Latest Hobbyst Podcast Episodes
Better Podcasting #209 - Working On Your Podcast While Taking A Break
Better Podcasting - December 02, 2019 07:05 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThe winter holiday season is coming and that means some people will be taking a break from their podcast. In this episode we discuss some of the ways that you can keep working on your podcast while you still take a break from podcasting. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we highlight ...
Better Podcasting #208 - Considering Podcast Revisions
Better Podcasting - November 25, 2019 04:09 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThere are often occasions where you may want to consider implementing some changes to your podcast. In this episode we discuss some of the reasons you may consider revising your show, some of the benefits to doing so, and some of the best practices that we recommend. In this week's Better Po...
Better Podcasting #207 - NaPodPoMo
Better Podcasting - November 18, 2019 06:06 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsOver the past few weeks you may have heard of something called NaPodPoMo (National Podcast Post Month), this week we explain what it is, discuss some pros/cons to it, and give some general best practices if you want to participate. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we discuss the annu...
Better Podcasting #206 - Ways We've Planned For Difficult Podcasting Circumstances
Better Podcasting - November 11, 2019 03:53 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsIn this episode we discuss some of the ways that we've prepared to push through our podcast through challenging circumstances. We discuss the ways we accomplished our podcast, some key take-aways, and some things we would do differently if we were to do it today. In this week's Better Podcast...
Better Podcasting #205 - Making Your Show Better v. Easier v. Growing Your Audience
Better Podcasting - November 04, 2019 05:45 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThis week on the show we discuss the differences between making your show better, making your show easier to produce and growing your audience. These are three areas you can invest in, and we discuss how they are all uniquely different. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we discuss a ...
Better Podcasting #204 - The Definition Of A Podcast Doesn't Matter
Better Podcasting - October 28, 2019 04:37 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsIn this week's show we discuss why the definition of a podcast doesn't matter for hobby podcasters AND how you can embrace this concept to help you grow your show, all while enjoying it more. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we chat about a new IAB certified hosting provider. Fina...
Better Podcasting #203 - Perfect Podcasting
Better Podcasting - October 21, 2019 04:07 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsIn this episode we discuss what it means to podcast to perfection. We'll discuss some of the benefits, some of the challenges and some situations where you may want to consider podcasting with perfection in mind. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we give our initial thoughts on the Zo...
Better Podcasting #202 - Wouldn't It Be Great If...
Better Podcasting - October 13, 2019 20:23 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsDo you have podcast ambitions? You should. Today we take some "Wouldn't it be great if..." podcast ambition statements and discuss some considerations to help you work toward these, then we talk about some of the reality factors to do with these concepts. In this week's Better Podcasting Down...
Better Podcasting #201 - Going Too Far To Be a Podcast Guest
Better Podcasting - October 06, 2019 17:05 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsGuests can be a key aspect to podcasting - sometimes you're having guests on your show, sometimes you're being a guest on a podcast. Although guesting can be a key part of cross-promotion, sometimes you can go too far to have a guest on your show, or trying to be a guest on other shows. In th...
Better Podcasting #200 - Hobby Podcasting Is Still Fun and Relevant in 2019
Better Podcasting - October 01, 2019 04:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsFor our 200th episode we thought it was a good opportunity to talk about how hobby podcasting is still fun and why it still matters in 2019. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we discuss Pocket Casts doing a change on their decision about their pricing model. Finally, we take feedba...
Better Podcasting #199 - Reflecting on Your Entire Podcast Endeavors
Better Podcasting - September 23, 2019 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThis week in the show we discuss why it's important to take time to reflect on your entire podcast endeavors in order to help maximize your time for your hobbies - to help ensure that you continue to have fun. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we talk about statistics on podcast equip...
Better Podcasting #198 - What Turns Us Away From A Podcast?
Better Podcasting - September 15, 2019 15:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsFrom time to time we find ourselves in conversations with people talking about things that they don't like within podcasts - today we want to talk about some things that turn us off of a podcast immediately. After we go through some of these, we'll also talk about some things that we've heard ot...
Better Podcasting #197 - Building A Podcast Community in 2019
Better Podcasting - September 09, 2019 03:47 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsBack in May 2015 (in Episode 81), we tackled the idea of building a community around your podcast. However, since recording that, a lot has changed with both community structures, our experiences and community platform availability - that means it was time to revisit this topic. In this episode ...
Better Podcasting #196 - Learning From Events Without Attending Them
Better Podcasting - September 01, 2019 16:50 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsWhether related to podcasting or the niche that you podcast about, as a hobby podcaster there are probably events that you wish that you could go to, but might not be able to. In this episode we discuss how you can identify events that you think have a take-away for you and how you can pull info...
Better Podcasting #195 - Creating A Short Run Podcast
Better Podcasting - August 26, 2019 05:11 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsDo all podcasts need to be launched with an indefinite end point? No. It's absolutely ok to create a podcast with a short-run timeline, and there are a variety of benefits that can come with this. In this show we'll discuss some of these benefits, some reasons you may want to do a short run podc...
Better Podcasting #194 - Organizing Your Podcast's Plan For Improvement / Magix Vegas Movie Studio 16 Review
Better Podcasting - August 19, 2019 00:01 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsAs 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 Sa...
Better Podcasting #193 - Audio Drama Podcasts: Interview with Sarah Werner
Better Podcasting - August 13, 2019 13:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThis 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 thi...
Better Podcasting #192 - Maintaining a Hobby Podcast for 12+ Years
Better Podcasting - August 05, 2019 15:31 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsStephen 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 th...
Better Podcasting #191 - Difficult Cohost Conversations
Better Podcasting - July 29, 2019 01:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsAs 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 t...
Better Podcasting #190 - Podcasting Isn't For Everyone
Better Podcasting - July 23, 2019 04:10 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThis 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 mig...
Better Podcasting #189 - How Long Does It Take To Produce An Episode?
Better Podcasting - July 15, 2019 16:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsInspired 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. Fro...
Better Podcasting #188 - Creating Your Podcast Resume
Better Podcasting - July 09, 2019 05:33 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThis 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 St...
Better Podcasting #187 - Online Audio Recording Service Roundup
Better Podcasting - July 01, 2019 06:58 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsFollowing 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'l...
Better Podcasting #186 - Hangouts on Air Is Going Away, What Next?
Better Podcasting - June 24, 2019 04:10 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsLast 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...
Better Podcasting #185 - Enhancing a Minimal Podcast Setup
Better Podcasting - June 16, 2019 15:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsWe 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 ...
Better Podcasting #184 - Episode One
Better Podcasting - June 09, 2019 15:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThis 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 epis...
Better Podcasting #183 - Episode Zero
Better Podcasting - June 03, 2019 02:04 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThis 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 ...
Better Podcasting #182 - Celebrating Podcast Wins
Better Podcasting - May 26, 2019 23:03 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsToday 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....
Better Podcasting #181 - Podcast Transcriptions
Better Podcasting - May 20, 2019 02:43 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThe 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 transcription...
Better Podcasting #180 - Adjusting Your Show Length
Better Podcasting - May 13, 2019 03:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsAs 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 Downlo...
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