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POLL: A Jimmy Akin Radio Feed?

Online-Radio I’ve had questions regarding whether it’s possible to put links to my appearances on radio shows (Catholic Answers Live, Al Kresta, etc.), in the feed for my podcast, allowing people to download and listen to those episodes.

The answer from a technical perspective is yes. In fact I already did that with a recent episode of Kresta in the Afternoon where I appeared to talk about the (then-)most recent developments in the Fr. Corapi story.

It’s been asked whether I could do that more regularly and broadly, but I want to do some quick research to find out what people’s preferences are, because there are different options for how such a feed might work. If you could, please take a moment to fill out the following poll. (You can check more than one box before hitting “Vote” if you’re okay with more than one option.)

Thanks for helping!

Would you like a podcast/RSS feed of Jimmy’s appearances on radio shows?
No, I’m already subscribed to the feeds of most of the places Jimmy appears.
Yes, and I’d like it as part of the same feed as the Jimmy Akin Podcast so its all in one place.
Yes, but I’d like it as part of a second feed just devoted to radio appearances.
Other (please explain in the comments).
Huh? What are you talking about?
  
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MYSTERY OBJECT REVEALED!

Japanese otoshi buta

It's a Japanese otoshi buta or "drop lid."

I first encountered drop lids on the Cooking with Dog show, where Chef uses a really cool metal one.

As soon as I saw how it was used, I realized how useful they would be (e.g.  keeping eggs or vegetables or whatever you're boiling from floating to the surface and cooking unevenly), so I ordered one.

Most are made from wood (in fact, I couldn't find a metal one to order in English online), but I've been quite happy with the one I got.

You can see it in action here, doing it's thing with boiling mystery vegetable.  (Incidentally, that water IS boiling. Another of it's functions is to avoid excessive violence in the water action so the food isn't overly jostled by the boiling.)