What the hell are you guys doing over there? 4 hours to encode and upload an episode seems pretty long. You should upgrade from that 386 Ross.
As a reference, it takes me less than an hour to edit anything out, add intro/outro, level sound, reduce the volume on a few select bits, save as MP3 from WAV, and edit ID3 tags. (uploading can take over an hour if the interweb is going slowly)
Just wondered what else I'm missing here. I feel like I should be doing a hell of a lot more stuff with my podcast if it's supposed to take that long.