You can see the list of most viewed Podcasts, recently updated Podcasts or search the directory to find the Podcast that meets your taste.

We have preloaded the directory with Podcast Maker published Podcasts we found through Google. Hope you enjoy it.

Submit your Podcast

Submitting your Podcast to our directory is simple. Just enable “Ping update servers after Publishing” from Advanced Preferences and publish your Podcast. Please add “http://www.lemonzdream.com/podcasts/ping/” in the list of server if it’s not already in the list.

Please enjoy!

iTunes updated its Podcast categories with their recent update (iTunes 6.0.5). I, personally, like the new sets of categories. They seem better organized and more appropriate for the list of podcasts in iTunes Music Store.

• Arts
  • Design
  • Fashion & Beauty
  • Food
  • Literature
  • Performing Arts
  • Visual Arts
• Business
  • Business News
  • Careers
  • Investing
  • Management & Marketing
  • Shopping
• Comedy
• Education
  • Educational Technology
  • Higher Education
  • K-12
  • Language Courses
  • Training
• Games & Hobbies
  • Automotive
  • Aviation
  • Hobbies
  • Other Games
  • Video Games
• Government & Organizations
  • Local
  • National
  • Non-Profit
  • Regional
• Health
  • Alternative Health
  • Fitness & Nutrition
  • Self-Help
  • Sexuality
• Kids & Family
• Music
• News & Politics
• Religion & Spirituality
  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Hinduism
  • Islam
  • Judaism
  • Other
  • Spirituality
• Science & Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Natural Sciences
  • Social Sciences
• Society & Culture
  • History
  • Personal Journals
  • Philosophy
  • Places & Travel
• Sports & Recreation
  • Amateur
  • College & High School
  • Outdoor
  • Professional
• Technology
  • Gadgets
  • Tech News
  • Podcasting
  • Software How-To
• TV & Film

And yes, you should soon be expecting an update for Podcast Maker that reflects the changes.

[Post Updated: June 30th, 2006 10:35 PM PST]

[via Wired Campus Blog and Podcast Free America]

A click is worth a thousand words.

Click here!

Surprised? I was too when I discovered that iTunes lets you access password protected podcasts.

Oh, by the way, you can use the username guest with the password guest to access that podcast.

Why?

At first, password protecting a podcast might sound counterintuitive, but there are actually many reasons why you might want to do such a thing. You might be a teacher or professor who wants the podcast to be available only to your students. You might want to share the podcast with just your friends. I know some people who share their music this way. You might want to podcast your work to clients so that they are automatically updated as you publish changes. You might have a podcast that you want only your department to have access to. Or you might want to do a “closed beta” of your podcast.

How?

The feed you clicked on is protected through the standard HTTP authentication schemes. iTunes supports both the “basic” and “digest” flavors of HTTP authentication. Combined with SSL this will provide robust security for your podcast.

Basically, you put a .htaccess file into the directory that contains your podcast feed with content that looks like this:

AuthType Digest
AuthName "Potion Factory"
AuthDigestFile /usr/local/apache/conf/digest_passwd
Require valid-user


You also have to use the following shell command to make the digest_password file:

htdigest -c /usr/local/apache/conf/digest_passwd "Potion Factory" user1

I suggest you don’t try this yourself unless you really understand what is written above. There are many reasons why the above will not work. Ask your webmaster to do it for you if you are not comfortable.

If you really want to try, here is a site with more detailed instructions:

Comprehensive guide to .htaccess – Password Protection

Credit goes to Mr. Mark B. Priddy of Affiliated Media Group for letting us know about this iTunes feature. We actually learned something answering a support email!

UPDATE (2/27/2006): You can password protect your podcast easily if you use FeedBurner. FeedBurner has an option to password protect your feed, which does exactly what I describe here. The only downside to the FeedBurner way is that it only allows one username and password, but it is still tremendously useful for something that only takes a few clicks.

Check out Doogtoons

Newsflash!

updated 2/23/2006

Doogtoons is now featured in the main podcast section of iTunes:

Congrats Doug for reaching the holy grail of all podcasts! You da man!

