I'm helping book guests for a small podcast centered around the idea of turning pain into purpose.

We're not looking for celebrities, influencers, or people with huge followings. We're looking for real people who have walked through something incredibly difficult and found meaning, growth, or a new purpose because of it.

The goal isn't to sensationalize trauma, it's to explore healing, resilience, and hope.

You don't need to have a book, business, or social media following. If you have a story that might encourage someone else, we'd love to hear from you.

Okay, let me see if I can explain myself well so I can get some help. Unfortunately searches for my answer all give me the answer for the PodTrak P4 and the P4Next has different buttons and toggles.

Here is what I want. I like to record directly to Zoom which will record my audio for me. It's not perfect, but I don't care at this point. Or, I want to do a live to YouTube. My problem is that I want to use my nice audio technica microphone. So, I have the Zoom PodTrak P4Next which provides phantom power to my microphone.

I do not have an SD card in because I was going to be recording to my computer, to zoom cloud, or simply to youtube. I suppose this could be part of the problem, but I don't think so. I wanted to add this in just in case.

My setup is:

Microphone is in XLR port. 48v is set to on. PodTrak is plugged in for power, although changing it to battery does not make a difference. Setting is to Stereo. Mix Minus is on. Headphones are in the headphone jack. The PodTrak is connected to my desktop with a cord.

With this setup I can hear my voice in the microphone in the headphones. The microphone is working. I can change the volume and it changes what I hear throuth the PodTrak.

So what happens is, I go to Zoom or YouTube and test the audio. I do not get any option for microphone or speaker. The PodTrak doesn't come up as an option. My settings in Windows say that apps can use microphone.

On the PodTrak P4- not the one I have, there was a setting on input 4 to switch to USB. This one doesn't have that option. I feel like there is an easy answer that I am missing. It's probably explained in a youtube video, but the search engines are having a hard time differentiating my device from the older model.

If anybody has the answer, or a question that would help me solve it, I would love the help, this is the dumbest thing to keep me from hitting record. I will probably just use my webcam mic for a little while, but it's not the quality I'm looking for.

Edited to add that of course it was an easy answer that I discovered as soon as I wrote a long reddit post asking for help. I kept changing cords and finally found one that was high enough quality to connect from the PodTrak to my desktop. I think the other cords were from other devices and they were too cheap for audio to travel through. I had that thought in the back of my mind and kept looking until I found one that I knew was higher quality.

I run a solo-monologue podcast and want to, at some point, bring on guests and co-hosts who'd be comfortable podcasting. I don't want to put that pressure on my personal friend groups so think I need to look for channels to meet other podcasters who speak to my target demographic. Are there any good websites, reddit communities, or methods you've found to network your podcast.

I run a movie podcast, which I think would help due to how much of a saturated space that is.

Let me know your experiences.

PS: This is not a post requesting podcast co-hosts so please don't reply with that intent!

Hey all!

I’ve been running my podcast weekly for a year and a half putting out weekly episodes without a miss so far. So up to 72 episodes by this point and some decent success with a growing fan base. My podcast currently is between 25 to 40 minutes an episode focusing on philosophical content. I’ve done a few specials (for the year anniversary and Halloween) that changed up the format for fun and had some good success, especially my two part year anniversary that did a historical exploration of the lives of a handful of philosophers I talk a lot about.

Anyway! Though this would be much further out from now, I wonder what you all think of format changes to podcasts that have been running a while. For instance after at least 100 episodes I thought about maybe changing things up for a bit. Possibly doing 2 episodes a month or maybe even 1 but pouring A LOT more time and effort into them (at the moment because I work full time and do it all on my own, each episode is more like a fun conversational lesson). I was thinking picking major topics and going into possibly 2 hour long episodes of depth I haven gotten to do before. Just an example of an idea.

I mostly just really enjoy making this podcast and know at some point I’d love to mess with different styles and ideas.

What do you all think of major shifts like this? Bad idea? Fun?

I just started a podcast and I asked someone to make me a cover but they clearly used AI :(

Do you guys have any tips or suggestions I could use to create my own cover art? I have some experience with Canva but I love getting outside feedback before diving into a project like this. Thanks in advance! 💗

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Is anyone posting full episodes to their Youtube channel along with shorter/topical excerpts or chunks? I'm not talking about under-3 min vertical shorts, this would be longer segments, 5-15 minutes posted in the regular feed.

