Good Morning, Podcasters!

Susie Singer Carter is the creator of the I Love Lucifer Podcast, a horrific and comical jaunt through the story of two women, who fight pretend movie monsters by day and real ones by night.

Since the advent of Anchor.FM, many people have launched podcasts using nothing but their smartphones. So, what do I think about this? Do I think you should be using your smartphone to record your podcast? Even if its your only piece of equipment? Listen to today's episode to find out.

Two friends from Instagram have submitted questions today. The first asks, "Why does podcasting suck?" and the second, asks what established brands ought to consider before getting into podcasting.

Wanda from the Black Women Travel podcast has asked how she might modify her research-based approach to interviewing in order that she might soften the guest experience a little bit.

Alexandra Cohl from The Pod Broads Podcast has cut to the heart of the reason I chose to make this podcast a daily podcast instead of a daily podcast, and she'd one it with an introspective question I wasn't expecting. This isn't a technical episode, but you may still hear something helpful in it.

I'm launching an app, but what's actually important in this episode is that it's the holidays and some people are going to spend it un-joyously. We can do something about that for a few of those people, together as podcasters, and we can do it here: https://give.familygivingtree.org/podcastingsucks

George Sirois is an author and the host of the Excelsior Journeys podcast. In this episode you'll meet him, learn about his podcast & his book, and find out how you can appear as a guest on his creator-focused podcast, the Excelsior Journeys podcast.

A guy named [redacted] from the podcast [redacted] has a question: "I've been gone for a while, but I'm coming back, what's the best way to approach my comeback tour?" I do my best to answer this question, and to give generally good advice about either coming back from haitus OR launching for the first time because, in one or two ways, it's the same.

December's new sponsor is here! And it's my pod in a box! Oh, I mean, it's my Podinbox. Pat Cheung started Podinbox to solve a problem he faced, not as a podcast creator, but as a fan and listener of podcasts: it's a one-way conversation with limited, if any, interaction.

Last week I talked about Spotify and Anchor rolling out video podcasts to the Spotify platform. I should have known the first Podinbox question I'd receive upon returning from the weekend would be about how to create and edit video for podcasts. So, here we go!