Podcast Pontifications
610 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 30 ratingsTHIS SHOW IS CURRENTLY ON HIATUS - PLEASE ENJOY THE ARCHIVE OF CONTENT FOCUSED ON MAKING PODCASTING BETTER.
Where plenty of podcasts about podcasting (PAPs) tell you what to do, Podcast Pontifications gives you what to think about in podcasting.
These insightful forward-looking episodes have one central tenet: Podcasting needs to be made better, not just easier.
Designed for the working podcaster, these short-form episodes get you thinking about the future of podcasting and how you can better prepare yourself -- and your shows -- for the future. The goal is simple: help you develop critical thinking skills needed to make the best future-proofed podcast you can with the tools of today. Plus a few sneak previews of what might be coming tomorrow.
Hosted by Podcast Hall of Fame Class of 2022 inductee Evo Terra.
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Episodes
Can Video Be The Future Of Podcasting If We're Sick Of It? [S3E71]
January 28, 2021 16:55 - 10 minutes - 9.4 MBWe live in a world where many of us are getting sick of video-based communications and content. For a year now video has been forced upon us. We’re doing work on video. We’re going to school on video. We use video calls to have happy hours with friends and even celebrate holidays with family via video cameras. We’re trying to stay in shape by using video workouts. And depressingly, we’re even attending funerals via video. A growing trend I’m noticing is lots of blank screens when a partici...
The Battle Against Irrelevancy In Podcasting [S3E70]
January 27, 2021 16:55 - 8 minutes - 8.08 MBI'm afraid of becoming irrelevant to the world of podcasting. Not outdated. And not even unimportant. Simply irrelevant. My assumption is that the longer one is in the podcasting game, the more changes to the game have been witnessed, and that feeling of irrelevance or obsolescence starts to build. Perhaps my own self-evaluation and coming to terms with it might help when those feelings hit you. Or if they’ve hit you already. Upping my game certainly helps. I’ve brought a slew of peopl...
Is Today's Controversy Tomorrow's Podcast Episode? [S3E69]
January 26, 2021 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBWhen controversy breaks, should you consider throwing your proverbial hat into the ring? If you don’t normally cover current events and have niched-down your focus, the decision to wade into controversy should be a considered one. 1. Is the topic worth it? - If you’re going to interrupt your normally not-controversial production efforts to present your opinions of an argument, the controversy at hand probably needs to be a pretty big one. Minor annoyances and trivial matters (recognizing y...
The Joy Of Successfully Creative Podcasting [S3E68]
January 25, 2021 16:55 - 10 minutes - 9.38 MBIt may be an over-reach on my part, but it seems that every book, every course, and every workshop is about creating a successful podcast. A successful podcast that will reach hundreds, thousands, or maybe even millions of people. But… is having a huge and monetizable show the only measurement of success? People take creative writing classes, participate in writing groups, and pay for seminars to get better at the craft of writing. Yes, that’s the only reason. Painters spend lots of time—...
Living Up To The Promises You Made With Your Podcast [S3E67]
January 21, 2021 16:55 - 10 minutes - 9.9 MBEvery podcast is a promise. Are you and your show still living up to that promise? You’ve probably changed, which is good and natural. But have you changed the promise you’re making to new listeners? In podcast listening apps, you made overt promises made that compel searchers or browsers to become subscribers or followers. When’s the last time you reviewed that text and held those promises up against the episodes you’re making today? How current are the promises made in your media kit? ...
Podcast Your Way Through The Unknown [S3E66]
January 20, 2021 16:55 - 9 minutes - 9.09 MBI have some bad news for you. Having a big-name guest on your podcast—if your episodes feature guests—will not make your podcast popular. Starting a Tiktok, Instagram, or even Clubhouse account for your podcast will not make your podcast popular. Follow the formula laid out by a podcasting superstar will not make your show popular. Using the same gear used by big podcasters will not make your show popular. I have worse news for you. Do you want to know the best way to promote a pod...
Blending Listener Emotions For A Better Podcast [S3E65]
January 19, 2021 16:55 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBEvery one of your episodes elicits some sort of emotional response from every one of your listeners. Intentional or not, every podcast evokes an emotional response. Even if the podcaster had no intention of doing so. It happens. We’re human The most common emotions or feelings elicited by podcast are feeling informed and feeling entertained. But neither of those, in isolation, is enough. If any podcast can make a listener feel either entertained or informed, why would listeners tell others...
