Episodes
Don't Let The Robots Take Over
James Cridland of Podnews had a great write-up yesterday on the debate around podcast transcripts: https://podnews.net/article/po…
Melissa's Journey to 400 Thousand Downloads
Registered Dietitian Melissa Joy Dobbins is The Guilt Free RD and her podcast Sound Bites just went over 400,000 total downloads.…
Get Comfortable and Know Your Audience
This week has me thinking about two important aspects of creating a podcast. Be comfortable - my setup and neck taught me this th…
Johnny Peterson - Straight Up Podcasts
I first met Johnny Peterson from Straight Up Podcasts at Podcast Movement in Orlando last summer - you know, in the old days when…
My 2014 Ryan Seacrest Interview
In my upcoming (June 2) episode of The Jag Show Podcast, I tell Johnny Peterson about my worst audio mistake ever, blowing an ent…
Don't Sweat The Downloads
Joe Rogan feels "gross." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/25/opinion/joe-rogan-spotify-podcast.html?login=email&auth=login-email J…
Why Social Isn't Enough To Promote Your Podcast
Earlier this month, Tim O'Brien of O'Brien Communications in Pittsburgh wrote a great piece in Podcast Business Journal, "Social …
Podcast Listening Rebounds, Joe Rogan to Spotify, and Call Her Daddy …
Three big stories in podcasting this week... The folks at Podtrac say that for the 4th and 5th weeks, podcast download and audien…
Boston Pod Guru David Yas
Really enjoyed chatting with the guy who does what I do - but in the town I grew up in. David Yas runs Pod617, the Boston Podcast…
Bonus: My 2014 Interview With Mick Foley
Tomorrow (May 19th), I'll be releasing my interview with David Yas, of Pod617 and The Boston Podcast network. We discussed the a…
Why Downloads Shouldn't Be Your Priority
I find myself often falling into that trap of judging myself on my download numbers, as most podcasters do, and I have to remind …
YaYa Podcasting's Carrie Caufield Arick
I was thrilled to talk with Carrie Caufield Arick, one of the first podcast editors and coaches I met in the space. You name it,…
New Podcast Tools
Google is continuing to play catch-up with Apple and Spotify - now launching their own podcast manager to give you detailed analy…
From The Vault: How Don Found His Birth Family at Age 58
Today, I'm going into the vault to bring you my first podcast interview - with former coworker Don Banks, of iHeartMedia in New O…
Its Gonna Be May
Matty Staudt says your intro matters. And he's right. Which podcast advertisers are spending more in the age of Coronavirus? Mage…
Podcast OG Evo Terra Consumed Only Beer and Sausages For A Month
And he lost weight doing it! We'll get to that later. Evo Terra is an OG in the world of podcasting. While Apple has just gone …
Adventures in Remote Recording
There are now 1,000,000 podcasts in Apple. Rob Walch of Libsyn says desktop listening is up a point to 12% I've discovered in re…
Behind The Scenes of ESPN Podcasts
ESPN has more podcasts than you can count, and the man in charge is Peter Gianesini. I asked him how ESPN came into podcasting, …
Podcast vs Broadcast Continues
As a former radio guy, I've spent a lot of time covering the often converging lanes of broadcast and podcast. For many in podcas…
Callin Baton Rouge - With Catherine OBrien
Catherine O'Brien owns Branch Out Programs , an end-to-end podcasting production company out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We spoke…
Debating the Biden Pod, Squadcast Improves, and Stern Talks To Brady
Joe Biden's new podcast brings to light one of the biggest dilemmas a podcast editor faces - how much do I cut? We start by delv…
Marketing and Monetizing Your Podcast with Matt Cundill
After many years as a radio personality and programmer in Canadian radio, Matt Cundill began consulting audio creators. This even…
The Tinder of Podcasts
In today's 5 minute Friday, we look at how the Coronavirus and "Social Distancing" have affecting the podcasting industry. It's s…
From Radio to Podcasting with Michelle ODell
I'm joined today by a blast from the past - Michelle O'Dell, whom I worked with in Burlington Vermont from 2007-2011. She's begi…