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Podcast delivery issues

I am having problems with the delivery of your podcasts (Orr Group and Mentorcast). I generally use an aggregator/reader to get all of my podcasts in the same place. I currently use BeyondPod  and I get my Roll20 and SF/Fantasy/Horror fiction podcasts on this. This was working and I was able to download Episodes 1-3. Not as slick as e.g. Escape Pod but it was working. (I used to use Listen - why oh why did you drop such a good tool - drat you Google mandarins!) Now ORR Group Podcast causes BeyondPod to hang and Mentorcast gives an error SSLException - hostname in certificate didn't match: != While I don't expect Roll20 to fit with my choice of any old feed reader, I think this one generally supports most type of feed (and it did work before!) Is there anything that you can do? I don't use Soundcloud except for Roll20 sounds and I have had the podcast cut out midway when when listening via your site if I tried to multitask and when I click 'download the podcast' I get the first 1:40 only. 
Hmm...I will see what I can do. I don't use BeyondPod but I will double-check to make sure it is still working in iTunes.
I just put out the new podcasts and re-verified everything is working with iTunes in regards to the feeds....also just to be sure the Mentorcast URL changed like a month or two ago when we moved formats, so please double-check you're using the newest one (it's listed at the top of the podcasts page). Thanks!
Orr group podcast episodes 6-8 finally downloaded today in spite of no change to the client or the feed url. Strange. None of my short fiction podscasts subscriptions behve like this. Hopefully this will continue to deliver future episodes from now on.  No sign of recent Mentorcasts in my podcast client in spite of having the latest mentorcast url  (I checked it again BTW) I guess I will need to consume the mentorcast episodes differently - but not via iTunes!
Question: Are the Roll20 podcasts on any directories other than iTunes so that android podcast readers can find them? Question2: Does anyone have a way of syncing these Roll20 podcasts with android tablets/phones on a regular schedule that doesn't involve iTunes/iPhones/iPads
We're currently working on transitioning the way that our podcasts are hosted to make them easier to consume. In addition to that, the RSS feeds are not iTunes specific, they should work with any podcatcher...of course I don't have them all to test it, but it's using a standard format.
Thanks Riley.    FYI I tried searching for the feeds using Feedly and BeyondPod and nothing came up for 'Roll20' or 'Orr Group' and I browsed a couple of (non-iTunes) directories but again nothing showed.  I'm sure your RSS (or Atom) is all good and if I used an aggregator that imported/searched iTunes I would probably be OK.  I do get regular updates from quite a few short fiction podcasts which use various methods of 'subscribing'. If it helps here is an example of what they do on their sites -   Escape Pod   PS The stories are usually very good too I think I will go try Juice to see if I can get it working on Linux etc, Not that it would help since I use android more for this sort of stuff
Oh, I see what you mean. We're not actually listed in any directories (iTunes or otherwise) since the podcasts have subscriber-only content, you have to just enter the RSS feed manually. It's at the top of the Podcasts page.
Yes, I have used these links from the start and I have the latest links. Unfortunately  I cant get any of the readers I have tried (I have tried several) to keep these feeds up-to-date. I am not saying it is a roll20 issue. It is probably something else - I just can't figure it out. I get other feed updates including podcasts and blog posts.