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Better Podcasting Live Chat #034 – Being Skeptical of New Podcast Services

This is a (mostly) un-edited posting of our live podcasting Q&A chat that happens every other week. Topics this week include: Using smart items for your podcast endeavors Apple Podcasts Subscriptions is live – is it worth it for hobby podcasters? Audio dramas are unique in podcasting Recording issues during Legends of SHIELD Stephen is…

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Better Podcasting #252 – Embracing Your Age In Your Podcast

You don’t have to be a certain age to podcast. This week we discuss some of the ways that age doesn’t matter when it comes to hobby podcasting, some of the ways that age might matter to your listener, and some of the ways that you can embrace your age when it comes to hobby podcasting.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, we discuss an article that takes the position that interesting in clubhouse is fading away.

Finally, we take listener feedback, including a listener that notices an odd promo from Zoom about their new podcasting device, and we have a listener who is looking to start a new podcast network.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/252.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

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Better Podcasting Live Chat #033 – Poor Podcast Audio On Echo Show?

This is a (mostly) un-edited posting of our live podcasting Q&A chat that happens every other week. Topics this week include:

SP’s Internet Issues
How we lucked out recording Better Podcasting
Stephen’s Chair Hunt
OBS Ninja has changed its name
Reinstalling a Podcast Computer
Stephen tried playing podcasts on Alexa
Managing EQ on different devices
Tagging Podcasts

The back catalog of Better Podcasting: Live Chat episodes can be found at http://livechat.betterpodcasting.com. You can check out the regular episodes of Better Podcasting at http://main.betterpodcasting.com.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

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Better Podcasting #251 – Biggest Challenges Facing Hobby Podcasters in 2021

This week we discuss what we think are the biggest challenges that hobby podcasters face in the year 2021 – and how we think hobby podcasters can make the most of it.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, we discuss an article that compared the financial future of Apple vs Spotify in the podcasting game.

Finally, we take listener feedback, including one loyal listener who is feeling SP’s Apple Podcasts pain.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/251.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Friday, May 28, 2021 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

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Better Podcasting Live Chat #032 – Podcast Awards

This is a (mostly) un-edited posting of our live podcasting Q&A chat that happens every other week. Topics this week include:

Podcast awards are no longer for the independents
What does lossless music mean for podcasting?
Apple Podcasts connect troubles
Multistreaming solutions
New podcast promotion plans
What about a Sundance for independent podcasters?
Stephen’s brother is disappointed

The back catalog of Better Podcasting: Live Chat episodes can be found at http://livechat.betterpodcasting.com. You can check out the regular episodes of Better Podcasting at http://main.betterpodcasting.com.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

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Better Podcasting #250 – How Podcasting Has Changed Since We Started Better Podcasting

To help celebrate our 250th episode, we run down some of the ways that the podcasting space has changed since we originally started Better Podcasting. We’ll discuss a variety of notable areas that have change that we feel impact hobby podcasters.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download we talk about a possible change with Audacity, and a service we came across to automatically help remove the uhhhhhhs in your podcast.

Finally, in our Better Podback we run down a variety of lister feedback including how Curious George is setting up the future generation of podcasters for success!

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/250.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

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Better Podcasting Live Chat #031 – When A Family Emergency Delays Your Podcast

This is a (mostly) un-edited posting of our live podcasting Q&A chat that happens every other week. Topics this week include:

How we handled a delay of Better Podcasting due to a family emergency
Stephen created a gag for Better Podcasting to add a second voice
An update on SP’s issues with Podcasts Connect
New podcast chairs
Facebook podcast app
A new intro song for Live Chat?
What would our listeners pay for a podcast?

The back catalog of Better Podcasting: Live Chat episodes can be found at http://livechat.betterpodcasting.com. You can check out the regular episodes of Better Podcasting at http://main.betterpodcasting.com.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

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Better Podcasting #249A – We’ve had a delay / What was the bigger podcast news of the week?

This is just a quick update as we’ve had to delay the recording/release of the next episode (250) of Better Podcasting for personal matters; in this episode Stephen gives you a quick update of why. However, it wouldn’t be an episode of Better Podcasting without some form of podcast discussion. As such, Stephen does a mini-edition Better Podback discussing two key topics this week – Facebook developing a player, and Anchor getting in to the paid subscription game.

Keep your eyes on our social media to find out the latest on what our release schedule will be for this week’s Better Podcasting and better Podcasting: Live Chat.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/249a.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Saturday, May 1, 2021 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

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Better Podcasting Live Chat #030 – Apple Podcasts Changes

This is a (mostly) un-edited posting of our live podcasting Q&A chat that happens every other week. Topics this week include:

– Apple Podcasts Connect Changes
– Feedburner Changes
– Amazon Buds Refresh
– Spotify RSS Changes
– Rodecaster Pro Update (Again)
– Graphics card requirements for streaming
– Stephen irritated a listener
– Social Media Can Be Hard

The back catalog of Better Podcasting: Live Chat episodes can be found at http://livechat.betterpodcasting.com. You can check out the regular episodes of Better Podcasting at http://main.betterpodcasting.com.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

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Better Podcasting #249 – Busting Podcasting Myths

We think it’s important that podcasters entering the podcast space have an accurate idea of what they’re getting into – that’s why this week we’re running down a bunch of podcast myths and giving our thoughts on why we think they’re not true. As we go through the myths, we’ll address the elements of truth that we think do apply to them.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download we talk about a RØDECaster Pro firmware beta update, and Stephen gives his quick initial thoughts trying it out.

Finally, in our Better Podback we have a listener who is continuing the quest for podcast awards.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/249.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

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