Why He'll Podcast For the Rest of His Life: Jonathan Mitchell of The Truth - BTP 014

Jonathan Mitchell is the creator of The Truth Podcast (http://www.thetruthpodcast.com/)
⏲️Time Stamped Show Notes
0:25 – DJ's introduction to today's show
1:40 – The background behind The Truth podcast
3:00 – Their process for narrowing down their story ideas
5:00 – How they record each episode two weeks ahead of time
6:00 – Why they have scraped episodes in the past
7:30 – How he parlayed his experience in radio into podcasting
9:00 – Why he used an NPR piece to help launch the podcast
12:0 – How they grew the audience and joined an advertising network
14:00 – Why he has worked on the podcast full-time since 2013
15:00 – How they formed a partnership with Radiotopia
17:00 – Why their network operates as a collaborative community
21:00 – How he sources actors for The Truth
24:00 – Why they get 500k monthly listeners today
27:00 – Their primary driver of audience growth
29:00 – How they've been able to get thousands of reviews and ratings
31:00 – Why they've experimented with a few monetization channels
35:00 – How the negative feedback always stings
37:30 – Why his ultimate goal is making a podcast he's proud of
38:30 – Where he sees podcasting going in the future
42:00 – Why he will stay in audio for the rest of his life
43:00 – How to stay in touch with Jonathan and The Truth podcast
43:30 – The Final Five

About Jonathan:
Jonathan Mitchell has contributed a wide range of work— documentaries, fictional stories, non-narrated sound collages, and original music— to all sorts of programs: RadioLab, Studio 360, This American Life, All Things Considered, Planet Money, and PBS’s Nova, to name a few. His work has won many awards, including the Peabody, Third Coast Festival, The Sarah Lawrence College International Audio Fiction Award, and the Gold Mark Time Award for Best Science Fiction Audio. He studied music composition at University of Illinois and Mills College.
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