Take a look online, whether on Twitter, Facebook groups, Reddit, etc, and you’ll frequently come across questions about starting a podcast. From there, many answers share equipment to buy, hosts to use, etc.

All well, all good. But what you don’t often see is what you shouldn’t do, and why, based on personal experience and lessons learned.

So, while this is in no way an exhaustive list of do’s and don’ts - after all, it’s all subjective to individual needs - here are three lessons I wish I’d known when I started podcasting seriously back in 2016.

Additional reading and listening:

• Audio recording and editing software | Adobe Audition
• Logic Pro for Mac - Apple
• REAPER | Audio Production Without Limits
• Hindenburg Pro
• Audacity ® | Free Audio editor, recorder, music making and more!
• GarageBand for Mac - Apple
• Mark Asquith, That British Podcast Guy on X
• The Podcast Launch Accelerator - Free Online Podcast Course | Captivate

Products I Use for One Minute Podcast Tips

Note: these contain affiliate links, so I may get a small percentage of any product you buy/use when using my link.

My equipment:

• Shure SM7B dynamic mic
• TZ Audio Stellar X2 condenser mic
• Rodecaster Pro II audio production studio
• Sony MDR-7506 Studio Monitor Headphones
• JOBY Wavo Boom Arm
• Elgato Wave Mic Arm Low Profile

Recommended resources:

• Captivate.fm
• Substack
• Boomcaster remote interviewing

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