First, the stupid, technical response: I said “can,” not “always” or “must be.” I imagine a blog could be done entirely with mp3 posts and no text other than titles. In fact, I could have done that with the my two articles on podcasting. So the next question: Does including a podcast’s transcript change its character?

Brent Logan at blogan.net seems determined to argue with himself. In an article following a rant about the problems of podcasting, he suggests some reasons for podcasting: Podcasting? Yeah!

In general he makes some sensible points, but the section w…