Bitrate
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsJoin Brendan Hutchins 🙈 and Mark Steadman 🧔🏻 as they digest the very latest in podcast culture.
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Episodes
1. Endings
April 12, 2019 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBWe’re Back! For a limited series on Burnout. Please join us as we discuss with each other and some podcast luminaries about how podcasting can be a drag sometimes, and make us want to quit(!), but we love it so much that we just can’t leave. It’s the best of abusive relationships.
2. A gap in the market
April 12, 2019 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBMathew Passey of CausePods, the Podcast Consultant, and Audit My Podcast, shares what to keep in mind when starting a podcast.
3. Formats matter
April 12, 2019 04:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBDan Misener from Pacific Content expounds on his prolific experience and expertise of trying and testing podcast ideas.
4. Production and editing
April 12, 2019 04:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBDrew Ackerman from the Sleep With Me podcast discusses the trials and tribulations of podcast production.
5. Audience and community
April 12, 2019 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBJenna Spinelle of Democracy Works helps us get a grip on community engagement, and podcast promotion.
6. Managing expectations
April 12, 2019 04:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBYuvi Zalkow, author, developer, video creator, and podcaster, shares his experience with failure and persistence.
7. Podcasting's darkest timeline
April 12, 2019 04:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBThe one in which we say goodbye.
Introducing Mixdown
August 04, 2018 10:15 - 5 minutes - 4.1 MBWhile the show is on hiatus, Mark can't keep away from the mic so he's embarked on a daily podcasting challenge. This is what it sounds like.
Cultivating an audience, with special guest Tom Merritt
July 13, 2018 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBThe Daily Tech News Show's Tom Merritt talks about Acast, audience engagement, brie and more.
Google's new podcast app and making a deal with the data devil
July 06, 2018 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBAaron Wong from Nobody Asked for This, Holler Presents, and the band Downtown, joins Brendan and Mark to discuss being new to podcasts, initial discovery, the new Google Podcasts app, and the question of whether we need a “Netflix of podcasts”.
What it takes to book great guests
June 29, 2018 13:00 - 37 minutes - 26.2 MBDan Lizette of The Podcast Digest joins the conversation about podcast culture.
Do you listen back to podcasts?
June 22, 2018 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBA new favorite podcast is added to the list, #MeToo extends into podcasts, the Google Podcasts app is actually out now, beware of Anchor (possibly), and how much is too much when it comes to re-listening to podcasts?
Let's spread the podcasting wealth
June 15, 2018 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBPodcasting made $314 million in revenue last year. How can we spread the wealth so not just upper echelons benefit?
Are we Megatron?
May 25, 2018 13:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBMark chatted with Jason Reed of the Stop and Search podcast, which picked up two silvers at this year's British Podcast Awards.
Boom, busted and Banter
May 18, 2018 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBPraise and critique for audio dramas, AudioBoom goes boom (maybe), and banter about Banter.
Mining the data of podcasts
May 11, 2018 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBPodchaser creator Bradley Davis joins Mark and Brendan to discuss how much data is provided to podcast makers, apps, and the industry. Bradley and Brendan suggest new shows Mark has never heard, Bradley gives his 60 second explanation for why podcasts should not be completely free or ad-supported.
Marketing podcasts correctly (no, this is not a BS session)
May 04, 2018 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBKevin Goldberg of discoverpods.com joined the conversation with Mark and Brendan to discuss marketing a podcast correctly.
Chasing honest feedback and following up on Google's pod plans
April 27, 2018 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBMark and Brendan discuss Google's plans to bring podcast joy to Android users, and delve into friend-of-the-show Ma'ayan Plaut's comprehensive article on podcast feedback. 🧔🏻 Mark is also looking for a new favourite show, so tweet #bitrate with your suggestions!
Let's gather round the wireless
April 20, 2018 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBBrendan and Mark are joined by Arielle Nissenblatt, founder of the Earbuds Podcast Collective, to talk about listening to podcasts in a group, attending live recordings, conferences, meetups and more.
Branded podcasts and the lost magic of audio
April 13, 2018 13:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBMark and Brendan are joined by Jon Hickman to follow up on what podcasts are called, the disconnect between magical video and mundane audio, and how online radio works in the UK.
When will audio dramas get their day
April 06, 2018 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBBrendan uncovered some interesting stats from Acast and has things to say about podcast app user interfaces. Mark gets excited about news podcasts for millennials, and they both try and answer the question "when will audio dramas get their day?"
Is it time to redefine the term "podcast"?
March 30, 2018 13:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBMa'ayan Plaut, the Podcast Librarian & Content Strategist at RadioPublic, joins Brendan and Mark to talk about the world of podcasts and specifically the word "podcast". Should that be the word to describe audio delivered over the Internet? What is it we are actually describing when we say "podcast"? 🙈 And yes, I (Brendan) put the punctution outside of quatation marks, because what is inside the quotes should be strickly what is quoted or reffered to; outside of the quotes has a different co...
Is the medium innovating fast enough?
March 23, 2018 04:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBIn our first episode we examine the latest Infinite Dial report, and Podchaser's collected insights on the future of the medium.