Making More Equity In Podcasting By Stepping Back [S3E64]
January 18, 2021 16:55 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBIn reflection of today, Martin Luther King Day in the United States, I examining my position of privilege within podcasting, and taking what I hope is a meaningful stride forward. I enjoy a lot of time in the spotlight in the podcasting world. You can argue that it’s my credentials in the space, the platform I’ve built, or the fact that I’ve been pushing the edges of what podcasting can be for more than 16 years that earned me those spots. But let’s be honest: the way I look certainly isn...
Is Clubhouse The Future Of Podcasting? [S3E63]
January 14, 2021 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBNot all of 2020’s gifts that keep on giving into ‘21 are bad. Take Clubhouse, a social audio platform that has reached a fever pitch within my podcasting circles. I've been on the platform for almost two weeks now, and I don't hate it. No, I don’t love it, but I am intrigued by the possibilities of social audio. And since the future and present of podcasting is the raison d’etre of Podcast Pontifications—and also because many have been asking for my hot take—I'm going to dive in and answer...
7 Intentional Ways To Boost Your Podcasting [S3E62]
January 13, 2021 16:55 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBOne sweaty time at a distanced Barre class was all it took for the advice of fellow podcaster George Hrab to suddenly made sense to me. So from my sweaty realization with my leg hiked behind me and hip flexors complaining to your awaiting ears and eyes, I give you seven ways you can break out of your habit (and my habit) of going through the motions and really focus on what it is you’re doing when you’re doing podcast-y things. Select Your Podcast’s Guests With Intent - If the entire reason...
A Brief Lesson Podcasters Can Learn From Politicians [S3E61]
January 12, 2021 16:55 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBPodcasters have a reputation for being more than a little rambly. They often dive into various tangents and talk at length on trivial matters when listeners just wish they would get to the point. Some equate the bad behavior of podcasters to that of politicians. But I don't think that's a fair comparison. I’m used to hearing from senators in soundbites, usually clipped from their brief appearances on political talk shows, other interviews given, or stump speeches. Last week was the first t...
Are Helpful Podcasters Averaging Out Podcasting? [S3E60]
January 11, 2021 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBI have a complicated relationship with community-driven podcasting groups and events. On one hand, I've started plenty of successful community-driven, podcasting groups and events. Also, I've been plenty involved in the podcasting groups and events shared by others, either as a presenter or active participant. But I also deeply question their value, especially to established working podcasters. Because it doesn't take credentials to get your opinion heard in the podcasting world. It just ta...
Cat-Herding Podcasters Was Always Doomed To Fail [S3E59]
January 07, 2021 16:55 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBEvo’s note: There was an attempted coup to overthrow the government of the United States of America last night. So you're checking this out years later... well, now you know why this episode seems a bit off. All indications are that The Podcast Academy is having an existential crisis. And while it’s not dead yet, there’s a very good chance that TPA will fizzle out after a year. And that’s a shame, I think. But it’s also not surprising. It used to be that saying “I’m a podcaster” meant you...
Podcasting's Advertising Problem Is Your Problem, Podcaster [S3E58]
January 06, 2021 16:55 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBBuying ads on podcasts are a PITA, regardless if you’re a buyer, a supplier, or someone in the middle. It sucks. It sucks for a few reasons: The staple of podcast advertising, the host-read baked-in ad, cannot be scaled. Podcast advertisers are lazy and spend money where it’s easiest. To make it easy for advertisers to spend money on your podcast and spread the wealth, you have to utilize DAI—dynamic ad insertion— to turn your episodes into “addressable inventory”. In the past, I’ve t...
Scratching Your Creative Podcasting Itch [S3E57]
January 05, 2021 16:55 - 10 minutes - 9.52 MBAre you making the podcast you were born to make? Or do you have other creative podcasting itches that need to be scratched? Because podcasters are creative people, and while it’s great to have a popular and successful show, we often need to explore different aspects of our creativity, lest we grow bored. Bands and musicians can only release so many albums per year and can only do so much touring to support their most recent album. So if they want to explore a solo project, they often find ...
The Death Of Podcasting Dominance, Brought To You By Amazon & Wondery [S3E56]
January 04, 2021 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBWondery will soon be part of the Amazon machine. The acquisition—rumored to be worth some $300 million—garnered a lot of attention from the media, proclaiming this as Amazon’s play to become the dominant player in podcasting. My take, surprisingly enough, looks at this deal through a different lens. Large companies are buying their way into podcasting for different reasons. Spotify cares most about driving subscription revenue to Spotify Premium and reducing the share of revenue paid to m...
