If you’ve heard the recent news this week you may know that some changes to funding make hundreds of small town radio stations at risk.
If you haven’t already, you might consider subscribing to NPR plus.
The sign up system lets you pay $8 a month or more to donate to public radio, and set up your podcatcher with ad-free podcasts and reporting:

When you sign up you should check the privacy policy – which you may want to select to disable “Share Data for Targeted Sponsorship”:

Under this button on the NPR privacy page you can select and opt out of this personalized collection of information. Now with “plus” purchased you can enter your special podcast url into Antennapod, Rhythmbox or whatever podcatcher player you use.