I have been away from the main studio I use to record because of college football. Using portable equipment in lease than favorable conditions, I have been plagued by bad audio for a while. Hear how I failed to acknowledge it, and what you may choose to do in a similar situation.

Using canned opens and closes can save you time, can help keep you on time, and alleviate some of the need for come up with ‘clever banter’ for your opens and closes.

Even if you buy lower quality computers, assigning them to dedicated tasks may be easier on your wallet and your stress than trying to push more life out of your already overworked current machines.

The reason you look and sound different in your recordings is that it is a recording. Because it is a recording, it can be manipulated to your benefit, mostly.

First, don't steal copyrighted music. Second, find unique sounds and options. But if you are okay with a simple, possibly overly sampled sound (especially if this a early attempt or throw way effort), go for it.

You cannot produce a podcast for ‘absolutely free,’ but you can produce a decent product for extremely low cash down. However, the more you choose to invest in your productions, the more you can get out of your productions. To a certain point.

If you cannot pinpoint how your audience would thing, work harder to define who your audience should be.

You do need to come up with unique angle to make your podcast stand out in the crowd. But your podcast is itself ‘unique’ because you yourself are an unique person.

Go ahead and do those veteran moves you like as you begin your podcast journey. If you find they are not you, stop doing them.

You can easily podcast about what you already know. Podcasting about your actual job sounds like a subject you can easily get into. But should you?