lord .. don't delete you podcast icon.. investigate it. It's the best thing since .. I don't know ... something or other!

I subscribe to inside mac radio.... a 5min per day update on the world of Apple. ABC Night line news ..dare I say better than many bbc efforts. A hilarious and xrated affair called the Dawn and Drew Show, and From Our own correspondent from the BBC. as well as an excellent programme from CBC Canada playing new Canadian Rock music.

Correctly set up the programmes will update automatically, and once I have heard them they will be deleted from iTunes. It is very cleverly thought out and there are hundreds and hundreds of programmes, privately made, or made by top broadcasters. Check out what there is through the iTunes music store.

AS to Spydude, if you still have problems, I wonder what folder/folders you are actually sharing, as if you select iTunes as your download folder as I do, then that entire folder, including podcasts, will be shared by default unless you change it, which I have