Addicted to Podcasting

So, it's pretty easy to set up a podcast. First, I signed up with libsyn.com to host the podcast, because it supports enclosures and basically foolproofs the process; it uploads the .mp3 file, creates an RSS feed, and posts text as a blog.

Audacity (free download) allows you to record voice and music, splice music files together, and encode the finished product as an .mp3 (you also need to download the LAME MP3 encoder to export your finished product as an .mp3).

I have all of the CDs in my collection converted to AAC files, so I used the dBPowerAmp music converter and the corresponding codecs to re-encode my AAC files as .mp3s, because I can't figure out a way to get Audacity to convert them directly.

I spliced the files together using Audacity and here is the finished product. Although the actual podcast doesn't have any speech (I don't have a microphone) and I forgot to edit the ID3 tags, I am thrilled with how easy it was. Better living through podcasting.