this is gross but might work

publish.el

@@ -167,3 +167,22 @@
          :publishing-function org-publish-attachment)
         ("org" :components ("org-core" "org-static-website" "org-config" "org-blog" "org-rss"))))
 (org-publish-all t)
+
+(org-rss-publish-to-rss '(:publishing-directory
+                          "~/public_html"
+                          :base-directory
+                          "~/blog"
+                          :base-extension
+                          "org"
+                          :publishing-function
+                          (org-rss-publish-to-rss)
+                          :rss-extension
+                          "xml"
+                          :html-link-home
+                          "https://jjanzen.ca"
+                          :html-link-use-abs-url
+                          t
+                          :html-link-org-files-as-html
+                          t)
+                        "~/blog/rss.org"
+                        "/root/public_html")