Burning multisession disk for PC users

Hi, I would like to burn a multisession disk in Disk Utility that can be used on Mac or PC. The instructions say "The files must be from a volume with a Mac OS Extended disk format." Does that mean that the resulting disk can only be read by a Mac?
Sorry, I am new to Mac and don't really understand the whole disk Image thing.
Is there a way to write a multisession disk that can later be read by a PC or better yet in a CD player. I am recording some speeches, a new one every week, and would like to put them all on one CD to be listened to later. (I have permission to record the speeches.)
Thanks

If you want an audio CD that will play in a normal player, use iTunes. Put the speeches in a playlist and add one each week. Each week burn a new CD from the playlist. Blank CDs are very cheap, but you could use CD-RW, so you could reuse them. CD-RW disks, though, are not as compatible with some audio CD players.

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