How-To Podcast with WordPress
I came accross this really simple tutorial on how to use WordPress as a podcasting engine … take a look at it. What is so amazing is how easy it really is!

It can be easier. For example, with JournURL, creating a podcast is as simple as:

1. Create the audio file
2. Post an entry, and attach your MP3

That's it. You can make it even better with minimal effort, too.

For example, I've seen WP users advocating setting up a separate installation to handle podcasting, to keep podcatchers from missing your 'casts amidst your other blog entries. That's unnecessary with JournURL... just add a "mypodcast" keyword to your podcast entries, and then have folks subscribe to a URL like this:

http://mysite.com/?template=rss&keyword=mypodcast

In addition, JournURL automatically collects ID3 info from any MP3 you upload, making it easy to add all sorts of metadata to a podcast post.

Now, don't get me wrong... WordPress and JournURL are fruit of different flavors. One is an open-source, self-hosted tool, the other a hosted service. If you need the former, then the latter is useless, no matter how many nice things it does. That's why I hate making these kinds of comparisons.

But folks don't know what you can do if you never tell them, so I'm tellin' 'em.