This approach wouldn't work for many types of podcasts, but if you're, say, a multi-topic news podcast that moves through 6-8 topics in an hour, I think this could make sense. You only get one stab at a headline and thumbnail with the full episode. The topic of interest for someone may be buried deep in the show and they never find it. Or sometimes people see your headline and click, but if that topic doesn't come up right away, they leave. If you make 6 single topic posts and release them separately with their own headlines/thumbs, it might reach a different audience.

These clips would be great for casual or new viewers who don't know the show, are interested mainly in a specific topic, and aren't ready to commit to an hour long program. But there's an algorithmic paradox here: in order to reach that new audience's browse/suggest pages, Youtube needs to receive strong early engagement/watch times from your core audience. And if your core audience has already seen the full episode, they're not going to stick around for a repeated segment. When they bail, Youtube thinks the video is a bomb, and decides not to show it to the people who might actually want to watch it. In other words, you need to please your core audience to reach a new audience, and these longer clips aren't likely to make your loyal viewers happy.

I know some big channels have separate clip accounts that exclusively post this medium form content, but the idea of starting a new account from scratch seems daunting.

TL;DR Is anyone posting medium length sections of their podcast along side full episode on Youtube? How's that going?

I have several scripts written and I'm trying to record, but I don't know how to balance my dark humor without forcing it . I don't want my podcast to be just analytical so it needs humor. Ideas?

I’ve barely written on Reddit before but a couple of months ago I was made aware of a person in the UK selling AI modified podcasts (using AI to remove commercial breaks) on his site

(https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasting/s/tYjM16MgIk)

The person is now doing it again, but this time on an app called Podtastic. I tried reaching out to this app via email asking to have my podcast removed from their app to no avail.

Is there anything we can do as a community? This person is selling subscriptions to allow people to listen to podcasts free of ad breaks thanks to AI - a huge copyright violation.

It affects us all since our podcasts are included in this service and someone is making money off of them, whether or not we have commercial breaks in them.

The premise of my podcast is every episode me or one of my friends finds one of the worst people in modern history(original premise I know) but it's been a lot of fun researching and writing about obscure historical events and politicians life stories and shit. My working title for the series is "The People Who Ruined The World" which I don't think is taken. Is that an attention grabbing name?

I’ve wanted to start a podcast for about two years, and last month I finally went for it. I didn’t buy brand new gear. I went a little crazy on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist, and now I have a pile of stuff that I honestly don’t fully know how to use yet.

What I have:

1. Windows laptop, Dell Inspiron, I think it has 2 USB-C ports and 1 USB-A port, maybe 2

2. Two 4K monitors I got for about $120 each, both 60Hz, both HDMI

3. Shure SM58 with an XLR cable that the previous owner threw in for free

4. Some Scarlett audio interface, the small one with 2 inputs

5. External hard drive for storing episodes

6. Wireless keyboard and mouse with one of those little USB receivers

7. My iphone17pro, which I want to keep charging on the desk because I use it as a backup recorder

The problem is pretty obvious. I have like 8 things and only 3 ports on my laptop. I tried using a cheap $15 hub from Amazon and it kind of worked, but after about 20 minutes my mic started making a weird buzzing sound, and the second monitor would randomly go to sleep. I’m guessing the hub just isn’t strong or stable enough.

What do I actually need to connect all of this? What are you guys using that’s stable? Thanks everyone.

If you're a podcaster with a website, and you use photos on your site, you may be a target for this scam that really looks legit.

For my website, I commonly use images that I obtain from Unsplash.com. In fact, I have an Unsplash+ account which gives me extra access to additional photos owned by Getty Images (Unsplash has some kind of arrangement with Getty). (To avoid violation of the self-promo rule, I have removed links to my website from the communication below.)

I recently received a very official-looking email from attorney Alan Young of Commonwealth Legal Services. This is what they sent:

Dear owner of <my website page that displays a picture of someone riding a snowmobile>

We're reaching out on behalf of the Intellectual Property Division of

a notable entity, in relation to an image connected to our associated

client: Cheap Snow Gear.

Image Reference: https://i.imgur.com/VvvS4p2.png

Image Placement: <the page on my site that displays the picture of the snowmobile>

We've observed the above image being used at the above specified

placement. We are emailing you to insist our client is correctly credited. A

visible link to https://cheapsnowgear.com/ is necessary, placed either below

the image or in the page's footer. This needs to be addressed within the

next five business days.

We're sure you recognize the urgency of this request. Kindly

understand that simply removing the image does not rectify the issue. Should we

not see appropriate action within the given timeframe, we will reference

case No. 84531 and implement legal proceedings as outlined in DMCA Section

512(c).

