What is a playlist, and how and why should I create one?

A playlist is a list of podcast episodes (not a collection of podcasts, but the episodes of podcasts — see the distinction here) that you can save to listen to later or share with friends. When you are logged in to Podcast.com, you will notice that the podcast player at the top-right of your screen (demonstrated to your right) has a button that says Show Playlist. Click on that button and your playlist will open, and it will be empty unless you have already figured out how to put a podcast episode in it.
How to Add a Podcast Episode to Your Playlist
When you are still logged in to Podcast.com, you can go to any podcast page, like this one, on our site to add an episode from that podcast to your playlist. To the right of the podcast episode you will see the
button. Click it once and you should see that item in your playlist, regardless of whether you have the playlist window open or not.
If you want to remove an item from your playlist, you can click the X next to the item to get rid of it.
How to Find and Distribute Your Playlist
Once you add episodes to your playlist, you can click the icon below your picture on your my.podcast.com page, such as on Glenn’s page (right), you can click the LOAD playlist feed button and you’ll see your playlist in the middle of the page.
You can click the Playlist RSS button (see the bottom of the playlist window in the image above) to get the RSS feed for your playlist (yes, means your playlist is a podcast on its own!), if you want to give that to someone else or put it in your podcast collection. If you put it in your collection, the podcast will look like this:

You can also use the Send to iTunes or Send to Zune buttons at the bottom of your playlist window if you have that software set up.