More Podcast Pontifications Soon Stuffed In Your Stockings! [S3E55G Bonus]
December 23, 2020 16:55 - 9 minutes - 8.61 MBThe end of Evo’s Long Winter's Nap is upon us, and brand new episodes of Podcast Pontifications return on January 4th, 2021! I know you’re excited. Even though I’ve been on break since the end of October, regular listeners to the program still heard new episodes—albeit not with as much frequency—courtesy of some other working podcasters who lent their voices while I was away. If you’re not subscribed, remedy that situation, because you missed great content from: Patrick Oliver Jones from...
The Trick To Maintaining Motivation For Your Brand New Podcast [S3E55F]
December 16, 2020 16:55 - 7 minutes - 6.67 MBGuest host: Tim Desmond of the podcast RevolutionFI. Have you ever felt like you're shouting into the wind? Every podcaster knows the excitement around starting a new podcast. And every podcaster also knows the depressive feeling that comes from looking at barren stats of a just-launched podcast. So how do you stay motivated? How do you keep up the effort when you don’t have thousands of fans out of the gate? Even if you’ve been podcasting for years, every new show starts you off again a...
The Low-Stress Approach To AdTech For New Podcasters [S3E55E]
December 09, 2020 16:55 - 6 minutes - 6.25 MBGuest host: Bryan Barletta of the adtech newsletter, Sounds Profitable. It may sound odd to hear Bryan saying this, but he has a message for those of you stressing out about the adtech solutions you’re thinking of using for your not-yet-launched podcast: You don’t need one. No, you really don’t need to plan out your adtech solution before you start your launch your show. In fact, you might not even need to worry about it for a year. Or more. Not that he’s suggesting you avoid monetizin...
Pondering The Pandemic’s Indelible Mark On Podcasting [PPS3E55D]
December 02, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBGuest host: Mark Steadman of the podcast hosting, distribution, and analytics company Podiant. The pandemic is once again top of mind for Mark Steadman, as at the time of this recording, his home country was about to go on lockdown—for the second time. That’s given him lots of time to think about… well, time. Specifically, the way we podcasters think about and use time differently now in the pandemic than we did before. Perhaps you were like Mark, staying well ahead so you didn’t find your...
Temper Your Harsh Critic By Looking For A Podcast's Best Trick [S3E55C]
November 25, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBGuest host: Kevin Patton of the podcasts The A&P Professor and The Academic Podcaster. We all do that, right? We podcasters often listen to podcasts with an overly critical ear. That's natural. Everybody does that. Carpenters naturally check out the quality of construction when they visit your newly built home. Engineers sometimes can't help but analyze the arches and beams and cables as they go over a bridge when they take a road trip. But I think that sometimes all of us—podcasters, engi...
3 Easy Steps To Increase The Global Appeal Of Your Local Podcast [S3E55B]
November 18, 2020 17:01 - 9 minutes - 8.24 MBGuest host: Steph Fuccio from The Geopats Podcasts. News flash: Your podcast is on the internet. That means it’s available to anyone anywhere in the world. So yes, even if you’re doing a local podcast about New York City, Kansas City, or Bangkok, you probably have a wider global reach than you think. I’ve spent the majority of the past 16 years living abroad. During that time I've been active in podcasting groups and listening groups filled with local people wherever I happen to live. And ...
Getting Your Podcast Unstuck With The Three I’s [S3E55A]
November 11, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBGuest host: Patrick Oliver Jones from Why I’ll Never Make It. When producing a daily podcast or a monthly podcast, it all comes down generating ideas ideas. Follows is the “Three I’s” that Patrick has learned in his three years of podcasting that keep him from getting stuck, or at least not stuck for long. 1. Input - If you’re the proud single parent of your precious baby podcast, it feels often like everything is on your shoulders. The recording, the interviewing, the editing, the writing...
Podcasting At Its Best Is Give & Take [S3E55]
October 29, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBPodcasting is very much a two-way street between podcasters and listeners. It’s just that the bidirectional flow of give-and-take isn’t communication-based. The give I offer you on Podcast Pontifications consists of future-positive, forward-thinking episodes/articles focused on philosophical questions about podcasting and ways we podcasters can work together to make podcasting better. You take that information, consider it, and sometimes put that insight into action on your show to make y...
