Podcast Pontifications

There are some best practices in podcasting that haven’t changed a very long time. Many of them exist for very good reasons, ensuring that podcasts can be enjoyed by as many people as possible. The world doesn’t yet have a consistent internet experience, so there are some technical trade-offs we’re forced to make. 

But not all of these trade-offs still make sense. Perhaps some never did.

It can’t be lost on you that there have been many technological advancements in the 16 years podcasting has existed. Much of those advancements can now support higher quality audio files. And most people still have the use of both of their ears.

We do not live in a mono world. Mono files aren’t any smaller than stereo files. Mono files inhibit clarity for some people with hearing loss. And all of the richness and warmth is taken out of far too many podcast episodes when they are bounced down to mono. Don’t do it.

Our stereo world keeps getting richer. New advancements from Dolby are here that will make podcasted audio more true to how we hear the world around us, regardless of where or how we listen. 

But only if we can get over this misguided notion that podcasting was perfect in 2006. It wasn’t. It’s not. And it’s going to keep advancing. So should our thinking on boring technical aspects of podcasting. Sorry, but we have to.

Failing to do so puts us behind the technology adoption curve rather than at the front. While we can’t predict the future, it’s a safe bet that technology will continue to move in the direction of more bandwidth, cheaper storage, and higher quality sound reproduction that makes what we listen to much more rich and immersive.

Why fight against that?

This episode is a bit ranty, but that’s what you get sometimes. Perhaps you know of a podcaster who would respond to this provocative statement? If so (or if not), please tell one podcaster you know to listen to Podcast Pontifications. Feel free to throw me under the bus with them if you like.

I shall be back tomorrow with yet another (hopefully less ranty) Podcast Pontifications. 

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Podcast Pontifications is published by Evo Terra four times a week and is aimed at the working podcaster. The purpose of this show is to make podcasting better, not just easier.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.

If I come off a little weird and flippant, please forgive me. If you’ll recall from prior episodes or my various social postings, you’ll note that my wife and I have been experiencing intermittent, low-grade fevers for a couple of weeks now. No other symptoms beyond that. In fact, had we not been hyper-aware of health concerns, I doubt I’d have even bothered to check my temp. 

But the latent scientist in me is puzzled by an intermittent fever that presents no other symptoms and lasts for weeks. That’s not normal. And when good scientists get odd results, one of the first things they do is test their instruments.

I think the thermometer we’ve been using cannot be trusted. So we have a new thermometer on order. Until it arrives, we won’t change any of our behavior just in case. That, and this is the world we live in now.

As has been my wont on Thursday episodes, I’m once again bringing you short clips from podcasters around the world who are dealing with the realities of the pandemic. Because while we’re all in this together, it’s impacting each of us unevenly. Listening to stories of other podcasters gives me a sense of perspective. I hope it does the same for you.

First up, Susan Schwartz of Lush Life, tells us how the Coronavirus lockdown has impacted the bartending and drinks world, which has had a direct impact on her podcast. She’s had to change how she records since the bars have been shuttered and her globe-hopping curtailed. She also shares a little about how bartenders are keeping themselves sane and their patrons entertained.

Then Matthew Cicorea from Behavioral Observations tells us about a rather unscientific survey he conducted of his listeners, the realities of a slowdown in sponsor dollars. And how he’s trying to mix things up for his audience as to not overwhel m them with COVID-19 topics. I feel you, Matt.

Finally, we’ll get the perspective from a new podcaster. Thomas, host of From Cubicle 2 Clouds works in the aviation industry and moonlights as a flight instructor. His livelihood is quite uncertain, as his day-job needs an injection of bailout dollars to stay afloat, and he’s not flying with students at the moment. But he’s committed to podcasting and promises to continue to keep listening and keep making content.

How has the pandemic impacted your world as a working podcaster? I want to hear it, and I want to share your story with other podcasters, Just record a quick minute or two audio, put the .wav file on Dropbox, and then email the link to  [email protected]. 

Enjoy the rest of your Thursday. I don't release episodes on Friday, so please try to have a great weekend.

See you on Monday for yet another Podcast Pontifications. 

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Podcast Pontifications is published by Evo Terra four times a week and is aimed at the working podcaster. The purpose of this show is to make podcasting better, not just easier.

