I don't know if you need to hear this, but i got up from a warm seat to type it so: Adam Curry[0], who refers to himself as the podcast father, says that "down

I don't know if you need to hear this, but i got up from a warm seat to type it so: Adam Curry[0], who refers to himself as the podcast father, says that "download" numbers for podcasts are irrelevant. They do a 3 hour live show twice weekly, and around 2000 people listen live. Downloads don't count catching a repeat on a 24/7 stream, people group listening, downloading from other services (that may be faster or cheaper in their region), etc. If i can find a clip of him talking about it, and why advertisements make no sense for podcasts, i'll try and link it here for posterity. He usually talks about it every couple of years in detail. They also labelled their model "Value for Value" - if you get value from their content, they would appreciate value back, in time, talent, or treasure. I think their hosting costs are essentially $0, their back-office stuff is $0, their album art, captions, and chapter headings cost them $0. People do it for them, and if anyone gets sick or dies or can't, people clamor to take over for the vacuum created. anyhow, i hope this project brings you satisfaction and remuneration, if desired, congrats on sticking to something for 5 years! [0] Not to be confused with Adam Carolla, who also claims to be first on the scene with podcasting. And interestingly, neither of them seems to recognize the name of the other, even though one was a VJ on MTV and the other was on a national radio program for a decade out of a studio in Westwood, CA.