I should also mention this....Don't know what the specific goals are for the podcast, but if he/you are going to try and get ratings for the podcast, there are a lot of things you're going to have to account for..

The most important is that the Apple Rating system is set up completely different than Google's Algorithm.  Long story short, with Apple ratings revolve around the frequency in which you put out new episodes.  Podcasts that dump new episodes at least twice a week rank higher as a general rule.