Follow Evo on Twitter for more podcasting insights as they come.

And if you need a professional in your podcasting corner, please visit SimplerMedia.pro to see how Simpler Media Productions can help your firm. Podcasting is our only business!

Mentioned in this episode:

Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.

In the eyes of search engines, podcast content is just web content. And there are no special rules for podcast search engine optimization. Google (and other search engines) evaluate the web pages we podcasters make for our episodes the same way they see every other page.

Unfortunately, following solid SEO best practices for posting podcast episodes might require a very different approach to podcast production and content creation than what you’re doing for your podcast today. 

In order to give your content -- your on-site content -- the greatest chance of earning a meaningful ranking in search engines like Google, you need to take a completely different approach to your content creation process. And you’re probably not going to like it. But here we are.

1. Topics Drool, Keywords Rule - Once you have a topic in mind, you refine that topic by doing research on the words and phrases used by people on search engines, plus analyze the current “competing” results that are already ranking for those phrases. Yes, that means using specialized tools that cost money.

2. Agonize Over Your Episode Title - You have to try lots and lots of titles -- using the info gleaned from your keyword research -- and craft a compelling -- that means click-worthy -- title. Again, this means using software to help you analyze each of the titles you come up with. 

3. Lock-In Your Angle For The Episode - With the keyword and the title of the episode now crystal clear, you probably have a good idea of how you’ll approach the topic on the episode. 

4. Now You Can Record and Produce - This is the part you know how to do. Now you’re just doing it with a good roadmap that’s materializing from the first three steps. 

5. Write 2,000 Words - If you want your episode page to have a chance at ranking for the keyword that started this whole process, you have to write a lot of words. No, 500 probably isn’t enough. 

6. Optimize Those 2,000 Words - Refine those words to make sure they’ve stayed on point, match the angle, reinforce the title, and are relevant to the keyword chosen as the focal point. 

7. Pretty Up Your Page With Pictures - The goal of this exercise is to get this podcast’s episode page to rank, and visual elements help make the page more attractive to searchers, the data show.

8. Organize The Structure Of The Page - Spending time breaking up those 2,000 words with headings and subheadings makes the page more scannable. Keep that keyword in mind as you do this crucial step. Not all text on a page is considered equal.

9. Rewrite Everything, If Necessary - Evaluate all of your words for “readability”  to make sure you're not talking over your audiences’ heads or not writing below their comprehension level. 

10. Now You Can Publish - Finally on step 10. And that’s not even counting the myriad steps and processes in the recording and editing step which I condensed into one.

11. Syndicate For Success - You spent all that time getting a great page live on your website. If you really want to win at this, you need to re-publish (syndicate) it on other sites, making sure they use canonical links that point back to the webpage you worked so hard on.

Everything I just said assumes you’ve done all of the pre-work required on your website so you can see if your efforts are paying off. All of this also assumes your website’s site architecture is conducive to getting good rankings. 

Getting podcast episode pages to rank highly in search engines is hard work. It takes energy and effort at every single stage of the process I just outlined for you. Honestly, this will take you hours of work. Per episode.

So back to my opening question: Is it worth it? That's a question you have to answer for yourself. 

Please do me a favor? It's great that you're retweeting my stuff and mentioning my show in various Facebook post comments. But those pale in comparison to you sending a personal note to one single person. It carries much, much more weight when you individually reach out to someone and tell them why they should listen to Podcast Pontifications. 

Tomorrow I’ll bring you some more stories of working podcasters like yourself who are making it through this pandemic. Yes, I still want your stories. Please record a minute or two on how the Coronavirus has impacted your podcasting routine. Put it up on Dropbox (or whatever) and send the link to me at [email protected].

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Podcast Pontifications is published by Evo Terra four times a week and is aimed at the working podcaster. The purpose of this show is to make podcasting better, not just easier.

Follow Evo on Twitter for more podcasting insights as they come.

And if you need a professional in your podcasting corner, please visit SimplerMedia.pro to see how Simpler Media Productions can help your firm. Podcasting is our only business!

Mentioned in this episode:

Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.

For every successful show that uses the “no-planning” approach, there are hundreds of others that only entertain or provide value to those talking into the microphone.

The reality is that most podcast episodes can be made better with some planning. 

