• An iBook (about a year old)
• A unidirectional Logitech usb microphone with ridiculous-looking hand-knit cover to reduce pops
• Audacity for recording
• PodcastMaker for enhancing the files and producing the actual feed
• A Textpattern installation on Textdrive for the shownotes
• Feedburner for getting to iTunes, since for some reason Textdrive and iTunes don’t play nicely.

This is perfectly adequate to what I’m doing right now, which is a very narrowly-focused, short-format, highly scripted podcast (which is the kind of podcast I almost never listen to, with the exception of a couple of knitting ‘casts) with an audience between 0 and 3. (MMKCast)

However, if I transition at some point to a different format (if, for example, I persuade one or more of my Aaron Sorkin superfan friends to go in with me on a Studio 60 podcast), I may need to alter my setup—either to accommodate recording multiple parties in the field (i.e., at someone’s house) using my iBook and a different mic arrangement, or using some device that isn’t a computer, or recording over the internet, using something along the lines of skype and Audiohijack Pro (the setup used by the Mac Geek Gab, which is a great-sounding podcast).

Speaking of which, paying users of PodcastMaker can get a discount (I think $5) on Audiohijack Pro. Not sure how long the deal is good for. I don’t need it yet, but I may at some point, and I’m debating whether I anticipate needing it enough to actually pay money.