My favorite podcast, Fresh Air, stopped updating on July 7. I couldn't imagine that the problem was with the feed, so I went on a hunt for a bug in my podcatcher, and traced my way right to the problem. It wasn't finding the enclosure on each item. I looked at the feed and found out why.
The enclosures are missing!!
So if you're missing your Fresh Air, as I am (there have been some good ones since July 7), it seems someone must have tripped on a wire at NPR.
Later...
Seems as if they changed the address of the podcast feed.
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=13
I suppose the other NPR feeds moved too...
Later...
I haven't been able to find the following podcast feeds in the directory: All Things Considered, Morning Edition,
Some of the shows I'm subscribed to haven't moved, for example, Brian Lehrer.
PS: All is forgiven, now that 10 fresh hours of Fresh Air are downloading now. Whew. ";->"
PPS: NPR has an OPML of all their podcasts. Apparently it has been updated to point at the new feeds.
Last update: Thursday, June 3, 2010; 4:01:22 PM
~About the Author~
Dave Winer, 55, is a visiting scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in New York City.
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