Imagine, you as a friendly local public media supporter are given a link to an ad-free private RSS Feed as a thank you for your support. Huzzah!
This link might look something like this, but will likely include an additional authorization token.
https://p.prxu.org/284/demo-free/Demo (this feed is fake fwiw)
In most cases, you’ll need to add this link directly to your podcast app of choice to access the content within.
Here are some of the instructions on how to do that for a few of the popular podcast apps:
Apple Podcasts Desktop
- Select File
- Select Follow a Show by URL
- Paste or enter your URL
- Select Follow
Apple Podcasts Mobile
- Select Library
- Select the . . . additional menu options
- Select Follow a Show by URL
- Paste or Enter your URL
- Select Follow
Overcast Mobile
- Select Search
- Select Add URL
- Paste or enter your URL
- Select Add URL again
Pocket Casts Mobile
- Paste or enter your private podcast url into the search bar
- Select Search
- Select the + next to your show to subscribe