Naysayers will tell you that the danger is having things so rigid that the episode sounds like it was scripted. Bt some podcasts are scripted -- leaving no room for ad-libbing --  and quite successful.

And then there’s a middle ground, where some of the episode is scripted and some is more off-the-cuff. Yes, you can mix flexibility in with structure.

Where some podcasters run off the rail is when they try to mix in ad-libbing as they are following a script. That’s bad, as it’s often glaringly obvious to the audience when these asides occur. Or it frustrates your audio engineer who’s using the script to try and score the episode.

But you’re probably ready to reply with this pearl of wisdom from the great thinker Mike Tyson: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. But, with few exceptions, the risk of being punched in the face when you’re recording is pretty slim.

Even if your show is like my show (meaning it’s very extemporaneous), there's still room for planning. In fact, it’s almost a guarantee that you're doing planning right now. Excluding live-streamers who repurpose the audio of their streams as a podcast, every reasonable podcaster knows the topic they wish to talk about. That’s what drove them to the microphone in the first place.

having a topic means you’re already doing some planning. So why not take it further by adding in three more easy pieces to your new-found love of episode planning?

• Find your angle - The topic is what you’ll talk about. The angle is how you’ll talk about it and is the unique point of view that only you can bring.
• Strong beginnings & solid endings -  Even hosts of the most extemporaneous of shows should understand how the episode is going to begin and how that episode is going to end. 

Every podcaster can approach “the middle” differently depending on their ability to vamp or entertain without having notes or a script in front of them.

It would mean the world to me if you told one other podcaster you know about Podcast Pontifications. Pick up the phone, jump on the Zoom call, whatever. But please personally reach out to someone and tell them to check out Podcast Pontifications.

I have about five audio recordings sent to me from podcasters who are managing to make it through the pandemic, but I’d love to have more to feature on the program. If you have time today (or right now), sit down behind your mic and record a quick one to two minutes on how your podcasting world is being impacted by the quarantine. Then stick it up on somewhere like Dropbox and email the link to me at [email protected]

I’ll be back tomorrow for yet another Podcast Pontifications. 

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Podcast Pontifications is published by Evo Terra four times a week and is aimed at the working podcaster. The purpose of this show is to make podcasting better, not just easier.

Follow Evo on Twitter for more podcasting insights as they come.

And if you need a professional in your podcasting corner, please visit SimplerMedia.pro to see how Simpler Media Productions can help your firm. Podcasting is our only business!

Mentioned in this episode:

Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.

Lots of people struggle to grasp the difficulty of making all of the content necessary when we want out podcasts to be as great as they possibly can be.

No, it’s not all that hard to talk into a microphone. But what all the work after the recording phase, like post-production cleanup, audio sweetening, assembly and more?

Why not record your face talking into the mic at the same time so you can release a video? Because just like your audio has to be processed, described, and stored online, so does your video before you post it.

Live video won’t help you because you have to chop out the best aspects of live video -- the communal, back-and-forth conversation  -- so that it works in an audio-only mode.

You know you have to create some text that describes your audio episode before you publish it.  But if you just slam out a few sentences during the upload process, you’re not helping any listeners, current or potential, enjoy or find the content.

And even if you do spend some quality time with that text, very little of it works well on your website. Yet most (if not all) podcast hosting companies encourage you to just use the content designed to go in-app as on-page website content. And it sucks for that.

Imagery is important. That means episode-level artwork is required, as is understanding that episode-level artwork is useful for things other than podcast players.

Smart podcasters know to leverage existing social media channels to spread the word when new episodes drop. But letting some automated system grab your headline and a link to your audio file isn’t sufficient.

You’d be surprised how many of your current audience like to have things delivered to their email client. But you can’t simply repurpose other content, because most email clients don’t like embedded media players. And no one likes clicking “continue reading this email on the web”, right?

Though I'm not convinced audiograms actually have much value, a lot of podcasters use them. Creating them takes time, energy, and effort and shouldn’t be left to automation.

I just ran through nine things -- NINE! -- that are (or can be) part of the creation process. And that doesn’t even mention the content creation plan itself if, in fact, you create one. And you should

Here’s how I summarize the problem with COPE and CORE: They promise minimum effort and maximum expectation. 

Well… they excel at the first half. And sadly, they constantly fail to deliver on the promise of the latter.

