The second Podcasting Academy, being held today and tomorrow at Boston University, is now underway.

The event will “provide guidance on how to create, distribute and use podcasts,” which includes “‘how to’ classes for beginners as well as advanced classes for more seasoned professionals.”

The Podcast Academy is sold out, but you can watch and listen to all of the speakers through a live webcast, just as I am doing right now from the comforts of my computer chair.

There’s an impressive lineup of scheduled speakers, including pioneering videoblogger Steve Garfield and C.C. Chapman of Accident Hash, U-Turn Cafe, and the Podsafe Music Network.

Without actually being at the event — and I’m kicking myself for missing the registration — the webcast is the next-best way to learn from some of podcasting’s most passionate thinkers.