Windows PC or Mac? I can give you help with the first but not with the second.

Not sure how your gizmo works if the radio is inoperative.

Windows PC, thanks. The gizmo works; the problem with the radio is the antenna, which isn't needed for this application.

OK, I'm about to share my top secret approach to doing things easily, Just between me and you, don't let anyone else know.

I refuse to go hunting for downloads, so I designate where they go so I can find them immediately. This is done in the browser (if you're using that for downloads, better to use itunes but that will be next month).

The following only needs to be done once-- have your son do it if necessary

First we create a new folder (aka "directory") for downloads. Left Click on Start, then Left Click on Computer`. A Windows Explorer (not internet explorer) window will open. In the lefthand column, it will say Local Disk (C:). Right click on that, then left click on the choice New, then Folder. "New Folder" will appear in the column, but it's highlighted and it will change as you type. Type .....Download folder.

We've now created a new folder at the location C:\Download folder

Halfway done

Open your browser, we need to redirect where downloads go.

Firefox, click on Tools, Options, General, look for Downloads, Save Files to...type in

C:\Download folder

Or with Chrome - Click on Menu (Upper right 3 horizontal lines), Setting, Advanced Settings, Look for where it says Downloads, then for Download Location type in the same thing

C:\Download folder

Or with Internet Explorer - Click on Gear symbol (upper right) then View Downloads, then Options, then where it says Default Download Location, type in

C:\Download folder

Now, when in a browser and you click "Download" for anything, a photo or otherwise, it will go to C:\Download folder.

Everything, not just podcast files.

Done with onetime folder creation and browser setting change
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OK, now that we know where they go, need to move them to the SD card. These two steps will be done every time you want to put something on the SD card

Put in the SD card when the PC is running. A windows explorer window should open, the SD card should appear as another drive. Like E:\ or F:\

If WIndows Explorer doesn't open, left click as above on Start and then Computer.

Step 1 - Find sound files in C and select ones to move

In the lefthand column, Click on Local Disk (C:\), then the plus sign next to it, and then one click on Download Folder. In the righthand column will appear the files that have been downloaded. Highlight as many as you want (Hold down Ctrl key and then left click) to accumulate highlighted files. Then right click and choose "Copy"

Step 2 - Copy to SD card
Go back to the lefthand column, choose the SD card (E:\ or F:\ or G:\) and give it one left click to highlight it. Then right click, choose Copy.

The files you chose in Step 1 are now copied to the SD card. Turn off the PC before removing the SD card (there's another way, but I want to keep it simple).

Eureka! Or I should probably say Snidely! Thanks so much for your excellent instructions. I copied seven files to my SD card--yay!

Because my computer wouldn't recognize the card reader for some reason (I haven't used it in several years), I got the bright (probably dumb) idea to put the card in a camera and load the files that way. It seemed to go well, but as it turned out the files wouldn't play in my car. MP3 files have worked just fine in the past, so I'm guessing the camera formatted the card. I'll start over tomorrow, but at least now I know how to download and retrieve. Thanks again!