Why PINOs - Podcasters In Name Only - Own The Future [S3E54]
October 28, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBThis US election cycle has been a giant shitshow, but it has caused two terms - RINO and DINO - to become a part of our cultural lexicon. Both are pejorative terms that are summed up nicely (?) by their actual meanings: Republican In Name Only and Democrat In Name Only. Podcasting has this problem as well, where “elites” or “OG” podcasters look at the flood of new apps that make podcasting more accessible than ever before and, instead of being excited by the flood of new interested people, ...
A Podcaster's Work Is Never Done... Until They're Done [S3E53]
October 27, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBSome Podcasters Finish Thousands Of Episodes I have a few friends who have been podcasting since the beginning, and they’re rapidly approaching the 2,000 episode mark. Some might have passed that right on by counting bonus content. Chances are, you’ll probably produce hundreds of episodes of the show you’re doing right now. Some Podcasters Will Finish A Dozen Or More Podcasts A great many of us podcasters build and dismantle several podcasts before deciding on the formula we’re using now....
Podcasting In Hi-Fi: 3 Trends To Watch [S3E52]
October 26, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBGamers are largely responsible for the crisp, deep, and rich visual experiences we have come to expect when watching any sort of video on the myriad devices we own. So it stands to reason that perhaps podcasters can lead the charge in making devices capable of high-quality audio reproduction in or on our ears every bit as common. Here are three trends I’m seeing that could indicate a coming shift in how all of us experience sound in our everyday lives. Not just podcasting! The Rise Of The...
Podcasting On Smart Speakers Isn't Dumb; It's The Future [S3E51]
October 22, 2020 16:55 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBI think we can all agree that the podcast listening experience on smart speakers is pretty terrible. And by “we” I mean podcasters. We know the best podcast experience is listening via our earbuds with our preferred listening app in our hands. We have the habit of listening via that experience, and it’s lightyears better than the voice-only, limited-choice, and rather unintelligent podcast discovery and listening experience provided by smart speakers today. And we must not be alone in that ...
Accepting Podcast Listeners' Interest vs Desire Conflict [S3E50]
October 21, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBGrowing your podcast’s audience isn’t as easy as you want it to be. Even if you do all the marketing and promotional things right, you’ll likely find that your podcast will only attract a tiny fraction of people who are interested in the topic of your show. It’s desire mixed with medium preferences that determine whether someone listens to your podcast or not. I love cooking and have been (and enjoyed being the cook in my family for 31 years. Yet I’ve never listened to a cooking podcast. ...
Who's In Charge Here? You Or Your Podcast?
October 20, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBBeing a podcaster changes you. It’s certainly changed me. The changes podcasting has on you come in many forms, but the important ones can be categorized into the following: 1. Resource Allocation: It takes two types of resources to make a podcast: time and money. And both of those are in balance with one another. Both money and time are scarce resources. You’re limited to the funds available to you, so every dollar or dime spent on your show is a dollar or dime you don’t spend on or save f...
Why Spotify's Shows With Music Is A Big Deal Beyond Podcasting [S3E48]
October 15, 2020 16:55 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBRecently, Spotify removed a seemingly unmovable object that some say has plagued podcasting since the beginning of podcasting: music licensing. From the start, podcasters have wanted to play licensed commercial music - the songs you hear on the radio or have in your personal music library - on their shows. But that has been verboten thanks to the complexity of music licensing rights and hefty fines for copyright violation. Spotify made all of those troubles go away. Leaving aside the fact ...
Normalize The Making Of Abnormal Podcasts... Again [S3E47]
October 14, 2020 16:55 - 10 minutes - 10 MBAbnormality is not a bad thing. It’s just not normal. Until you normalize it. Here are four different ideas here that might help you embrace a little more abnormality to your podcast. 1. Keep the standards, toss the conventions. Standards and best practices are there for a reason. Conventions, on the other hand, you can play fast and loose with. Or toss out altogether. You don’t always have to record from your perfectly sound-conditioned studio with your fancy-pants microphone. You don’t...
The Minor Role Podcasters Play In Podcasting's Power Dynamics [S3E46]
October 13, 2020 16:55 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBAs podcasters, our control ends as soon as we’ve mastered our .mp3 files. After that, we cede control to other entities. Entities with their own goals, incentives, positions, and perspectives on what podcasting should be. We rely on podcast hosting companies to generate our RSS feed, embeddable players, send automated social media posts, and update some of the bigger listener platforms via direct or API connections. We podcasters have almost no control or visibility of the technical aspect...
