Welcome to Paid by the Word, a podcast series featuring conversations with writers, editors and media professionals. The podcast is moderated by award-winning author and journalist Mike Barlow.

In this special preview episode, Mike is interviewed by Zoe Eather, an experienced podcaster based in Queensland, Australia. The combination of Zoe's Aussie accent and Mike's raspy New Jersey vocal intonations make for a lively and amusing conversation! Careful listeners will notice that Zoe provides the intros and outros for all of the episodes in Mike's Paid by the Word series of podcasts. We enjoy producing these podcasts, and we hope you will find them useful and entertaining!