rss and podcasts

Another lesson done! Not sure I've fully 'got' this one, but I think I've done the basics. I actually started a bloglines account last year for the dreaded MLIS 525 paper, and was initially all excited and keen, but as with much of this stuff, it's the ongoing commitment that makes the difference. It's good fun to work out how to start, and how to add stuff, and then after a few weeks, you realise you haven't checked your reader for aaaaages, and when you do it's overwhelming, due to the 86 feeds and notifications that you hadn't noticed, and you try desperately to catch up and ...
Maybe it's a matter of structuring this into my day, just like I make time for email checking, and for looking at Desknet. I guess also, it's to do with choosing the right stuff to add, and not just random things that look cool.
I also can't figure out yet how to integrate the rss feeds into my blog page, or podcast notifications. I've added some of the blogs I follow in a list on the side, but I don't know if this is what the task actually was? And I'm using iTunes to listen to my podcasts, but I don't know if this is the best/easiest tool for this - thoughts, anyone?