Linc,
       Just to inform you (as requested in the bashpodder code) that I
       have altered
the bashpodder code to create a script that automates my lugradio mirror.

Ok script finished! To use firstly I suggest creating a directory that
Apache can see and drop a text file in there called bp.conf with the text
"http://www.lugradio.org/episodes.rss" written in there and create another
blank text file called podcast.log. Create a last text file with the text
below but change the text after myurl= to suit your URL/directory_name
and call the file "Podder_Mirror.shell" (Well anything you like really
but that's what mine is called).

Lastly add a line to your crontab file with "crontab -e" and add the text
"0 0 * * * sh path_to_your_mirror directory/script_name.shell". Which
should run it once at midnight every day.

Shortcomings This will only mirror the high quality mp3 files - but
given that they are by far the most downloaded that isn't such a bad
thing. Also once the script has started running, stopping it prematurely
will mean that (apart from having only half an mp3 file) the podcast.log
file wont be updated correctly so you'll have to change that manually
otherwise it will download all the files again with a ".1" after them
and re-register them again each time the script is run.