Podcasting

A podcast is a special feed that includes a reference to an audio or video file instead of just a text. People use a podcasting client, such as iTunes or Juice to collect and listen to the episodes.

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Fun fact: The word podcast is a combination of iPod and broadcasting

Have you ever considered creating your own podcast? It's like having your own radio or TV show. Your subscribers, instead of reading your posts at their computers, can listen through their headphones to your content at any time.

Adding a podcast to your WordPress blog is outrageously easy. While generating your blog's RSS feeds, WordPress automatically adds an <enclosure> tag, which is available in RSS 2.0, if a music file is linked within that post, and this tag is read by podcast clients. Therefore, all you have to do is make a post; WordPress will do the rest for you.

Creating a podcast

For basic podcasting, the following are just two steps you have to take:

1. Record.

2. Post.

Let's have a glimpse at these steps...