For your convenience, past usage records can be reviewed using the

Wayback Machine at https://web.archive.org, the main recognized digital web

archive.

Take this communication as a formal notice. We value your swift

action and expect your cooperation.

Regards

Alan Young

Trademark Attorney

Commonwealth Legal Services

3909 N 16th St, 4th Floor

Phoenix, AZ 85016

Alan@<website for the law firm>

I was immediately suspicious for a variety of reasons:

1. Photo usage in violation of copyright usually results in a letter asking for removal and payment. This letter did not ask me to remove the image, and it only asked for a prominent backlink.

2. I know that my photo usage under the Unsplash license is legal and does not require any attribution of any kind.

3. The email included the word "kindly", which is often a giveaway that the scammer is not from the US (certainly not an attorney in Arizona).

I forwarded the email to Unsplash, and they responded to "Alan" and CCd me as follows:

Hello Alan,

We've had a report from one of our users that you have been in touch fraudulently claiming ownership of a photo that you do not have ownership of, in a frankly unethical attempt at creating backlinks.

Any further attempts at contacting our users with fraudulent claims and requests, or claiming ownership of our community photographs will result in legal action.

We have assured our users that your claims are illegal and under no circumstances to comply with any requests you make.

If you wish to discuss this further, I can be contacted at [email protected].

If I had to guess, I would say this is being generated by a sleazy SEO company who is looking to get backlinks for their clients' websites. Just something to be aware of.

I launched a true crime podcast a week ago with seven episodes and it has about 5,000 listeners so far overall. It’s niche in its narration and covers a current case.

For now, I have a tip jar in my show notes and in my outro and I haven’t received any tips so far.

I’ve read a little about affiliate marketing but it doesn’t seem like it would be a good fit for me. I’m generally opposed to subscription based podcasts or “premium” content. This is not my first business endeavor and I know from experience not to commit myself to something I’m half hearted about.

The last option is dynamic ads. I don’t have a problem with this option because listeners can just skip the ads. I’m just wondering if it’s possible to make money through advertisements?

**NOT PROMOTION I ACTUALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OUR SOUND AND NEED HELP**

My friend and I record every other week. We have an unchanging setup and haven't had an issue with these microphones so I just think it must be some recording settings but I don't change any of those either. Ever.

We were able to change my friends gain and where he was speaking into the mic because of the directional whatever it is. But it didn't work on mine.

I don't know what caused it to sound like I am speaking twice at the same time. We don't have speakers playing anything back. No sounds or anything.

I was honestly hoping to insert a short video but Here's the whole episode on spotify

please help, we're pretty new and I just can't figure it out because nothing was different on our end when this happened.

I have started a podcast in an area I really care about. It's niche and the audience is likely to be small, I don't expect to ever make money, but I'm passionate about the need to have conversations around this topic.

This is the first content creation thing I've done, compared with the technicalities of work (think engineering).

I'm swinging between excitement to podcast and write and think, then struggling with the tedium of day to day stuff. I'm spending too much time on the podcast, but have episodes booked with guests to record coming up. I'm checking my stats constantly craving to hear what people think.

Is this a phase? Will compartmentalising when the initial excitement wears off?

Just got our 2nd Tiny 3 as we couldn't get the first to track but now we're thinking it's just not a great device? Has anyone gotten group tracking working properly? Any resource suggestion that's not a marketing video?

We typically have 2-3 people in a small conference room - table seats 8. Camera is mounted on an overhead truss and connected via it's included USBC cable on a PC with a i7, ssd and 32GB memory.

I can't figure this one out. I'm pretty good at messing with something until it works but not this one. It's the , on Canva, I go to create a design, custom size, 2660 X 1140 pixels, create new design, get the big square, pull in the Spotify cover image and what? It's a square podcast cover in the middle of a banner. What as i missing?

For those of you who publish video podcasts:

How important is the opening 10–20 second highlight montage before the podcast starts?

I'm referring to the fast-paced teaser that shows the best moments from the episode before the full conversation begins.

Do you think it actually improves viewer retention or clicks?

If this intro/highlight montage could be created automatically, would it make the rest of your editing workflow significantly easier?

Do you make a new one for every episode, or do you usually reuse the same intro?

Or do you feel it's not worth the extra editing time?

I'm just trying to understand how different creators approach this part of the workflow.

So I live in an apartment complex. After reviewing my lease it says any kind of business activity in the apartment or on the premises is prohibited. I want to have a podcast preferably with a live guest. I Googled and they said a podcast with a live guest is when any of the following happens: 1) Operates with systematic intent to make a profit. 2) Generates its first revenue or 3_ Formalizing legal protections with guest release agreements. (I plan on having number 3 from the start)

In order to avoid the potential eviction due to breaking my lease I started to look into studio rentals.