Learning To Trust The Podcaster You Are Right Now [S3E45]
October 08, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBThere are a lot of unknowns when it comes to podcasting. Without getting too metaphorical, we swim in a sea of uncertainty as we navigate these podcasting waters. I battle the uncertainty that surrounds every decision by having a bias towards action. Having a bias toward action means I trust myself as a podcaster, as a business person, as a human being, to make the best decisions I can at the moment. There's a phrase I think sums this up nicely: Trust in the you of now. Let me break those i...
Simply Making The Podcast You Want & Your Audience Needs [S3E44]
October 07, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11 MBComplexity creep happens. Especially in creative endeavors like podcasting where we have at best a set of guidelines and maybe a roadmap, but not a clear, step-by-step set of instructions to follow. When things in our lives get too complicated, it stresses us out. It's not good at all for our self-worth (“How did I let this happen?”), and ultimately we may decide to up and quit the show as a way to escape the complexity we put upon ourselves. Maybe you need a little help un-complicating yo...
Milking Your Podcast's Popularity For All It’s Worth [S3E43]
October 06, 2020 16:55 - 13 minutes - 12 MBPeople - listeners - are attracted to popular podcasts. Other people - podcasters like us - do very little to promote the popularity of the podcast we produce. Broadly speaking and en masse, people like to do the things that lots of other people are doing. Lay the blame on evolutionary biology if you like, but humans tend to follow the crowd. It’s safer. Content may be king, but only if the king is popular. You may not want to admit it, but you’re much more likely to watch a video with a m...
A Simple Trick To Power Through More Podcasts In Less Time [S3E42]
October 01, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBYou need exposure to inspiring podcast content if you want to make an inspiring podcast of your own. But none of us have an abundance of time, so how do we do that? I have a technique that lets me be an active consumer of over 100 podcasts. 114, to be exact. This technique doesn’t require you to listen at 2x speed, doesn’t require you to change your preferred podcast listening app, a is “non-destructive”. so if it doesn’t work for you, you can go back to the way things were in a matter of s...
Tracking Podcast Downloads Is Worthless To Everyone [S3E41]
September 30, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBI’m aware that most podcast advertising inventory today is priced and purchased based on the number of downloads an episode is projected to receive. And it is with that full awareness that I assure you no advertiser wants to buy podcast advertising inventory that way. Instead, advertisers want to pay when their ads are listened to by the right audience in the right geography at the right time. Downloads, by themselves, illuminate none of that. Downloads are nothing more than an internal cou...
Boost Your Podcast Monetization With A Business Manager [S3E40]
September 29, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBWe don’t often hear stories from the business managers of podcasts, because they don’t have the sexiest of jobs. But it’s not an exaggeration to say they have some of the most important jobs. For example: ensuring the podcast business itself grows. That means monetization, which likely has its fingers in lots of other pies that make the podcast go. The first thing a business manager needs to understand is the profit stream of the podcast: income and expenses. Profit (or loss) is the differe...
Podcasting A Hot Take Without Coming Off Like A Jerk [S3E39]
September 28, 2020 16:55 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBGiven the state of our current divisions, podcasters don’t have to look too hard to find controversial topics to cover on an episode. And given what podcasters know about presenting topics to their audiences from behind the mic, firing off a hot take on a new controversy seems like obvious content for your next episode. But maybe you have misgivings about this course of action. It takes a certain amount of self-awareness and restraint to tamp down our anger or desire to set the record strai...
The Benefits To Podcasting When You're Less Critical More Often [S3E38]
September 23, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBI am a harsh critic. And I have no poker face, so you can clearly tell, either by sight or by sound, when I'm being critical. At least I used to be that way. I’m trying to be better. Specifically, I'm trying to be less critical more often. I’m trying to internalize that phrase and make it my default behavior, which is quite a challenge for me. I’m very good at triage, and that’s oftentimes a problem. With practically unlimited choices of content to consume, being able to quickly discern Th...
The Healthy Way To Deal With Doubts About Your Podcast [S3E37]
September 22, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11 MBDoubts and suspicions about the content we make for public consumption are normal. We all have them. Even the most successful podcasters in the world have doubts about some aspects of the podcast episodes they're producing. While the totality of doubts one might harbor about their podcast are far too many to list, here are a few common ones you might have heard that little voice inside your head harping about: Episode length - It’s quite natural for you to have a sneaking suspicion that y...
