Automator script to sync podcast folders

Hi everybody.
I would like to create an automator action to sync the podcasts between two itunes libraries, from my macbook to my mac mini and vice versa. The mini is my living room mac, the macbook is used at work during the day but also in my home office after work and on the weekends. I sync my iphone with this macbook and it's itunes library.
So the idea is to
a) always have the most recent podcasts available on mini, macbook and iphone
b) prevent simultaneous downloads when both macs are basically sitting next to each other in the same network
I have been trying to use "find finder items" and "copy finder items" but didn't quite get it right. Is there a way to let automator check if the mini's harddrive is available at all before? I would set up ical to run the script twice a day or so. Does this make any sense at all? Haha.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you guys hava a better idea than to use automator for this, I'm all ears.
Thanks.
V

Can't solve you issue, but recommend that you peruse
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2039384
Introduction to Automator tutorial at http://automator.us/leopard/video/index.html
http://www.automatedworkflows.com/tips/podcast.html and
http://www.macosxautomation.com/automator/examples/ex04/index.html

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