Instead of thinking about creating one thing, we need to think about doing all of our creating at one time.

Yes, all nine of those things I mentioned above, if that’s what you do. Do the work to create each of them at once. Can you leverage certain elements across different pieces of content? Absolutely! But you have to make those decisions on purpose. And yes, that means more work to create better content.

That takes us out of minimum effort territory, I know. It’s definitely cranking up the effort required. But if we really do have maximum expectations, shouldn't we be prepared to put forth maximum effort? 

The notion that we can just create one thing and have it work everywhere is ludicrous. But for podcasters, we might get closer to perfection if we do all of our creation at one time. 

While you think about that would you do me a favor? Reach out to one podcaster you’ve met recently and tell them about this show. Working podcasters sharing the word of this show with other working podcasters is how we spread the good news. 

I’ll be breaking down myths about content creation all of this week here on the program. Enjoy the rest of your Monday. I shall be back tomorrow with yet another Podcast Pontifications.

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Podcast Pontifications is published by Evo Terra four times a week and is aimed at the working podcaster. The purpose of this show is to make podcasting better, not just easier.

Follow Evo on Twitter for more podcasting insights as they come.

And if you need a professional in your podcasting corner, please visit SimplerMedia.pro to see how Simpler Media Productions can help your firm. Podcasting is our only business!

Mentioned in this episode:

Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.

One of the things I'd like to do with my show is to do the occasional check-in with you, the working podcaster, trying your best to survive under conditions forced upon us by a stupid virus. And vice versa. I’ll start, and then I’ll share a couple of clips sent to me. Today, they come from Sam Walker from Sam Walker’s Desert Diaries as well as Thom Rigsby from 7 Minutes In The Morning.

My turn first: Obviously, we're on lockdown. And by “we” I mean me, who always works the studio I’ve built in our home, as well as and my lovely wife, Sheila Dee, who’s been on Work From Home orders for a couple of weeks now. We’re both doing great, getting along just fine in close-quarters. 

The less-than-great news is that we’re both presenting slightly elevated fevers. But that’s it. And yes, we have called into our local COVID19 hotline and described our symptoms, travel history, and possible exposure vectors with medical professionals. They’ve advised us to do what we're doing: quarantine at home. 

So we are. We're reading to the grandkids a couple of nights a week, but via video. Much in the same way we’re staying in touch with friends and family, as well as how I stay connected with clients. Which is always the way I’ve interacted with clients, as clients of my firm are scattered around the world.

Sam Waker reports lots of changes and challenges, from helping her clients struggle to grasp remote recordings, retooling shows for more frequent releases, to dealing with tiny “co-workers” who aren’t very good at respecting their boss’s need (read: their mother’s need) to get some work done.

Thom Rigsby has also increased the frequency of his show, reworked the format of his program, and is helping his listeners -- mostly business owners -- not only get through the immediate pandemic, but also prepare for the bounce-back in the economy. Most encouragingly, he’s seeing an increase in downloads. Woot!

I wish both Sam and Tom the best and express my thanks or sharing their thoughts. And yes, I want you to share your story with me. Send me your audio clips of how you're doing as a working podcaster. What does the pandemic mean to you? And how have you been impacted? Keep the clip to a minute or two and send it to me at [email protected].

I shall be back on Monday with yet another Podcast Pontifications. 

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Podcast Pontifications is published by Evo Terra four times a week and is aimed at the working podcaster. The purpose of this show is to make podcasting better, not just easier.

Follow Evo on Twitter for more podcasting insights as they come.

And if you need a professional in your podcasting corner, please visit SimplerMedia.pro to see how Simpler Media Productions can help your firm. Podcasting is our only business!

Mentioned in this episode:

Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.

We working podcasters have a responsibility to the people who listen to our shows. We have responsibilities when we choose to lend our voices beyond our podcast. And for those of us who help produce podcast content for others, we have responsibilities for the content we helped bring to the world.

Ethics come into play for podcasters who interview guests. Yes, it can be oddly fun and entertaining when guests with kooky ideas come on your show. But where do you draw the line between kooky and offensive or harmful? 

What if you've agreed to appear on someone else’s show only to find out during the interview that the host of that show is a racist, crazy person? If you knew before, would you go on? Even if they had a really, really big audience?

