I have used Cast Easy for about two months to publish 10 episodes in one podcast for my church. 9 of these are mp3 files. One of them is a pdf file. While there were a few bugs in earlier versions, version 1.2.5 seems to work fine.

I am mystefied by comments made by earlier reviewers. I do not know what previous reviewers mean by un-Mac like, but I have been using Macs since 1984 and it appears to work like other Mac programs: same types of menus, etc. What makes it Mac-like in my book is that it makes podcasting as easy as it could be. Enough said.

dvineducation said he could only publish audio files. I used it to publish a pdf file without a hitch, as well as audio files. It have not tried a video file, but it has been designed to do video, as well.

I was looking for the cheapest solution available and I tried a number of podcasting applications, including a free one. This one was by far the easiest to use. And so I decided to pay the $30 because the ease of use was well worth the money. And when I found a bug in an earlier version, it was addressed very quickly by the creator of the program.

I now record and edit my audio files with Garage Band, which was free, and export them from Garage Band to iTunes, which is free. Then I use iTunes to "Convert selection to mp3" (under the Advanced menu). Then lastly I open Cast Easy and create an episode. There is a handy button to choose the file for the episode from my iTunes playlists. It cannot get any easier than that. Who wants to fool with drag and drop? Clicking a button is way easier.

As for dvineducation's comment that he could not find the address of his feed, it is given to you when you publish your podcast by having a window pop-up telling you its address and giving you three buttons: Submit to iTunes, Visit Page [which takes you to the address of your feed in your default browser] and OK.

The one area where this application is weak is in its Help files. I emailed support at the contact us page at casteasy.com and the help given was very prompt, although not immediate. The help I needed was how to complete the information for my ftp server. When I published to my .Mac account I did not need any help, since all the info was supplied.

I do not think you will go wrong purchasing this program. Disclaimer: I have no relationship with the creator or publisher of Cast Easy other than being a very satisfied customer. If I were Steve Jobs, I would buy this program from its creator and hire its creator to work for Apple.