"I've been thinking about starting a podcast." I get a lot of DMs, emails and calls that start with that sentence.  My response is usually "are you sure about that? Let me tell you a few things."

We'll start with the positive. Apple recently revealed its 2019 podcast stats. Apple podcasts feature more than 700,000 active podcasts and 29 million podcasts!  Compare that to 2018 when there were 550,000 shows and 18.5 million episodes. That's some major growth and there's a lot of money to be made. It's no wonder so many people want to start a show.  But, here's what you don't know about podcasting.  The talking part is easy and fun. The rest of it is work!  

On this Dying to Ask, Geoff and I are going to do our best to talk you out of starting a podcast. It's not that we fear the competition. We just want to spare you the pain!  We'll teach you how to come up with a concept for a show, how to figure out if you should have a co-host, and even what it takes to record  audio. Find out the one thing about podcasting that both Geoff and I hate. And then, Producer Geoff will drop a bombshell.  Seriously, never saw it coming.