(FREQUENTLY AXst QUESTIONS)

1. EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN WHAT IS PODCASTING?
All right. Pay attention, cause I don’t want to have to repeat myself. Podcasting is an alien form of radio communication that makes you much, much smarter if you listen to it. The non-toxic x-rays, gamma-rays, and pod-rays penetrate your body, turning you into one big antenna for receiving transmissions from the Cool As Hell Theatre Podcast (by the way, the name of this podcast was conceived by the alien they all call “Pod Daddy”).

On the more serious tip, podcasting is exactly like radio only completely different. Instead of tuning into 94.9 or 107.7 on the radio dial, you tune into www.CoolAsHellTheatre.com then download the podcasts.

Now you are probably asking yourself “WHAT THE HELL IS A PODCAST?!?!??!” And just to let you know , that’s a damn good question. Well since podcasting is the internet equivalent of radio, a podcast is the internet equivalent of a radio show. When you listen to a Cool As Hell Theatre Podcast, you are listening to an interview style show that you would hear on the radio. The only difference is, you download the show (podcast) from the internet.

So to recap, podcasting is an alien form of radio that humans are finally beginning to notice as a superior way to get radio style content that is niche specific and definitely COOL AS HELL!

2. HOW DID YOU, THE HOST, GET TO BE SO DAMN COOL?!
Oh my goodness, you’re making me blush, even though black people don’t blush (except for maybe Michael Jackson, but even then, he turns around real fast, puts on some rouge, then turns back around to make you think he is blushing. It’s all a trick. Don’t believe him).

Actually my coolness comes from an ancient Chinese family recipe. So the good news is, I can make you Cool As Hell too! It’s easy. And cheap too! Just send $9.95 to the Cool As Hell Theatre Podcast “I want to be really cool” fund. Your specially formulated “Cool As Hell concoction” will be rush delivered to you (please allow up to 52 weeks for delivery).

3. I CAN’T HEAR ANYTHING
Dag-nabit. I hate when that happens. Did you try turning up the volume on your hearing aids? How about calling your earologist? Ok good. So I guess those weren’t the problems then.

How about turning up the volume on your speakers? I know it sounds simple, but simple is as simple does.

I am going to assume that you are using Windows Media Player to try and play the podcast. If you have a version that is not version 10 or higher, then you should download version 10 or higher because it will allow you to play mp3’s. To find out what version you have, open windows media player, click on help, then about (it may not be obvious where the help button is. Try clicking the little arrow thats pointing down).

Assuming that I am right about you using Windows Media player, here is an alternative. You need to download a player that plays .mp3’s. There are free ones out there. My fave free player is called Jet Audio player. It is awesome.

Go to www.jetaudio.com
-click on download
-click Jet Audio 6.2.2 Basic

It is free.
Install it, then drag the .mp3 file onto it and you will be on your way to hearing your podcast.

If that doesn’t solve your problem, then you probably have a sucky computer. But I won’t hold that against you. Send me an email and we will troubleshoot it together. Now you gotta admit, that’s Cool As Hell of me!

4. SHOULD I SUBSCRIBE
cool as hell YES!!!
Subscribing is C.A.S.H (figure that acronym out!)

Subscribing is absolutely FREE too. (I kid you not!)

5. BUT WHY SHOULD I SUBSCRIBE?
Because I said it was FREE dufus! Never turn away anything that is FREE. Especially something that is C.A.S.H. (did you figure out that acronym?)

Seriously though. That’s a good question. Subscribing makes getting the podcasts SUPER DUPER EASY. Check this out. All you need to do is download a small piece of software, affectionately known as ‘podcatching software’, such as iPodder, Nimiq or Doppler. These software titles are prevalent thru-out the podcasting community. Don’t worry, they will not harm your computer.

Anyway, after you download the software of your choice, find the SUBSCRIBE button and type this in:

www.CoolAsHellTheatre.com/blog/wp-rss2.php

Once done, you can download the podcasts from the Cool As Hell Theatre website automatically. This software will go to the C.A.S. H. website and check for any new podcasts. If it finds new podcasts, they will be downloaded to you computer automatically. It’s like having your own little computer maid that does all the work for you. You don’t need to keep checking the C.A.S.H website yourself. You can have your computer maid do it for you. (And if this were the 50’s, I am sure the little computer maid would be ‘colored’, because that’s what all maids were back then; ‘colored’.)

Now of course you will want to come back to the site every now and again, just to check out some of the things that can’t be downloaded. But don’t you see how C.A.S.H subscribing is. And it’s FREE.

You know what you could do? You could go to www.CoolAsHellTheatre.com, click on “SUBSCRIBE FREE” and get everything you need right there (with pictures to guide you through the process).

6. DO I HAVE TO SUBSCRIBE TO GET THE PODCASTS?
No silly. Just make sure you go to www.CoolAsHellTheatre.com frequently to check for new podcasts. Then download from there.

7. HOW COME I CAN’T GET SOME EPISODES OFF OF iTUNES?
You need to UN-subscribe, then SUBscribe again. There is a little file that iTunes needs to list the podcasts. Sometimes I mess up that file (called an rss feed) because it is so damn technical. I don’t do it on purpose, but sometimes my arthritis kicks in at the most inopportune moments. But when I realize I messed things up, I always go back and correct my mistake. So when you see that little exclamation point next to a podcast, just unsuscribe then subscribe again, and all should be cleared up (that is, if I caught the error before you did).

8. DO I NEED BROADBAND?
These MP3 files are big. Downloading one of these on dial-up would be like a virgin giving birth to Shaquille O’Neal! It’s gonna take a long time. Yes, you need broadband.

9. DO I NEED AN iPOD TO LISTEN TO A PODCAST?
I want you to listen real closely to this answer. As a matter of fact, put your ear closer to the screen. A little closer. A little bit closer. NO! You do not need an iPod to listen to a podcast. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!

10. WHAT DO I NEED TO LISTEN TO A PODCAST?
Now that I have you attention, pay attention. All you need to listen to a podcast is a computer and/or an MP3 player. THAT’S ALL
And guess what? It doesn’t matter what kind of MP3 player you have. You could have the KU KU KA CHU POOH POOH MP3 player, and you could still listen to podcasts. Don’t be fooled by the word “pod”. Just let it go. Breath in, breath out, and forget about the word “pod”. You are just listening to the radio on your computer / mp3 player.

11. CAN I BE A SPONSOR?
Yes! If you give me some money (no pesos please).

12. I NEED HELP DOWNLOADING!
I click on THE download now symbol, but the song plays in my music player and doesn’t ask me to save the .mp3 file anywhere. How do I save it??
-Good question young grass hopper. This has happened to me too. I don’t know why this happens, but it does. One way to get around this is right-click on the download now symbol then click “save target as” line. You will be prompted to save the mp3 file to a location of your choice.

There is also another way to get around this but for that answer you must email me: info@coolashelltheatre.com

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