This blog is also a podcast

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:01:31 -0400

Listen to this post:

Each post in this hugo powered blog already has its own audio version. It only made sense to turn it into a podcast!

I added the following template to the blog’s hugo blueprint:

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{{ $style := resources.Get "xsl/style.xsl" | resources.ExecuteAsTemplate "podcast-style.xsl" (dict "Site" .Site "IsPodcast" true) }}
{{ printf "<?xml-stylesheet type=\"text/xsl\" href=\"" | safeHTML }}{{ $style.Permalink }}{{ printf "\"?>" | safeHTML }}
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">
  <channel>
    <title>{{ .Site.Title }}</title>
    <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
    <description>{{ $.Site.Params.description }}</description>
    {{ with .Site.LanguageCode }}<language>{{ . }}</language>{{ end }}
    <itunes:image href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}images/podcast-cover.png"/>
    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
    {{ if not .Date.IsZero }}<lastBuildDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</lastBuildDate>{{ end }}
    {{ with .OutputFormats.Get "Podcast" }}
      {{ printf "<atom:link href=%q rel=\"self\" type=%q />" .Permalink .MediaType | safeHTML }}
    {{ end }}
    {{ range .Site.RegularPages }}
      {{ if .Params.podcast }}
      <item>
        <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
        <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
        <pubDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
        <guid>{{ .Permalink }}</guid>
        <description>{{ with .Description }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{ .Summary | plainify | replaceRE "Listen to this post:\\s*" "" | strings.TrimSpace }}{{ end }}</description>
        <enclosure url="{{ printf "%saudio/tts/%s.mp3" .Site.BaseURL .File.ContentBaseName }}" type="audio/mpeg" />
      </item>
      {{ end }}
    {{ end }}
  </channel>
</rss>

The template gathers all my blog posts, and if they have the podcast flag set in their front matter, creates an entry in the Podcast feed (Subscribe here!)

Podcast on Wɪᴘ In Progress…

This blog is also a podcast