• Modern podcast apps

    Modern podcast apps

    I created a page on this site to highlight new podcast apps that I use the most. https://podcastidiot.com/apps You can always go to http://newpodcastapps.com to check out the most recent list of apps that utilize many of the new features of Podcasting 2.0. There are a bunch of modern podcast apps that have features you…

  • Podcast listing solved and I curse syntax

    Podcast listing solved and I curse syntax

    I wasn’t able to get a response with regards to my messing up the listing of The Casual Hike at podcastindex.org. I ended up changing the file name to my RSS feed and adding the podcast back to the index. That solved my problem and I even kept the same GUID! I didn’t think that…

  • Messed up my listing at podcastindex.org

    Messed up my listing at podcastindex.org

    Once again I screwed things up and I’m not sure how to fix it. I successfully created the hiking podcast. You can find the feed at thecasualhike.com/tchpodcast.xml. I added it to podcastindex.org and everything was hunky dory. But, a problem cropped up where the index showed there were two episodes instead of only one. One…

  • Back in the podcast saddle

    Back in the podcast saddle

    I guess I’m podcasting again. This time I’m a little more independent because I want to see how Sovereign Feeds work and I feel more comfortable with an XML file for my feed rather than one that is autogenerated at a directory. It’s definitely not as easy as PowerPress but it’s more complete and flexible…

  • Submitted The Casual Hike to podcastindex.org

    Submitted The Casual Hike to podcastindex.org

    I just submitted my hiking podcast to the Podcast Index at podcastindex.org. Adding a podcast to the index is simple and straight forward. Click on the “Add” link near the top right, enter the URL of the feed, click on the captcha, then click on “Add”. And that’s it! It takes 15 to 20 minutes…

  • Changing my RSS generator

    Changing my RSS generator

    I’m going to change what I use to generate the podcast feed for Podcast Idiot to sovereignfeeds.com. This will allow me to experiment with that before implementing it for the hiking podcast I’m starting. Right now if you check podcastindex.org for the feed for Podcast Idiot it points to https://podcastidiot.com/feed/podcast. I will create a file…

  • Intro music and RSS generator

    Intro music and RSS generator

    I picked some intro music for the hiking podcast and I’m still considering options for generating the podcast RSS feed. Here is the music for the hiking podcast. It’s a mellow and a little bluesy. I think it’s the perfect vibe. There are a few ways to generate the RSS feed. You can code it…

  • Dicking around with WordPress for the hiking podcast site

    Dicking around with WordPress for the hiking podcast site

    All damn day today I’ve been dicking around with WordPress trying to customize certain parts. I find editing blocks both frustrating and flexible. There are so many more things you can do with WordPress than when I first started using it. But the new system using blocks sometimes is confusing and it’s hard to find…

  • Finishing the edit on initial episode of the hiking podcast

    Finishing the edit on initial episode of the hiking podcast

    I don’t like to edit. On my financial podcast, Chasing the Yield, I would put together a blog post, talk through that blog post while recording, import the WAV file into Audacity, apply normalization and a noise gate effect, then save and export to MP3. All that takes maybe 5 minutes at best. I’m not…