There are quite a few locations close to me that charge by the hour. (Price is around $65/hr) and include all equipment except I would need an SD card). I'm guessing episodes will take 1-2 hours to film.

The main two that I have found in my area are Gravity Media and Second Sol Studios. Has anyone had any luck renting from these places?

Would you recommend renting a professional studio starting out in my scenario?

Starting a movie review machinima podcast if anybody wants to guest on it. I like to talk about movies and I can dish up 5 movies a week to watch and review just for the love of movies bad or good. I rely on a 1-7 star rating system called The Real Scale to gives the viewers a better guide. And will have segment at the end that's like what's the The Real Scale for each movie. We will also use thumbs up and thumbs down for doing the general review at the end of the review or debate. It will be fun to debate and see what other people think of these retro active reviews. We can review new movies too just harder to get a clip. I like to actually review a 30 second scenes at least 2 of them each movie we review. Email me at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or add me on discord tesslivv

Hi Guys,

I'm working on an investigative style podcast but for music, the trouble with this is that I don't really want to start poorly and build my way into a good podcaster I want to start at the top as my podcast is a major tie in for my website and I would love to have the sound and recording nailed from episode one.

I have an audio interface, a dynamic vocal mic and headphones and I know my way around reaper and audacity.

I'm sure it's finding what works best for you for the most part.

I would love to hear your hints or tips, stuff you wish you knew right from the start. Even some app recommendations, whatever you think would help!

//EDIT - how do you guys record, do you speak long paragraphs at a time, short bursts like a sentence, or do you record the whole thing in one shot?

When recording do you let it go if you make a mistake and edit it out later or do you stop and go back and edit it out at the time? Or just stop the recording, move to a new track and start from where you stuffed up?

I tend to get frustrated with myself of how often I make mistakes while reading my script.

I've using a Zoom L8 for 2 years now without any problem. I've using it to record podcast and i'm using a SanDisk Extreme 180mb/s SDXC V30I 10 for that purpose since the beggining. A month ago i had a huge problem: one of the audio files of the sesion was completely lost. I was with a big new client, we recorded 3 podcast sessions and the last one produced a wav file of 60MB but with no sound at all. I tried everything that says online and i couldn't retrieve the information. No need to say that i've lost that client due to this malfunction. Past week i've tried to replicate the issue: i've recorded 3 separate sessions of roughly 10 minutes. The first 2 are ok but the 3rd one wrote no audio file. For every session i've checked that the tracks were being recorded and that de lcd screen shows the session being recorded.

This is a huge problem since i need to rely on my equipment and no i can't trust on my audio set up ¿Do anyone has/had a problem like this?

I've been geeking out on podcast conversation dynamics lately and wanted to share what I found.

Using an analytics tool I built to break down speaker talk-time across 30+ episodes, one pattern kept showing up: the episodes that felt the most engaging and "high quality" almost always had close to balanced talk-time between participants — nobody dominating, nobody just nodding along.

A couple of standouts:

• MKBHD's podcast — the three main hosts split talk-time pretty evenly at roughly 25/30/34%, with the remainder spread across a few other speakers on that episode. Nobody ran away with the conversation.
• Candace Owens interviewing Bassem Youssef — a 48/52 split, basically as even as a two-person interview gets.

Meanwhile, a lot of the episodes that felt more one-sided or "off" had much more lopsided splits — one person doing 70% + of the talking.

It makes intuitive sense: a guest who's just answering rapid-fire questions, or a host who won't stop talking over their guest, both make for a worse listen. But it was interesting to actually see it quantified rather than just feeling it.

Conversely, there are shows like Piers Morgan uncensored which plays out more like a daytime tv show, with one long interview at the beginning, a panel podcast style bit in the middle, and a long interview at the end. So this can skew the conversation metrics heavily.

Curious if anyone has noticed similar? Do you actively try to keep everyone on the panel engaged with a good amount of time?

so i listen to a lot of long interview pods (lex fridman, huberman etc) and i like to transcribe some episodes so i can search quotes later. i only do this like twice a month so i really dont want to pay monthly. tried a few free browser things but they cap at 30 mins or the quality is trash. i need something pay as you go where credits dont expire. also privacy is a thing for me i dont want my audio used for ai training. free trial that lets me test a full 2 hour ep would be nice. im just a listener not a podcaster. any recs?