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If you are recording for a class, your professor may indicate what the plan is for hosting.  If you are starting your own podcast, you will need to determine how you will host it.  Below are listed some hosting services, but before you sign up for one, be sure you know how their service works, and what it means for your podcast.

Hosting Services

Your podcast episodes are just a collection of files until you upload them somewhere on the web, where people can find, stream, or download them.  Hosting services provide various free or paid options, that usually include additional services like RSS feeds, which allow podcast directories to list your files.  In all, they make it easy for listeners to find, subscribe, and listen to your podcast.  

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