• You can preview all of the music in its complete entirety without paying a single dime for as long as you want. In fact, you can use it as an online radio while you work.
• When you do want to buy the music, you can choose the price.
• Half of what you pay goes directly to the artist.
• You can get the music in one of these DRM-free formats: WAV, MP3, OGG, FLAC, AAC, and in a rootkit-free CD.
• Good Music.
• You can podcast their music without paying a cent. Use it as an intro, outro, or segway music.

The last bullet-point is the raison d’être for this post. It may be old news to some of you, but all of the 5487 tracks by 206 different artists under Magnatune are Creative Commons licensed. This is a good deal for both the podcaster and the artist. Magnatune is an underdog in the music industry, but it is a company that totally gets the changes coming with the digital era and this podcast loving attitude is just one example of many.

There is an IT Conversations interview that I recommend with the Magnatune founder John Buckman here. He explains in depth how Magnatune is different from traditional labels and gives us his insight on how the music industry is changing in this digital era. It was interesting for me because I am also a producer of digital content and his perspective on things is refreshing. I sincerely hope that ventures like his succeed in taking a huge chunk of the business away from the crap pushing greedy cartel of the Big 5 record companies.

At this point I would like to do a shout out. Mr. Jade Leary is a Magnatune artist and a Podcast Maker user. His album The Lost Art of Human Kindness is the 9th highest valued Magnatune album of all time. So if you are into alt. rock you should definitely listen to Mr. Leary’s music here and check out his podcast here.

Magnatune — Podcast Our Music!

Jump to ABC of Podcasting at Podcast Free America

We should be on there pretty soon as well.

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I have an existing Podcast that is registered with iTunes already. To create this podcast, I used the difficult method of creating a blog, and a feedburner account to create the .xml feed. I want to begin using Podcast Maker from now on. Also, I just purchased new hosting space that I want to transfer all our existing podcasts to, and put all the new ones on.

How can I create new podcasts using Podcast Maker that will register under the same podcast title on iTunes so people don’t have to re-subscribe.

Thanks,
Justin

The nice thing about FeedBurner is that it acts as a layer between your real feed and your listeners. So even if your real feed moves, all you have to do is point FeedBurner to the new feed and your listeners won’t even know that the switch happened. There are two parts to this move. Publishing your new feed, and reconfiguring FeedBurner.

Part 1 – Publishing Your New Feed

To publish the new feed, open up Podcast Maker and choose File then Import Podcast Feed in the menus.

Put in your current feed URL in the dialog that pops up.

After you hit the Import button you will see a new document with your podcast. Now, if you don’t need to move all your existing media files from its current location, all you have to do at this point is hit the Publish button and upload your feed to the new server. Move on to Part 2 if this is you.

If you also want to move all of your media files to the new server, transfer all those files to a new directory on the new server using your favorite FTP program. Make sure that it’s accessible from a web browser.

In Podcast Maker, choose each episode and look at its Basic tab. At the bottom you will see a URL in the Location field. Edit the URL of each episode to match your new server’s URL.

Now publish your feed. You are almost done. You just need a simple configuration change in FeedBurner.

Part 2 – Configure FeedBurner

1. Login to FeedBurner and choose the feed that you are moving.
2. Click on Edit Feed Details…
3. Put in your new feed URL in the Original Feed field.

After this maneuver it will be easy to publish new episodes since you will be using Podcast Maker. The best part is that nobody will know that you changed anything.

Thank you Justin for the excellent question.

Seth Taylor, who writes for Creative Cow, has done a video tutorial on how to get a simple podcast started using Podcast Maker. The tutorial covers the basics and will have you podcasting in 5 minutes. Seth is a talented graphics designer. You can browse his portfolio here.

Watch the tutorial at creativecow.net

Review/Tutorial by the Chip Creeps

We were pleasantly surprised when we found this while googling.

You ever drop a piece of software in your machine and immediately achieve the intended results in such a clean trouble free way that you immediately proclaim: “These guys are getting my 30 bux!�? It has just happened to me for the first time. I cannot type fast enough.

Wow, thanks a bunch Rob!

Read the rest of the review at robztechblog.com