Better Podcasting

Welcome to Better Podcasting! We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com.

Better Podcasting #167 – Assessing and Implementing Changes

This week in the show, we discuss how to consider making a change to your show, some things to pay attention to, and ways that you can implement changes to your show. In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, we discuss Spotify buying Gimlet and Anchor and our theories on what this could mean for the…

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Better Podcasting #166 – USB Microphones

Lately we’ve seen a lot of discussion surrounding using USB microphones, and often we’ve seen people ask about how to record multiple people at the same time. In this episode we’ll be discussion challenges facing trying to use multiple USB microphones, tips if you’re going to try it, and some other advice surrounding USB microphone…

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Better Podcasting #165 – Real Time Audience Engagement

This week in the show we talk about real time audience engagement. Whether it’s while you’re recording, or in between your episodes, there are various ways to interact with your audience AND a variety of benefits that come with doing so. BUT before we get our featured segment, Stephen has one heck of a “How…

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Better Podcasting #164 – Protecting Your Podcast Setup

Whether you’ve just started, or you’ve been going awhile, you have a podcast setup of some form. In this episode we’ll discuss various ways to protect your #podcasting setup. In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, we give our take on a recent discussion on podcasting’s alleged biggest problem. Finally, Stephen kicks off our Better Podback…

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Better Podcasting #163 – One Goal for 2019

In our 2019 debut episode, we turn the show over to you as we review listener submission answers to our question “What is one goal you set yourself after listening back to a recent episode of your show?” In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, we discuss how far podcasting has come for independent podcasters as…

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Better Podcasting #162 Our Gear 2018 SP Edition

In our final episode of 2018, we conclude up our 2-episode annual tradition of talking about our personal podcast studio gear upgrades from the past year – this time it’s the SP edition. From new microphone purchases, twitter audio tests, computer upgrades and a whole bunch in between, SP talks about his hits and misses…

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Better Podcasting #161 Our Gear 2018 Stephen Edition

This week we kick off our 2-episode annual tradition of talking about our personal podcast studio gear upgrades from the past year – this time it’s this Stephen edition. From audio chain maintenance, hardware replacements, special gifts, process improv…

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Better Podcasting #160 – The Truth About Owning Your RSS Feed

This week we bust through the myths as we discuss what it means to “own your RSS feed”. We’ll run through common myths about “owning your RSS feed”, we’ll talk about why it matters, why it doesn’t matter, and we’ll run down some ways to maximize whatever method you choose to use for your podcast…

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Better Podcasting #159 – Stop Comparing Your Podcast

This show we discuss why you need to stop comparing your podcast to others. We’ll discuss how you can pay attention to your relevant podcast space, without comparing your show to others. In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, we discuss IAB compliance vs IAB certification, and Stephen shares his opinion on who really needs to…

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