In part two of three of our arc on 2017 planning and this week we're talking software and structure. If you're looking to make some changes to your podcast software or even your entire show structure, we'll talk about some considerations you have.

During this week's Better Podcasting Download Stephen finally wraps up his Shure SM7B vs Audio-Technica BP40 test. Take a listen and judge for yourself!

Finally, in this week's Better Podback we'll take some feedback from a couple listeners who were intrigued by our Podcast Chair discussion.

Not familiar with 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.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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

Happy Podcasting!

This podcast was recorded on Friday, November 18, 2016 – Streamed Live to www.Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek.com

This episode we'll kick off with two personal stories about how last week we took our own advice as hobby podcasters when personal struggles occurred in our lives this week.

In our main topic this week we'll kick off our three part arc on Planning 2017 considerations you may have. This episode we'll discuss Hardware & Services. During our Better Podcasting Download we discuss how scientists are riding the podcast wave. Finally, in Better Podback we'll take a listener question about iTunes and RSS artwork issues.

Not familiar with 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.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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

Stephen Jondrew and Stargate Pioneer thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting!

Happy Podcasting!

This podcast was recorded on Thursday, November 10th, 2016 – Streamed Live to www.Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek.com

During this episode Stephen and SP discuss some areas of consideration if you want to make a companion website for your podcast. Stephen and SP have some experience working side websites and they want to share it with you. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, Stargate Pioneer tells you about a recent experience with Facebook and why he really has little choice but to no longer be on it. Finally, in this week's Better Podback Stephen shares a secret he's had over the last few weeks.

Not familiar with 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.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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

Stephen Jondrew and Stargate Pioneer thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting!

Happy Podcasting!

This podcast was recorded on Friday, November 4th, 2016 – Streamed Live to www.Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek.com

In our conclusion of the "Breaking the Backlog" arc, Stephen and SP discuss different ways to help you get caught up and move forward after getting behind in your podcast releases. Before we get there though, we'll debut our latest contest and we'll also take some listen feedback in How I Saved My Podcast, this week coming from THE Dave Jackson.

During this week's Better Podcasting Download we run down some information comparing the Audio-Technica AT2005 and the Audio-Technica ATR2100 -- including some information from Audio-Technica that MIGHT BE CONFUSING. Finally, we get some listener feedback in this week's Better Podback.

Not familiar with 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.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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

Stephen Jondrew and Stargate Pioneer thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting!

Happy Podcasting!

This podcast was recorded on Sunday, October 30th, 2016 – Streamed Live to www.Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek.com.

There's a recent trend with some new podcasters - creating a backlog of podcasts (batching the podcast) before launching. This is an area that was very intriguing to both Stephen and SP when they first heard about it and this episode they'll discuss some pros, cons and best practices if your'e going to follow this concept.

In the Better Podcasting Download this week, Stephen and SP share some recent problems that have plagued podcasters AND some issues with them specifically (such as the recent DDoS attack and Skype Video problems).

Not familiar with 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.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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

Stephen Jondrew and Stargate Pioneer thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting!

Happy Podcasting!

This podcast was recorded on Saturday October 20th, 2016 – Streamed Live to www.Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek.com.

Stargate Pioneer has developed a list of considerations and recommendations for hobby podcasters, he refers to this as his "Golden Rules of Hobby Podcasting." What better time for him to share this than for our 50th episode? In the Better Podcasting Download we discuss some recent reports of issues which should highlight why you may want to finally move off of Feedburner. Finally, we take some listener feedback about double end recording.

Not familiar with 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.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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

Stephen Jondrew and Stargate Pioneer thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting!

Happy Podcasting!

This podcast was recorded on Sunday, October 16th – Streamed Live to www.Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek.com.

While Stargate Pioneer is away this week, GonnaGeek Network's Chris Ferrell helps hold down the fort to discuss some common next step considerations - including some challenges which SP, Stephen and Chris have all encountered. We'll discuss Double End Recording, Live Broadcasting and Video challenges and considerations.

In this week's Better Podcasting Download, Stephen and Chris discuss why you don't want to use a drop-service (such as Google Drive, Dropbox, etc) to store your media files. In addition - since Chris is here, this is a perfect opportunity to get some first had feedback on Podbean.

Finally, in this week's Better Podback we'll discuss challenges with embedding your MP3 in Facebook (and how much better Twitter is at it).

Not familiar with 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.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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

Happy Podcasting!

This podcast was recorded on Friday, October 7th 2016 – Streamed Live to www.Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek.com.

It's time, it's finally here. If you've been on the edge of your seat like the one and only Stargate Pioneer, waiting to find out the feedback in Stephen's Mic Shootout Blind Test - well you're in luck. In this episode Stephen takes you through each microphone reveal, sharing information on the feedback of the listeners, as well as SP's feedback and guesses. How many mics did SP get right? You'll have to listen to find out.

In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we discuss the newly announced Logitech C922 Webcam and what it means for podcasters, including those who own the Logitech C920 already.

Not familiar with 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.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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

Stephen Jondrew and Stargate Pioneer thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting!

Happy Podcasting!

This podcast was recorded on Friday, September 30, 2016 – Streamed Live to www.Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek.com.

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2:15 - Stephen and SP explain why they NEEDED International Podcast Day to kepe moving

In this episode Stephen and SP are going to boldly go where no podcast-about-podcasting has gone before... discussing the gasp CONDENSER MICROPHONE. For this episode we are going to temporarily put aside our solid recommendation that you podcast using a Dynamic Cardiod Microphone to discuss some methods on how those who do use Condenser Microphones can make it the best it can be. We'll share some personal experiences including both successes and failures we've had.

In this week's Better Podcasting Download we discuss International Podcast Day and how you can celebrate.

Finally, we take listener feedback in this week's Better Podback.

Not familiar with 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.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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

Stephen Jondrew and Stargate Pioneer thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting!

Happy Podcasting!

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This show Stephen and SP start off taking another HOW I SAVED MY PODCAST story. For our main topic we discuss different types of podcasts. We'll start of discussing some formats and why you may want to consider them, then we'll discuss another important part - the tone of the podcast and we'll discuss why it matters to know your podcast type. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we discuss some fun facts about the Shure SM58. Finally, we take a couple pieces of listener feedback following up to last week's episode.

Not familiar with 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.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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

Stephen Jondrew and Stargate Pioneer thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting!

Happy Podcasting!

This podcast was recorded on Sunday, September 18th 2016 – Streamed Live to www.Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek.com.