Welcome, Mr Ambassador

Show number 6 is available here

Jeremy Rolph, a student at St. Andrew's High School in Worthing was in the building this week as part of a work experience adventure with Feba - so of course we had to show him how to make a podcast, and get him to do the voice-over bits for us. Well done, Jeremy!


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What is in this show?

Chris Binstead talks about his role as Feba's ambassador in the UK. he also tells us about the Partners for Hope and the Feba Supporters Trip to India in early 2008.

You can contact Chris by email at cbinstead@feba.org.uk or by his work phone number +44 (01903) 237281.

• Podcast show notes: http://feba.libsyn.com/
• Direct download of show # 6: http://media.libsyn.com/media/feba/Casting_Hope_podcast_6.mp3
• Subscribe to the podcaste in iTunes: itpc://feba.libsyn.com/rss

The podsafe music in today's show came from http://www.magnatune.com/. The band is a group that has been together since the 1970s, and they call themselves Thursday Group. The track is called Turtle Spin, from the CD called Uncle Mean. Quite jazzy, with some funk, swing, and blues stirred in there.

This track is actually used by quite a well known podcast as its signature tune - so the prize of public fame by mention in a future show is up for the firts person to email and let me know which podcast uses Turtle Spin as its signature music.

The sound clip at the start of our opening signature includes the orginal Shortwave logo that Feba broadcast for many years from the Seychelles. It came from the opening bars of 'What a Friend we have in Jesus'.

Got something to say about the show?

Drive the show with your comments and feedback! Please send your comments and soundbites under 5mb to mailto:mtaylor@feba.org.uk

New Show - New Place to Get It

What is in this show?

The 5th generation of the Chrysolite studio - also known as the studio in a suitcase. Tim Miller, Tony Knowles, and Paul Vernon talk about their work on the new Chrysolite. Unfortunately, Charles Randall was away on holiday, but we hope to get him onto a future podcast when he can wax lyrical about the design and purposes of the new mixer in the Chrysolite.

Important note about the RSS feed and blog …

Our original hosting for the podcast was on Odeo, and the blog was on Blogger. Odeo is behaving itself this week, but has become unreliable since ownership changed, so the show has now in fact been moved to Liberated Syndication (or Libsyn), which takes care of the audio and blog hosting in the same place. If you have been subscribing or reading via the Odeo and Blogger feeds, please change these to the Libsyn feeds. The feed to subscribe via iTunes has also changed – our stats show that most subscriber listeners (about 90 of you currently) are getting the podcast via iTunes – and so please make sure that you have subscribed to the Libsyn feed in iTunes and not to the Odeo feed.

The correct feeds for everything are:

Blog - http://feba.libsyn.com/
Podcast - http://feba.libsyn.com/rss
iTunes - itpc://feba.libsyn.com/rss

We would prefer you to subscribe to the show, but:

Direct download of the MP3 file: http://media.libsyn.com/media/feba/Casting_Hope_podcast_5.mp3

Please report any problems with these URL’s to me. In iTunes, you can also search the podcast directory for ‘Casting Hope podcast’ and pick up the correct feed there. The new blog using Libsyn doesn’t look ast pretty as the old one – there is a bit of a learning curve in working with the code. Hopefully it will improve slowly.

Casting Hope would like to be a comment-driven podcast, so please comment away … and pass the info on to others you think might be interested.

Please note the new URL's for the blog and the podcast - this blog is being phased out and will disappear by the end of November 2007.

Changes to RSS feed for Casting Hope

We are not at all certain what is happening at Odeo since it was bought by someone else - but we do know that we have not been able to successfull upload a new podcast there for almost a week and a half. So we have opened up a Liberated Syndication (Libsyn) account, and will use that in the future.

If you have been grabbing the podcast with RSS, please change your feed settings to:

http://feba.libsyn.com/rss

If you have been getting the podcast via iTunes - we have registered for the Libsyn feed to send it directly to iTunes, and this is already working. We recommend you delete the original subscription, and start a new one using the URL http://feba.libsyn.com/rss

You cannot, for now, get new shows on the existing iTunes subscription. Not their fault, just a broken link from Odeo. Libsyn coms with its own blog options, and we may migrate from this blog to theirs in due course - but we will let you know well in advance.

Grabbing the MP3 file direct from Libsyn: http://media.libsyn.com/media/feba/Casting_Hope_podcast_4.mp3

Chiconono Chew Chew

Ooops, the Odeo player (in the right hand panel) she not work so good this week. Something's up at Odeo, and stuff is not working properly. Until then, we have made the file available elsewhere (use the link below), or you can get it still via iTunes.

