Pledge-drive Podcast?

Who would listen to a public radio pledge drive podcast? I did.

I didn't do it intentionally. I was using a smart playlist to listen to some backlogged downloads of KCRW's Martini Shot. In these entertaining four or five-minute podcasts, "veteran TV writer Rob Long shares his behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood life."

For one of his recent "shots" Long did a riff about how bad commercial radio must be if people were listening to his pitch for listeners' contributions to KCRW. I'm actually glad I listened.

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Smart Playlists for Podcasts

Maybe I'm behind all the rest of you out there -- IS anyone out there? -- but I've just discovered the utility of iTunes smart playlists for listening to podcasts. When you set up a smart playlist new downloads of podcasts you've subscribed to and selected for your playlist are automatically added.

The best use of this technique is for short podcasts that you'd like to listen to one after another, without having to constantly choose them on your computer or iPod. The episodes play one after another, in the order you pre-select. Perfect.

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