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.

So you're considering a video element to your podcast? Stephen and SP have you covered with some simple ways to accomplish your goal. They run down the advantages and disadvantages of Google Hangouts On Air and Blab and give you some notes to think about concerning where to place your emphasis. Additionally they cover some basic notes on how to edit and publish the video if you choose to do so.

For the Better Podcasting Download this week Stephen and SP return to their metrics discussion from last week with responses from Blubrry's Todd Cochrane and Libsyn's Rob Walsh. The Better Podcasting duo then run down Soundcloud's recent $44M loss reporting and what it might mean for a hobby podcaster.

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This podcast was recorded on Saturday February 13th, 2016

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.

GonnaGeek Network member Chris Ferrell joins us to kick off our arc on Video Podcasting tips and this week we begin where it all starts - basic considerations. Whether it's choosing a venue or choosing a backdrop, we'll walk you through the foundation of starting a Video Podcast.

For the Better Podcasting Download this week we cover a few topics including Audible's podcasting endeavors, Google Play's semi-launch of their podcast platform and an established document on metrics for podcast downloads.

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

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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/.

This podcast was recorded on Thursday, February 4, 2016

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.

We continue our discussion on hosting roles and this time we'll cover live hosting. We'll discuss some of the best ways to handle interacting in a live podcast scenario.

For the Better Podcasting Download this week Stephen discusses his experience switching from PodPress to PowerPress.

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.

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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/.

This podcast was recorded on Friday, January 30, 2016

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.

We continue our discussion on hosting roles and this time we'll cover lead hosting. Whether you're leading an entire episode or running a segment, we'll run down some tips and recommendations on how to take a leader role while podcasting.

For the Better Podcasting Download this week we combine Better Podback to discuss IEMs (In Ear Monitors) and whether or not you should prioritize them for pod(vid)casting.

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.

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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/.

This podcast was recorded on Friday, January 22, 2016

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.

We begin our arc on hosting roles starting discussing co-hosting duties. We'll run down a variety of things to expect as a co-host including best practices and responsibilities.

In this week's Better Podcasting download we showcase video/audio he captured while he had his head in the clouds..... literally (yes, he recorded on an airplane... mid-flight).

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.

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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/.

This podcast was recorded on Friday, January 15, 2016

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.

After a recent question Stargate Pioneer received on another podcast, we decided that we needed to do one more episode in the "Our Gear" arc to discuss an area we missed - how we got to where we are today with our gear! We'll run down some snapshots of our various pod-rigs over the years and on the YouTube side we'll even share some photos.

In this week's Better Podcasting download we chat about our recent impromptu Blab experience talking about podcasting. Finally, if all of this wasn't enough already, we're pleased to present our very first contest! What are we giving away? You'll have to listen to find out.

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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/.

This podcast was recorded on Friday, January 8, 2016

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.

We finish our three part arc on our podcast gear with both of us talking about some items on our wish lists.

Do you have something to say about the art of hobby podcasting? Do you want to chime in on an episode of Better Podcasting?

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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/.

This podcast was recorded on Friday, December 19, 2015

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.

We continue the three part arc on our podcast gear with SP running down his list of equipment. As he works through his list, you'll here current and possible applications for the gear.

In the Better Podcasting Download we discuss the Columbia Journalism School's research paper on podcasting.

Do you have something to say about the art of hobby podcasting? Do you want to chime in on an episode of Better Podcasting?

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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/.

This podcast was recorded on Saturday, December 19, 2015

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.

We begin our three part arc on our podcast gear with Stephen running down his list of equipment. As he works through his list, you'll here current and possible applications for the gear.

In the Better Podcasting Download we discuss the Wordpress 4.4 Update and how it could affect your podcast.

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/.

This podcast was recorded on Friday, December 11, 2015.

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.

During this show we discuss the reasons you may want to consider getting an audio mixer and hardware recorder. Of course we also discuss some of the challenges that could come with these as well.

In the Better Podcasting Download we discuss the Apple Beats promo and why you may want to consider different headphones for podcasting. Finally, we take a listener question about PodOmatic.

This podcast was recorded on Friday, December 4, 2015.

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.

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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/.