For consultants, would you work for a client -- a paying client -- who was putting out wrong information that could result in serious harm? Are you complicit in that misinformation spread?

Maybe you’re only responsible for audio engineering episodes and you encounter something factually incorrect or unverified that could cause harm. Do you cut it out? 

What if you’re presented with an opportunity to use some grey-hat marketing tactics that border on the darker side. If these slimy-but-effective tactics get results, do the ends justify the means?

Are you working against the cause of “making podcasts better” by letting content out to the world that, if not bad, then certainly is not good? 

What about the ethical decisions around advertising dollars? Big companies have their fingers in lots of different pies. How far down the slippery slope are you willing to go when you vet advertisers?

 As a listener, do you have an ethical responsibility to reach out to the hosts of the shows you listen to, telling them that you like what they have to say, but I just wish they said it better? Does that become easier if it’s less a quality issue and more a question of spreading misinformation? Does your silence make you complicit?

I didn’t give you an answer to any of these on purpose. This show is designed to make you think, and only you can answer these questions of ethics for yourself. I have to answer this question every day for my own work and the work of my agency. I like to think I get it right most of the time. 

Chat with the other working podcasters you communicate with on a regular basis and bring up an ethical dilemma you’re facing and get their opinions. And, of course, tell them it was this episode of Podcast Pontifications that sparked the topic. I can always use a listener or two more, so please spread the good news.

If you want, you can tell me about your thoughts on ethical dilemmas. I'm curious about what do you do? Send me an email at [email protected].

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Podcast Pontifications is published by Evo Terra four times a week and is aimed at the working podcaster. The purpose of this show is to make podcasting better, not just easier.

Follow Evo on Twitter for more podcasting insights as they come.

And if you need a professional in your podcasting corner, please visit SimplerMedia.pro to see how Simpler Media Productions can help your firm. Podcasting is our only business!

Mentioned in this episode:

Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.

In an effort to “lemonade” our current global situation, I’m declaring April 2020 as Podcast Experimentation Month. No, there’s no “official” proclamation from anyone other than me. But someone has to be first, right?

Because if we’re gonna be locked inside, we might as well try some different things! 

I saw a great post on Reddit that showed someone’s podcasting set-up their garden. You could also change up where you podcast from by changing to a different room or section of your house. Each area will have a different tonal quality on your voice. Or try recording from inside the car you haven't driven in two weeks. Assuming you’re not under a shelter-in-place order, go take a walk and take your recording gear with you. Just be sure to stay six feet away from people as you’re out in your neighborhood. 

Got too many mics you haven’t used in years? I do. So why not try them out? You could also use this time to get to know aspects of your equipment you might not be completely familiar with. Those settings and switches all do different things to the sound they record. Crack open the manual and learn how to use the equipment the way it was designed!

Kids at home make it hard to replicate your old kid-free sound? Bring ‘em on the show!  Incorporating their voices on purpose could be fun for them, for you, and for your listeners. If you produce a monologue show like mine, maybe you could try adding some additional voices, either as guests or co-hosts.

If you’re using Audacity, GarageBand, or some other free service, now is a great time to download the fully-functional trial versions of Hindenburg or Reaper. It's also a great time to download trials of amazing plugins from Waves or iZotope that make your podcasting efforts sound better or be done more efficiently.

That might mean trying your hand at making shorter episodes. Let's say, by way of example, that you normally do a 10-minute show. Do you think you can get out what you need in a little more than six minutes? Maybe you should just end the episode there and see what your listeners think?

Great idea, me.

In the meantime, share this episode with your podcasting friends who find themselves with some free time on their hands. Tell them that April is Podcat Experimentation Month. I can’t wait to hear what you come up with.

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Podcast Pontifications is published by Evo Terra four times a week and is aimed at the working podcaster. The purpose of this show is to make podcasting better, not just easier.

Follow Evo on Twitter for more podcasting insights as they come.

And if you need a professional in your podcasting corner, please visit SimplerMedia.pro to see how Simpler Media Productions can help your firm. Podcasting is our only business!

Mentioned in this episode:

Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.

Today, I want to get into the topic of an abundance mindest vs a scarcity mindset. It's partly a scarcity mindset that got us into this trouble. For the purposes of this article, we’ll let abundance mean a situation where there's more than you can yourself could possibly consume.

