Dude... if only you knew how much I share the same opinion than you on this one. We are so META. Podcasts needs to get out of the computer, out of this limited range of "podcaster to podcaster"
Sometimes I feel there is no passive audience. I am pretty confident that this will change. But we have a lot of dirty work to do. One way is to make this thing more simpler. My grandmother doesn't know how to copy and paste the RSS feed code into her aggregator. We also have to make this thing come out of the computer box. I'm not talking about transfering your music and podcast on your mp3 device. What I mean is ways to subscribe and listen on the spot on your TV, radio... in your bedroom, bathroom, garage, car... anywhere.
If only the new AppleTV thing can work good enough... this combined with iTunes is a small step toward what the world should be in the future of podcasting and Media On Demand...
Or maybe I'm wrong and that was not what you wanted to talk about at all... LOL