Podcast PSA

Hello dear readers,
Normally I wouldn't pull you into my day job drama, but Obi-wan Kenobi, I need your help. Please subscribe to the Penguin Podcast. It's all about books and authors. You can click here to subscribe in iTunes;
CLARIFICATION: You can only click on the previous link if you already have iTunes installed on your computer. You can download iTunes for free here. If you already have iTunes, and the above link didn't work, copy this link: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/podcast/rss.xml
Open iTunes, choose Advanced > Subscribe to a Podcast, then drop the link below into the window and hit OK. I know it is very confusing, but once you do it, you're in!

For those of you with RSS readers, you can also drop this link [http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/podcast/rss.xml] into your RSS reader to subscribe, and check it out that way. I use the Google reader, but there are lots of free readers to choose from.

It should take you two seconds to subscribe, it gets updated weekly, and you can ignore it if you must. But who knows, maybe you'll learn something.

I need more subscribers. I'm loathe to say more because of Dooce-induced fears, but it would REALLY make me HAPPY if you downloaded the podcast. Maybe you could even listen to it once and a while. Here's a list of the fascinating people I've gotten to talk to:

• Funny, charming T. C. Boyle, author of Talk Talk
  
• Awesome outspoken Iraq veteran and war opposer Paul Rieckhoff, author of Chasing Ghosts
  
• Conscientious conservative and political historical figure John Dean
  
• Michael Ruhlman, guest blogger with Megnut and author of The Soul of a Chef and The Reach of a Chef
  
• George Saunders, regular New Yorker contributor and amazing storyteller
  

Some other things that might interest you in the podcast:

• Sometimes there are book giveaways -- listen to the current podcast for a chance to win an autographed copy of Daniel Silva's intelligent terrorism-themed thriller The Messenger, which I read and enjoyed
  
• There's a free 20 minute tai chi exercise led by one of the featured authors in Podcast 5
  
• The George Saunders podcast is from a New Yorker event with Tony Danza doing a very funny reading of onf George Saunders' short stories
  

Subscribe. It's free. I'll only add one new item to your reader per week. Help a sister out.

I'll be back with your regularly scheduled eating and complaining program soon. Thank you. I love you.