Better Podcasting: Live Chat

Every other week Stephen Jondrew & Stargate Pioneer of Better Podcasting, chat live with the audience, taking podcast questions, sharing stories and talking about recent updates in podcasting.

Unlike the main Better Podcasting show, “Better Podcasting Chats” are posted without editing – this simply the audio version of the the live chat.

Better Podcasting Live Chat #041 – We’re Back, Baby!

This is a (mostly) un-edited posting of our live podcasting Q&A and podcast discussion that streams on Wednesdays. Topics this week include:

Our (continued) weird-timed invalid YouTube content ID
Why we were on hiatus longer than planned
We shift to a seasons format
Update on things we talked about Back in Episode 40
Reflecting on reducing our December schedule even more
SP on-the-fly microphone shootout (MXL BCD-1, Zoom ZDM-1, Rode PodMic, and Sennheiser MD46)
Problems with the Rodecaster Pro 2
Stephen’s revisit of the RE320

Links as Discussed

Better Podcasting Hiatus Details (Episode 260)
Better Podcasting Soft Return (Episode 261)
Better Podcasting Full Return (Episode 262)

New GonnaGeek Site
SP’s Rodecaster Pro Issues
Shannon’s GoFundMe

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 Wednesday, February 1, 2023 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

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Better Podcasting: Live Chat Is Returning on February 1, 2023!

In this quick update, we’ll tell you about the return of Better Podcasting Live Chat, what our new format will be, and we’ll let you know what we’ve been up to elsewise Better Podcasting related.

We hope you can join us on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 when we kick off Season 2 of Better Podcasting: Live Chat (which will release the following Sunday).

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/

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Better Podcasting Live Chat #040 – Details On Why We’re Taking A Hiatus

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

Our weird-timed invalid YouTube content ID
We’re taking a hiatus from Better Podcasting and Better Podcasting: Live Chat
Stephen’s reasons for taking a hiatus from podcasting
SP’s reasons for taking a hiatus from Better Podcasting
Why we chose to take a hiatus now, instead of another time
Holiday breaks are a lot of work leading up
Things that we’ll probably do on our hiatus
Magix Movie Studio – An update that we noticed after recording our recent Better Podcasting
SP’s new hardware purchases due to the PodTrak P4 success

Links of Relevance

After recording this week’s episode, we saw on the Vegas Community Forum a couple posts that we thought were important to link to:

Potential Experience Attempting / Seeing An Upgrade Notification
Another Potential Experience Attempting to Get Refund
Movie Studio 18 vs Vegas Movie Studio Explanation
Movie Studio Zen – Forum Post About Confusing

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, September 21, 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 #039 – SP’s First Thoughts On The Zoom P4

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

SP uses the Zoom P4 this week
SP’s first thoughts after using the Zoom P4
Vox media to acquire Hot Pod
Using your phone as an interface

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, September 7, 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 #038 – We Both Have Reviews

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

Stephen purchased the Elgato Wave Arm LP
A listener loved Reaper
Audio dramas have a good a use for Hindenburg
SP gives his first thoughts on Podcast Movement

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, August 10, 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 #037 – Double Posting 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:

Pinecast’s Icebox feature
Stephen double posted our podcast
New Elgato products
Taking a break from your podcast
Our history of posting in the wrong feed

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, July 27, 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 #036 – Price Increases

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

An update on the most recent Audacity troubles
What is a software fork?
Backblaze Price Increases
Rodecaster Pro transfer issues
Xsplit text problems
After 10+ years of podcast, what do we wish we were better at?

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, July 13, 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 #035 – How The Heatwave Affected Our Podcast

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

– Stephen was definitely affected by the recent “Heat dome” heatwave
– How weather can affect your podcast
– Is the Zoom Podtrak P4 considered an audio interface?
– Mobile podcasting in your car
– Reaper vs Audacity for editing
– Planning the rest of your podcast year

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 29, 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 #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 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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