Podcasts usually are one file but audiobooks usually are multiple files so a playlist is required for Panucci to work properly. Doesn't 0.3 has a playlist? Also, what's the problem with clearing the playlist? Go to the menu and chose "Clear Playlist". That way you don't ever have to even open the playlist window. For you few people that only ever use Panucci to play one file at a time I'd suggest that you fork Panucci and strip out the playlist functionality and call it "someprogram - one file podcast player".