files. Contrary to popular belief, you do NOT need an iPod to listen to a podcast. All you need is a computer, which you obviously have if you're reading this!
To listen to an episode, just click on the title of the entry and it should automatically start playing on your computer. Alternatively (and what makes a podcast a podcast), you can choose to subscribe to the podcast, so that every time I post a new episode, it will be automatically downloaded to your computer, so you can then play it back whenever you like. To do this, you need a piece of free software called an aggregator. The most popular of these is iTunes, which can be downloaded and installed for free at:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Another good one is calle Juice, and can be found at:
http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/index.php
To subscribe to the podcast using iTunes, select Advanced from the menu at the top of the screen, and choose Subscribe to Podcast. Then when the dialogue box pops up, enter:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/kerchnerfamily
It's just that easy! If anyone has any questions, comments or trouble getting this to work, please email me at josh_cowing@usw.salvationarmy.org and let me know. I hope you take advantage of this podcast, and enjoy keeping up with our family!
Thanks.
Just to give you a little background, I've been thinking lately how unfortunate it is that we don't all stay in touch with each other as much as we'd like. But let's face it...none of us has enough time in the day to keep up with all 43 of us (I think that's the right number these days). So, in an effort to save time and keep everyone somewhat connected, I thought it might be interesting to do weekly updates, with a different member of the family getting interviewed each week. My goal is to produce one a week, posting new episodes every Friday. You can think of this podcast as the 21st century incarnation of our old Kerchner family videotape which got passed around among family members for a while.
Just what is a podcast, you ask? Well, a podcast is basically like a radio show, consisting of a series of downloadable audio files. Contrary to popular belief, you do NOT need an iPod to listen to a podcast. All you need is a computer, which you obviously have if you're reading this!
To listen to an episode, just click on the title of the entry and it should automatically start playing on your computer. Alternatively (and what makes a podcast a podcast), you can choose to subscribe to the podcast, so that every time I post a new episode, it will be automatically downloaded to your computer, so you can then play it back whenever you like. To do this, you need a piece of free software called an aggregator. The most popular of these is iTunes, which can be downloaded and installed for free at:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Another good one is calle Juice, and can be found at:
http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/index.php
To subscribe to the podcast using iTunes, select Advanced from the menu at the top of the screen, and choose Subscribe to Podcast. Then when the dialogue box pops up, enter:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/kerchnerfamily
It's just that easy! If anyone has any questions, comments or trouble getting this to work, please email me at josh_cowing@usw.salvationarmy.org and let me know. I hope you take advantage of this podcast, and enjoy keeping up with our family!
Thanks.
posted by Josh Cowing at
3:03 PM
3 Comments:
Adam and I loved it! It definitely captured the essence of the two of you. We are thankful for you two technophiles using your talents in this venture. Adam says it sparked fond memories of past family reunions for him, and he is willng to lend his support to this venture in whatever assistance he might be. I loved listening and have susccessfully set up the automatic downloads...so bring 'em on buddy! Karen
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Anonymous, at 11:37 AM
Josh, this was so fun to listen to! And the best part is that I am one of the technologically talented enough to download and listen on my Ipod!!! I am also ready for more...thanks!
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Anonymous, at 10:16 PM
I just love hearing your voice, my son! I don't get enough of it, apparently, from our frequent emails, and less-frequent phone calls. It is hard to believe that you sound so old - er, I mean mature. Your interviewing skills are finely-honed. You sound right at home, on the airwaves. Guess it was all that experience you had at USC, eh?
Keep up the good work. Maybe you could hand off the microphone-duties while you are away. Far, far away, in England. Thanks for doing this. Love, Mom
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