As we slide in to the back half of the year, it's a great time to reflect on any goals and plans that that you have for improving your podcast. This week in our featured segment we discuss ways that you can capture, organize and execute your plan. Before we get to that though, we have a How I Saved My Podcast story from an anonymous listener about some challenges with their podcast network. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we review Magix Vegas Movie Studio 16 Suite (disclaimer - we we...
Aug 19, 2019•57 min•Season 1Ep. 194
This week Stephen and SP sit down to interview Sarah Rhea Werner about her history with creating Audio Drama podcasts. Sarah discusses her experience getting in to audio dramas, some of the challenges that have faced her over the years, and some general advice for creating Audio Dramas. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we discuss Deezer taking submissions for podcasts, and some of the technical specifications they've outlined. Finally, Stephen crawls out from under the bus to give Dami...
Aug 13, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 193
Stephen is away on vacation this week and so we have special guest Jen (from Anomaly Podcast ) here to talk about her experiences with running a hobby podcast for 12+ years. Jen if half of the duo behind the sci-fi/fantasy podcast Anomaly Podcast , which was created in 2007. Over the run of the show Jen and her co-host Angela have undergone a variety of changes both to do with their hobby podcast and in their personal lives. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we talk about an article call...
Aug 05, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 192
As much as everyone hopes they won't find themselves in this situation, sometimes in podcasting difficult conversations can come up and they can be hard to have productively. This week we're going to discuss how you can best handle these situations including some considerations as you approach the situation, some specific situations that often come up with podcasters, and some ways to handle these situations. Before we get there though, Stephen had a CRITICAL HARDWARE FAILURE THAT ALMOST STOPPED...
Jul 29, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 191
This week in the show we take a bit of a left turn from our usual points of conversation, to talk about why podcasting isn't for everyone. Yes, you read that right. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we chat about a new live-streaming feature that Podbean is launching and how Apple might be getting in to podcast originals. Finally, we take listener feedback, including one person who requested we handle their email in a certain way. We also have an answer to the Bossjock Studio / Backpack ...
Jul 23, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 190
Inspired by a recent discussion in our Discord community, this week we dedicate an episode to analyzing all of the steps that it takes to put together a well produced episode. We'll break down the steps in to the main categories of Prep, Recording, Editing, Publishing/Promotion and Misc. From here, we break down all of the components you may find yourself doing within these categories, and we'll share our personal experiences as we go through these. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we ...
Jul 15, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 189
This episode we discuss benefits to creating a podcast resume, things that should be on the podcast resume, and how you can promote your podcast resume. What exactly is a podcast resume? We'll discuss that too. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we discuss Bossjock Junior vs Backpack Studio, and how there is some very confusing things about the two apps. Finally, we talk about listener feedback on cleaning their podcast equipment - and Stephen has a related story. Find full episode inform...
Jul 09, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 188
Following up to last week's episode about Hangouts on Air going away, this week we're going to run down a series of online audio recording services. Before we get there though, we'll talk a bit about what they are, advantages of them, and some things to watch out for when selecting. Lastly, we'll run down each service and some of the features that they offer. Finally, in this week's Better Podback, we run down the highlights from this week's feedback - including someone who sent an email about S...
Jul 01, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 187
Last week we posted an article to GonnaGeek highlighting how Google announced that Hangouts on Air is going away soon . As Hangouts on Air (HOA) has been a staple that we've highlighted many times on this show, we thought that we'd do an episode where highlight some of the reasons why Hangouts on Air was successful, some considerations for moving forward, and things to prioritize when choosing a new service. Before we get there though, we kick off our show with a pre-launch How I Saved My Podcas...
Jun 24, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 186
We make it clear that our stance is that in order to podcast, you can achieve great sound simply by using a simple microphone like the Audio-Technica ATR2100, AT2005 or Samson Q2U. In this episode we discuss some ways you can attempt to enhance a simple podcast setup without buying new hardware (ok, we'll talk a bit about some light hardware changes too). In this week's Better Podcasting Download, SP gives his thoughts on the Backpack Studio update to now allow live streaming. Finally, in this w...