Download the MP3 file here: http://www.mediafire.com/?biketgwl1bb
[whilst Odeo sorts itself sometime we hope]

It's a wet summer so far in the UK, but this show captures the sounds and ministry vision of sunny Mozambique, in the Niasa Province town of Chiconono.

What is in this show?

Aubie Banda works with Radio Chiunjota as part of mission work in Chiconono. Originally from Malawi, Aubie's life changed dramatically when as a young Muslim labourer he heard Christian songs being sung in a language he could understand. His story is worth listening to.

Custodio Tivane is the recently appointed Director of Feba Radio Mozambique. He has expansive vision for using radio to reach parts of that enormous country with the hope and love of Jesus Christ. Custodio shares a little about his life, and you can just hear his passion as he talks about Feba's partnership with Radio Chiunjota.

The podsafe music in today's show came from http://www.magnatune.com/:

Portuguese artist Anamar sings Black sheep (OVELHA NEGRA) off her CD entitled TRANSFUDO. Why not check out Magnatune's free song of the day?

The sound clip at the start of our opening signature includes the orginal Shortwave logo that Feba broadcast for many years from the Seychelles. It came from the opening bars of 'What a Friend we have in Jesus'.

Got something to say about the show?

Send your comments and soundbites under 5mb to mailto:mtaylor@feba.org.uk/. We would love to have Feba and FEBC staff contributions to include in future editions. Got a suggestion for future shows? Please let us know.

Lifting the Lid, Radio Free Mango

Podcast # 3 is released today.


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It's overdue, I know, but 5 weeks away in Africa is not yet conducive to easy uploading of podcast sized files. One day soon! What is in this show? Two things:

Paul Zimmerman, missionary to the Mwane people, chats about his new radio project in Makamia, in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. Makamia is on top of a mountain that looks towards the coast of northern Mozambique. Placing a transmitter there means the new station will potentially reach 95% of the Kimwane speaking tribe, who live on or very near the sea. A hard-to-reach Muslim group, years of dedicated work amongst them have now realised 7 converts - and contact with less than half of the known villages. Radio will be a great tool in the hands of these committed workers.

You can contact Paul by email: mailto:pzimmerman@aimint.net/

Jon Hargreaves talks about what LIFTING THE LID, a leadership development initiative, is all about. It starts in September, and Jon is preparing for the opening gathering of invited Feba staff from various locations. It's a 3 year plan, will require hard work and application, but plans to be a useful catalyst in deepening Feba's leadership talent.

The podsafe music in today's show came from http://www.magnatune.com/: Nothing Left played by Justin Bianco, off his CD entitled Phoenix.

The sound clip at the start of our opening signature includes the orginal Shortwave logo that Feba broadcast for many years from the Seychelles. It came from the opening bars of 'What a Friend we have in Jesus'.

Send your comments and soundbites under 5mb to mailto:mtaylor@feba.org.uk/. Got a suggestion for future shows? Please let us know.

Technical Excellence, Community Radio Works

Our second podcast is released today


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In our first conversation, Mark Taylor talks to FEBC's Bob Bartz, seconded to Feba UK in order to establish a 'centre of excellence' for Africa. As Broadcast Technology Director, Bob is based in Pretoria, South Africa, and he talks about his new role and objectives.

Jon Hargreaves is Feba' International Director, and a champion of missionary involvement in community radio projects. He discusses what some of the opportunities are in Asia, and why he believes Feba should be 100% committed to a community FM model.

Bob Bartz can be reached at: rbartz@febc.org
Jon Hargreaves can be reached at: jhargreaves@feba.org.uk

The podsafe music in today's show came from www.magnatune.com:

Heavy Mellow played Delight
Cargo played Jazzmine

The sound clip at the start of our opening signature includes the orginal Shortwave logo that Feba broadcast for many years from the Seychelles. It came from the opening bars of 'What a Friend we have in Jesus'.

Send your comments and soundbites under 5mb to mtaylor@feba.org.uk. Got a suggestion for future shows? Please let us know.

Emergency Relief Radio

Our first podcast is released today.


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Mark Taylor talks to FEBC's Engineering Coordinator Mike Adams about the emergency relief radio project FEBC and Feba are involved with. We also hear from Feba UK Chief Executive, John Bartlett about what directions and challenges face Feba UK.

The emergency relief radio project is a partnership of agencies being led by FEBC to provide a radio station up and running within 72 hours in times of national or regional disasters.

Mike Adams can be reached via madams@febcintl.org or:

+ 44 (0)7754 455645 MOBILE
+ 44 (0)1373 451753 (WORK)
+ 44 (0)1373 473801 (HOME)

The podsafe music in today's show came from www.magnatune.com

Sun Palace sung Under the Moon
Reza Manzoori played Insignia

Send your comments and soundbites under 5mb to mtaylor@feba.org.uk