Getting the Podcast Out There

As this is all part of a research project (and that I begin this endevour with no first-hand knowledge of RSS, webhosting, XML, etc.) I have been trying various services and sites that promise to get my podcast out to the world. In keeping with the theme of sharing my own trial-and-error education with others who may benefit, I'm posting the pertinent fruits of my labors. Try the link to the first episode below, and then I'll tell you how I got it.

Unponderable Podcast 01

1) I stored my podcast mp3 file on the internet archive. This is like the Alexandria Library of the 21st century, except that ANYONE can stash their work upon the shelf for others to check out. It is also FREE. Save as much media there as you like. This provides me with a link to my space there: http://www.archive.org/details/Unponderable_Podcast. The direct link to my mp3 is: http://www.archive.org/download/Unponderable_Podcast/UP_01_Introduction.mp3.

2) Next I went to Poderator.com where I created an account, filled in the necessary info and received an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file called "Poderator.xml" (again, FREE). With this I got the instruction to "transfer the file to your web server." I have web space through Antioch University, so I copied the file to that folder and this gave me the location for my feed: http://mail.antiochsea.edu/~john_reseland/Poderator.xml

3) I went to FeedBurner.com and followed the proper paths to getting the feed out to the world. Here I get: http://feeds.feedburner.com/UnponderablePodcast, which is the "Unponderable Podcast 01" link above (also FREE). Now I'm going to publish this post and check the links to see if and how this all works.

-- JR