Good Morning, Podcasters!

Shawn Connors, friend and listener, asked a few days ago whether or not Spotify Podcasts' new rollout of video podcasting features (if you host with Anchor) was a "game changer" in my opinion. I'll discuss my thoughts in this episode.

Perry Carpenter is an accomplished professional in the Cyber Security world. An author, a speaker, and, somewhat recently, a podcasters. His podcast approaches the issues and threats of Cyber Security from the human perspective - the psychology of the biggest risk in cyber security: human beings.

Em, whose name is not Emily, hosts a podcast called Verbal Diorama and it is everything you might hope a podcast about the making of films would be. In this episode we'll talk about why she first started her podcast, what passions she has that made her decide to start a movie podcast specifically, and how she thinks the movie-based podcast family might be improved.

Travis Brown is a humble and, dare I say, successful entrepreneur within the podcasting space. He serves podcasters by creating tools and products that make it easier, and perhaps more fun, to create podcasts. He's making podcasting suck less. I might have to retire the show if he's successful.

Listener Helen has asked a real monster of a question. How do you eq, compress, and normalize multiple tracks? I cannot answer that question with just my voice, so today's episode features a video tutorial companion. HOWEVER, you need to listen to this episode before watching that video so you have some understanding of how I approach equalization, compression, and, ultimately, normalization.

Drew from Drew vs. The World asks about solutions for creating a newsletter for private podcasts. I Ghost him in this week's Found A New Thing Friday (#FANTF)

This edition Meet A Podcaster Thursday (#MAPT) features the author of the book "Podcasts Suck! (If You Don't Have One)"

It seems easier for indie podcasts to rank in the top charts on Goodpods when compared to Apple Podcasts or Chartable. Listener Heather asks, "How come?"

Ana from The Podcasting Space in Texas asks about podcast runtime length. Is there such a thing as too short? Too long? Does it matter? What's the best runtime?

Domain authority is a powerful thing, and it's perhaps natural to think that there could be such a thing as "Podcast Authority." While I think there certainly is, from an SEO perspective, at least for now, it simply doesn't exist in the same way.