Stephen and I have been podcasting for over twenty years combined now and we have been creating dedicated content to help hobby podcasters for the past 6 years. In that time we’ve picked up on a few perceptions and misconceptions hobby podcasting audiences have about the podcasts they listen to. As hobby podcast producers, keeping…
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Audio Drama: It all starts with a single idea. A “lightbulb moment,” so to speak. Once the concept is realized, as with any organized podcast, an audio drama requires structure. This comes in the form of a script. Coming up with the concept is the easy part. Pen to paper, or hands on the keyboard,…
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There’s a long standing problem with the Zoom L-12 that I identified when I first reviewed the Zoom L-12 (and was frustrated it still existed as an issue a year later when I did a follow-up video): The functionality of the USB input from the Zoom L-12 in to a computer. If you didn’t know,…
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Nearly every podcaster wants to help grow their show’s reach. As we discussed on Better Podcasting episode #217 a good way to help advance that goal is to create additional supplemental content. But as a hobby podcaster you are busy. You go to school full time or have a full time job or three and…
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This week Google announced an update plan which could affect your podcast. On Thursday, February 6, 2020, Joe DeBlasio (Chrome security team) made a post to the Google Security Blog which outlines scheduled security changes to the Chrome browser between Chrome 81 (March 2020) and Chrome 86 (October 2020) with the details. What is changing?…
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In this very brief tutorial, I walk through how you can use ASIO4ALL to multitrack record multiple USB microphones. In order to do this you’ll need the following: 1) A Windows Computer 2) Multiple USB Microphones, ideally a different model for each participant 3) ASIO4ALL (http://www.asio4all.org/) 4) ASIO Capable Recording Software (such as Adobe Audition,…
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Today Google released the much-rumoured official/Google branded podcast app. This is something that has been rumoured on and off for quite some time, and we’ve even talked about it regularly on Better Podcasting. While the idea of a dedicated podcast app by Google is new for them, this isn’t the first time that Google has…
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In the past few days there has been significant attention drawn to a five part series on Google’s new podcast strategy. One of the reasons that these posts have received much attention is because for years there has been an overall sense through the industry that Google has not done a great job of delivering…
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As you may or may not know, I am a big advocate for self-hosting your podcast RSS feed. I’ve self-hosted all of my individual podcast project’s RSS feeds since I started podcasting nearly 10 years ago. I’ve also put many hours into this method, even though there were solutions that would have been less time…
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Let me begin by saying myself, nor SP (my co-host on Better Podcasting – a show I’m about to refer to) are in no way SEO experts. While we both have varying levels of experience making changes to help with the SEO of our sites, neither of us remotely claim to be experts. If you…
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