It’s possible to use an Amazon Alexa device (e.g. an Amazon Echo smart speaker) to listen to our Podcast. There are two different ways to listen:
TuneIn
To use TuneIn with Amazon Alexa, you don’t need to install or enable anything beforehand. All you need to do to start listening is to say:
Alexa, play the podcast FATN Talking News
If Alexa doesn’t understand this, you can start the podcast with the following phrase instead:
Alexa, play FATN Talking News on TuneIn
AnyPod
AnyPod is an Alexa Skill that provides more controls while you’re listening. The first step is to make Alexa capable of playing Podcasts via the AnyPod service. To do this, say:
Alexa, enable AnyPod skill
When you’ve enabled AnyPod, to listen to our latest Podcast say:
Alexa, ask AnyPod to play FATN Talking News
While the podcast’s playing you can use these phrases to control it:
Alexa, ask AnyPod to restart
To start the podcast from the beginning
Alexa, ask AnyPod to fast forward 2 minutes
Alexa, ask AnyPod to rewind 30 seconds
To step forward or backwards in the podcast by a set amount
Alexa, ask AnyPod to start playing at 12 minutes and 25 seconds
To jump to a specific place in the podcast
Please refer to the AnyPod Manual (PDF document) for more commands and playback controls.