Jun 16, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 185
This week we conclude our arc on introductory episodes, this time talking all about episode 1. We'll discuss how to balance your episode one with your episode zero, ways to make your episode one carry a punch, and some things to consider for your first episode if you're not going to have an episode zero. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we get SP's take on Libsyn adding a destination for Radio.com , and we talk about how Apple is making changes to their categories. Finally, we run down...
Jun 09, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 184
This week we start our arc on introductory episodes, this time talking all about episode 0. We'll discuss what episode zeros are, why you may want to do them, how to use them effectively, and things to avoid in your episode zero. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we talk about Libsyn adding a destination for Radio.com (and why it's completely irrelevant to Stephen). Finally, we run down this week's feedback including one about podcast superstitions. Find full episode information includi...
Jun 03, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 183
Today we talk about celebrating the wins that you have with your podcast. We'll discuss reasons celebrating can be beneficial, some reasons why people celebrate, and how some people celebrate podcast wins. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we discuss a change to Podtrac's statistics. Finally, we run down some feedback, including one listener's unfortunate experience listening to our most recent show. Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www....
May 26, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 182
The podcast world is buzzing again about Podcast Transcriptions, so we thought it was time for us to talk about them. In this episode we'll discuss how you can get them, what they are, pros of using podcast transcriptions, cons, and our opinion on whether or not it's worth creating transcriptions for your shows. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we discuss how THREE companies were IAB Compliant Certified over the last week, what that means for hobby podcasters, and we theorize on why cer...
May 20, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 181
As your podcast evolves, you may find that you need to drastically adjust the length of your show. If you're making this change suddenly, there are some things that you may consider as you work through the change; in this episode we discuss those things. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we say farewell to Podcon and share our opinion on the challenges that may have lead to its end. Finally, Stephen shares some of his reasons for not fully recommending Pinecast as we run down some feedba...
May 13, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 180
There are a lot of different component involved with the podcasting process, and when you break down those component, there are a ton of little things that become a part of your regular routine. While these things may be time consuming, after awhile they can easily be forgotten about. This week we've picked some of these items to discuss, some ways they've affected us week to week, and some tips we have to help you. Key categories for this segment include: Prep/planning Recording Editing Misc Co...
May 06, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 179
For those of you who have talked to Stargate Pioneer about choosing a media host, you know that he's got a pretty tight list about his recommended criteria for this. Today we're going to run down this criteria and expand on the reasoning behind these suggestions - plus a few more. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we talk about Luminary (Note this was recorded on Wednesday, April 24, 2019). Finally, we take listener feedback - including Stephen who has a bonus How I Saved My Podcast Sto...
Apr 29, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 178
There are a lot of podcasts in the world, and that means that your podcast may have a lot of competition. So, in a situation like this, how do you stand out in the crowd? In this episode we'll talk about a bunch of best practices to make your show unique, and some things to avoid as well. However, before we get there, we have to say farewell to co-host of Stargate Pioneer. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we discuss Apple redesign the Apple Podcasts websites. Finally, we take listener ...
Apr 22, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 177
This week we're pleased to offer another interview, this time with Dan Hughley of Focusrite. We'll discuss Focusrite's podcast consideration, endeavors and some hardware available for podcasters. We also chat about Dan's history and how he got to where he is today. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we chat about some recent de-indexing that happened with Google and how it affects you as a podcaster. In this week's Better Podback we take listener/viewer feedback, including a question abou...
Apr 15, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 176
This week in the show, we do a little self-analysis by reviewing our top 10 downloaded episode of 2018. We do this review to help provide some insight on what episodes worked best for our audience, and what other podcasters might be interested in. In the Better Podcasting Download, we look at two reddit articles - one about interrupting, and the other about apologizing to your audience. In this week's Better Podback, we run down some Discord feedback, including someone who wasn't satisfied with ...
