Yes, to truly be a "podcast" you have to have an RSS feed that allows people 
to subscribe.  And I don't think you seemed ignorant for asking.  This is a 
new technology that a lot of people are still learning about.

Heather Marie Wells
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Collections Assistant / Podcast Producer


>From: Georgen Charnes <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Podcasts & Vodcasts
>Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 08:36:24 -0400
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>At the risk of exposing my ignorance, the difference between a "podcast" 
>and
>just having a voice file on your website available for listening is that
>podcasts can be subscribed to, is that correct?
>
>Georgen Gilliam Charnes
>Librarian, Archivist, & Webmaster
>Nantucket Historical Association
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>|-----Original Message-----
>|From: Museum discussion list
>|[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Daniel Harvison
>|Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:10 PM
>|To: [log in to unmask]
>|Subject: Re: Podcasts & Vodcasts
>|
>|Sorry.  Actually, the address to our podcast (Inside Mystic
>|Seaport) is feeds.feedburner.com/mysticseaport.  Force of
>|habit had me add in the initial www.  Check it out and let me
>|know what you think.  Thanks!
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|Dan Harvison,
>|Creative Services Producer,
>|Mystic Seaport,
>|Mystic, CT
>|
>|
>|
>|Inside Mystic Seaport
>|feeds.feedburner.com/mysticseaport
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