The only factor in podcasting that is truly constrained by scarcity is time. We each get 24 hours every day regardless of where we live. Yes, you could argue that money also is constrained by scarcity. But just like an unlimited budget won’t make a crappy show any better, there are plenty of low-budget shows (and no-budget shows) that sound amazing.

I want us to approach podcasting like we approach breathing or drinking water. With notable (and genuinely catastrophic) exceptions, you probably don’t consider those two resources as scarce. 

We can approach podcasting with a similar mindset of abundance. Not a lackadaisical attitude, you understand. It’s important that we take the craft of podcasting seriously. But we don’t need to hoard the knowledge, and we don’t have to ask “what’s in it for me?” before taking action.

And that’s the crux of my argument. When you shift away from a scarcity mindset to abundance thinking, you’ll force at least a couple of changes in your attitude.

• Generosity over selfishness
• Activism over ignorance

I’m not so naive as to assume that every podcaster will make the shift away from scarcity to abundance. But I can try to convince you to do so.

I want you to be generous with your thoughts, your ideas, and your opinions. 

I want you to be more active in and aware of the overall health of the podcasting ecosystem we’re all inside of.

Not that we all have to agree on any of those points. You don’t have to agree with the thoughts, ideas, and opinions of other podcasters. And they don’t have to agree with yours. We don't all have to agree on what it means to keep podcasting healthy and hale. Adopting an abundant mindest also means a good amount of debate and disagreement. Airing out our different ideas will make podcasting better, but only if we can abandon the scarcity mindset. 

And I apologize for the depressing tone of last week's content. This week I promise to be significantly more upbeat.

If you know of a working podcaster out there who needs this message, I would really appreciate it if you would share my podcast and writings with them. It’s OK if you tell them to skip last week’s content and just start here. I’m OK with that. And I’d appreciate you helping ensure more working podcasters get this message. In the name of abundance, right?

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Podcast Pontifications is published by Evo Terra four times a week and is aimed at the working podcaster. The purpose of this show is to make podcasting better, not just easier.

Follow Evo on Twitter for more podcasting insights as they come.

And if you need a professional in your podcasting corner, please visit SimplerMedia.pro to see how Simpler Media Productions can help your firm. Podcasting is our only business!

Mentioned in this episode:

Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.

The novel coronavirus pandemic either has or will hit all podcasters. And the impact will be unevenly distributed, affecting some more than others. 

I want to hear your stories of how it’s impacting you and your podcasting efforts. 

I also want to help you any way that I can.

I’ll start. We here at ShEvo Studios are fine. Neither we nor our immediate families have contracted COVID19, at least not that I’ve heard. Simpler Media, the podcast consultancy I run, is also doing fine. The small distributed team members that make the sausage for our clients are all virus-free, so the machinery we’ve put in place is working. We’re even onboarding new clients this week.

But I know that's not the case for everyone. I know that a lot of people -- podcast hosts or podcast service providers -- are already struggling with the changed world.

I want to hear and to share those stories. Stories of negative, positive, or neutral impact. Whatever is happening -- or isn’t happening -- to your life as a podcaster, I’m asking you to tell me. Grab your microphone, kick out a quick stream-of-conscious update, and send it to me.

And because we’re buddies, I have an offer for you.  I want to help you, the working podcaster. I want to give you -- yes, give you -- very specific advice, suggestions, and assistance that will help you get over your own stumbling blocks and hurdles. For free.

Sure, you can jump into several podcaster-populated online communities and ask for help. You'll get a bunch of answers, some of which are great, some of which are not.

Or you can just ask someone with deep expertise what they think. Someone like me. No, exactly me. Just ask.

I am genuinely offering my advice, guidance, and direction for free. This is me giving back to working podcasters like you who listen to my show every day, four times a week. The least I can do is answer some questions for you. 

So please understand: You're not imposing upon me. You are not taking advantage of me. This is an open offer. If you are a listener of my program and you need advice, guidance, a nudge, for me to take a look at something, or take a listen at something, or give you my opinion on something: You've got it. 

I have the bandwidth to help you right now. So please reach out to me however you wish.  You can email me at [email protected]. I'm all over Twitter @EvoTerra. I don't spend a lot of time on Facebook, although if you tag me in a post or a comment, I do see it. My face is on Instagram at Evo_Terra, it's up to you.

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Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.