Apr 08, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 175
As a hobby podcaster, you probably don't have endless funds to help promote your show. You're in luck, because today we're going to run down a bunch of methods to help promote your show for free, and some experience that we've had using these. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we'll talk about the BBC pulling out of Google Podcasts (and why it's a non-issue), and an update about StreamGuys going with RAD statistics. Finally, we'll take listener feedback and Discord feedback - including ...
Apr 01, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 174
Sometimes you might find that your podcast's source material is no longer available. If this happens to you, there are several decisions that have to be made for the future in the show. This week, we discuss some of these decisions, and Stargate Pioneer provides actual examples of decisions that he is making for two of the shows that he currently participates in. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we discuss recent Patreon changes, and what it means for the hobby podcaster. After we take...
Mar 24, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 173
This week we're pleased to interview Craig Reeves from Mackie about their future which involves exploring creating a device for podcasting (and other content creation). Other topics of discussion include Craig's history, how he got in to this line of business, and some technical information about some of the Mackie products that podcasters may be looking at. Before we get there though, we start this episode with another How I Saved My Podcast story - this time it's about a media host. In this we...
Mar 18, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 172
Many industries have a code of ethics established for their industry, but Podcasting doesn't have anything formally established. In this episode we discuss some things that we've seen over the years (and some things that we've had conversations with other podcasters) that might be a consideration when discussing Podcasting Ethics. Our segment isn't intended to suggest podcasting ethics (that's well beyond our control), but just to highlight some of the things that we've seen happening in podcast...
Mar 10, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 171
We've often spoken about how to podcast with co-hosts remotely, but what about the situations where you're going to record in the same room together? Things can actually be a lot different (and more complex in some ways) when you're recording multiple people in the same room together. In this episode we'll discuss some best practices and share some of our experiences when recording with other people in the same room. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we discuss the hot-off-the-presses e...
Mar 04, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 170
Although there are many podcasts which release on a weekly basis, there are many podcasts that use a non-weekly release format. In this episode we'll discuss some release schedules, benefits to these, and some best practices if you're going to go non-weekly. We'll also cover seasonal podcasting. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, Stephen shares the reason why he hasn't continued on with his Rodecaster Pro review videos - including sharing a couple sample audio clips. If you're considerin...
Feb 24, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 169
Ever considered doing some YouTube projects associated with your podcast? This episode we discuss ways you can use YouTube to help your podcast, best practices if you're going to, and share some cautionary tales from our experiences. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we chat about Apple Podcast Connect changing their terms of service, and we theorize why this is. Finally, we take your feedback including someone's HOW I SAVED MY PODCAST story. Find full episode information including links...
Feb 17, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 168
This week in the show, we discuss how to consider making a change to your show, some things to pay attention to, and ways that you can implement changes to your show. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we discuss Spotify buying Gimlet and Anchor and our theories on what this could mean for the future of podcasters which use Anchor, including relating it to the music industry. Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/167/ ...
Feb 11, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 167
Lately we've seen a lot of discussion surrounding using USB microphones, and often we've seen people ask about how to record multiple people at the same time. In this episode we'll be discussion challenges facing trying to use multiple USB microphones, tips if you're going to try it, and some other advice surrounding USB microphone use. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we give an update on the Rodecaster Pro, and also reflect on someone else's podcast life self-reflection. Finally, we ...
Feb 04, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 166
This week in the show we talk about real time audience engagement. Whether it's while you're recording, or in between your episodes, there are various ways to interact with your audience AND a variety of benefits that come with doing so. BUT before we get our featured segment, Stephen has one heck of a "How I Saved My Podcast" Story to share. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we discuss a Rodecaster firmware update AND iHeart Radio's Podcast Awards. Finally, we take your feedback in our ...
Jan 28, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 165
