Just found the solution to making podcasts into permanent/normal music entries while clicking around in iTunes 10 today.
I’ve wanted to-do this for a while after listening to some talks I really liked, and would to keep those, but not the bigger podcast they were part of:
![itunes podcasts listened to itunes podcasts listened to](/blog/static/cc54e96d/itunes-podcasts-listened-to@2x.png)
First select the tracks you wish to keep, right click, and choose “Create MP3 Version”:
![itunes select and create MP3 version itunes select and create MP3 version](/blog/static/8b005f4c/itunes-select-and-create-mp3-version@2x.png)
Then wait for them to process, and they appear in you normal music library, tagged and every thing:
![itunes and there they are itunes and there they are](/blog/static/3d3065f9/itunes-and-there-they-are@2x.png)
Right next to your Red Hot Chile Peppers ;-)