We The People Are Changing Podcasting For The Better [S3E36]
September 21, 2020 16:55 - 13 minutes - 12 MBIt should come as a surprise to no one that the media we consume is polluted by misinformation and disinformation. Podcasting is part of that media mix, which means that podcasting has a similar level of misinformation and disinformation propagating through the podosphere. Though I’m reticent to assign blame and am quite aware that correlation does not equal causation, there’s an argument to be made that the perceived increase in falsifiable claims in podcasting and all forms of media is du...
Are Podcasters To Blame For Podcasting’s Slow Growth? [S3E35]
September 17, 2020 16:55 - 13 minutes - 12 MBHave you heard that Amazon Music now includes podcasts? Not knowing that means you somehow missed not only the news but also the email Amazon Music sent directly to you and every other podcast manager of the ~1,400,000 RSS feeds that make up the podcast ecosystem. Yesterday was when they launched. By all reports, the updated Amazon Music service boasted 70,000 podcasts available at launch. Seventy thousand sounds like a big number, but it’s less than 5% of the total podcast ecosystem. Miss...
Uncovering The Tension Between Fast & Slow Podcasting Processes [S3E34]
September 16, 2020 16:55 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBAbe Lincoln said that if he had six hours to chop down a tree, he'd spend the first four sharpening his ax. The quote’s apocryphal nature isn’t important. The sentiment is. The idea that you should spend a significant amount of upfront time preparing to do a task is just good advice. In fact, it’s the ideal way to operate. Put another way: slow and deliberate preparation will allow you to execute elements of your podcast faster. But rarely do we live in an ideal world. Here’s a list of fo...
Podcasting Through Rose-Colored Glasses & Bunny Ears [S3E33]
September 15, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11 MBI’ve applied lots of filters to this audio. But if you’re able to detect the filters I applied to the audio, it means I did a bad job of applying those filters. Done right, most people should never know a talented(?) audio engineer was tinkering under the hood. But most often, when we apply filters on our Instagram photos, Tiktok videos, and even Twitch streams, we want them to be seen. I’m not talking color correction, exposure adjustments, or subtle enhancements. I’m talking puking rainb...
That's Not A Podcasting Mistake - It's A Feature! [S3E32]
September 10, 2020 16:55 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBNot all mistakes made in the process of making a podcast are bad things. Sometimes, these inadvertent errors can be a gift. To help illustrate that, I’ve chosen 10 completely random examples of probable mistakes that might happen to you as you podcast, along with ways to embrace them as a hidden intention. Publishing Your Podcast Episode On The Wrong Day Or Wrong Time Of Day - There’s no reliable mechanism to unpublish an episode of a podcast and publish the exact same file again later. So...
The Importance Of The Unimportant Parts Of Podcasting [S3E31]
September 09, 2020 16:55 - 13 minutes - 12 MBYou want your podcast to be successful, don’t you? You want it to grow, don’t you? You want your episodes to reach as many people as they can, don’t you? Of course you want those things. All podcasters want those things. Almost by definition, working on critical things puts us working podcasters in crisis mode. We’ve no time for fluff, context, theory, and nuances. We want the meat, plug-and-play solutions or a checklist that tells us exactly which five boxes we need to tick to make a succe...
Coping Strategies For Podcasters Who Don't Like Change [S3E30]
September 08, 2020 16:55 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBRemember the flood of new ideas and innovation that came just after the 2008 recession? Well, podcasters; get ready for 2021. I fully expect a massive influx of podcast innovation to hit in a few months. In fact, the first waves are already with us. With zero intention of trying to turn you into a change-hungry weirdo like me, might I offer a straightforward, three-step process of reacting to change when you encounter something brand new in podcasting? Especially something brand new that m...
Having The Stones To Take A Temporary Break From My Podcast [S3E29 Bonus]
August 31, 2020 16:55 - 6 minutes - 5.91 MBHello and welcome to a bonus episode of Podcast Pontifications with me, Evo Terra. “Uh oh. A bonus episode means bad news, right?” Well… yes. But only temporary bad news. And here it is: I'm taking a temporary medical leave from Podcast Pontifications. At least through the end of this week, but hopefully not much longer than that. Relax, there’s nothing life-threatening wrong with me. Now, the issue I’m dealing with is definitely quality of life-endangering, if only from the nausea-induc...