5 Podcast Interview Lessons (p1/3) - Apologies, Mic Mistakes, and "Tell Us About Yourself"

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#Tech #Business #Marketing #Arts #Josh Liston | @deadsetpod #Punk Rock

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In 1910, Dorothy Arnold—a wealthy, educated socialite from New York City—left her home for a shopping trip and never returned.

about a year ago 8:33

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Josh went back and listened to some of his earliest Podcast Interviews (from 2012 and early 2013) and has managed through all the muck and mess, to pull out 5 lessons for better Podcast Interviews.

This is part 1 of a 3 part series covering the following 3 Lessons.

(Annoying plus Sleepy Time) Introducing episodes with a list of apologies and caveats, and delivering that list with less energy than a Three-toed Sloth.
(Mistake) Multiple interviews were recorded with the wrong microphone source at Josh's end of the call, and it sounded absolutely horrendous.
(Lazy) Josh kept asking Guests to introduce themselves and to "Tell Us About Yourself".

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5 Podcast Interview Lessons (p1/3) - Apologies, Mic Mistakes, and "Tell Us About Yourself"

The Future IS Audio

published about a year ago

MP3•Episode home

Josh went back and listened to some of his earliest Podcast Interviews (from 2012 and early 2013) and has managed through all the muck and mess, to pull out 5 lessons for better Podcast Interviews.

This is part 1 of a 3 part series covering the following 3 Lessons.

(Annoying plus Sleepy Time) Introducing episodes with a list of apologies and caveats, and delivering that list with less energy than a Three-toed Sloth.
(Mistake) Multiple interviews were recorded with the wrong microphone source at Josh's end of the call, and it sounded absolutely horrendous.
(Lazy) Josh kept asking Guests to introduce themselves and to "Tell Us About Yourself".

...

Socials:

• @deadsetpod on Twitter/X.

• @deadsetpod on Instagram.

• @deadsetpodcasting on Facebook.

Email: hello@deadsetpodcasting.com

Hire Us To Edit Your Show(s): https://www.deadsetpodcasting.com/services

232 episodes

#Tech #Business #Marketing #Arts #Josh Liston | @deadsetpod #Punk Rock

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TFIA Issue #10 - 4 Ways to Make Your Audio Podcast Sound Dated (Potentially). 2:26

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The Future IS Audio newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/4-ways-make-your-audio-podcast-sound-dated-josh-liston-yypjc 4 Ways to Make Your Audio Podcast Sound Dated (Potentially). Cliffhanger-Openers to every episode of your show. These can be great, but most often are not. Adding Background Music to every segment of the production. The emotionality in the melody of the music can enhance the mood of your Podcast (when it's perfectly chosen or composed to suit the episode), but it can also distort the intended delivery and tone of the dialogue. It's also a poor substitute for putting real emotion and intention into the voice recording itself. Using Music and Sound Design Elements straight out of a 2014 Tim Ferriss YouTube Video. Overloading your production with audio clips from film and TV from the 70's, 80's and 90's. I love this stuff personally (in moderation), but too much of this can feel like, 'HEY! I've got a new toy with heaps of buttons on it, and here's a bunch of now 30 year old noises I like." What makes a Podcast sound dated to you? Happy Podcasting! …. Episode Production Chain: Rode Wireless Micro >> Rode Capture App for iOS >> Auphonic Desktop App for Levelling and Noise Reduction >> Adobe Audition for Compression, Reverb and Click Reduction, Editing, and Export. .... Email me your thoughts to josh@jcaldigital.org or DM me here on LinkedIn or comment below on this post. Get the Audio Podcast: https://www.jcaldigital.org/the-future-is-audio…

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TFIA Issue #9 - Podcast Growth is "Straightforward", Just Be A Guest On Other Shows. 2:53

12 weeks ago2:53

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The Future IS Audio newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/podcast-growth-straightforward-just-guest-other-shows-josh-liston-5bwbc/ TL;DR: Guesting on other Podcasts is amazing and you should definitely jump on the majority of opportunities to do so, but don't let your success or lack thereof getting booked define your value as a Podcaster. No single piece of Podcast Growth Advice bothers me quite as much as "just be a guest on other shows" does, like it's so easy to do. As the great Alban Brooke (Head of Marketing at BuzzSprout) said recently on X, "If it (Guesting) was super easy then we’d all be doing it constantly" , and I couldn't have said it better myself. I've been living and breathing Podcasting and the Podcast Medium since 2012, and I've never met a single person (outside of domain experts, famous folks, and subculture superstars) that find getting booked on Podcasts as a Guest, easy. In fact, it's rare, it's difficult, and is often outpaced by the sheer rejection of trying to get booked. My advice would be to Share the H out of the shows you CARE most about, and instead of thinking, "how can I get on that show so they can help me grow?", start by thinking, "what can I do (over the long-term) to help them grow?" Good things come most often from a good place. The other short-long of it: Although I believe that being a Guest on other shows is incredibly valuable for growing your own show, anyone out there pushing "Guesting" as an easy to implement solve-all for growing your Podcast, is leaving out a great chunk of the process and the negative impact of continued-rejection in the Arts, and in business. Happy Podcasting! …. Episode Production Chain: Rode Wireless Micro >> Rode Capture App for iOS >> Auphonic Website for Levelling, EQ, Compression, Reverb and Noise Reduction >> Adobe Audition for Editing and Export. Email Josh your thoughts to josh@jcaldigital.org or DM him on LinkedIn . Get the Audio Podcast: https://www.jcaldigital.org/the-future-is-audio…

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TFIA Issue #8 - From Audio Hero to Video near-Zero: Format vs Fandom. 3:56

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The Future IS Audio newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-places-start-your-podcast-edit-josh-liston-6jvic TL;DR: I'm an Audio Podcast Super Fan and a Video Podcast Dabbler. Today's Newsletter is purely anecdotal, and I'm not sure what it really means, but I feel like it means something. I asked myself what format of Podcasting (audio or video) has held my interest the longest and/or which format I burn out on the fastest, and I came to the following numbers. Note: I'm most often Subscribed to 40-50 programs at a time in both Overcast (audio) and YouTube (video). Format vs Fandom (the Questions): How many audio Podcasts do I still listen to that I started Listening to 2 or more years ago? = 20-25 episodes per week (to completion of each episode). How many YouTube Channels do I still consume (that don't also offer an audio version) that I started watching 2+ years ago? = 1 (Bandrew Scott's Podcastage main channel). Video has been and continues to be a useful tool for finding and sampling new shows that I might like, and if I do like them and they do offer audio Subscription (some don't which PMTHO), I'll then move them over to my long-term consumption app, Overcast for iOS. One last note, I still miss the shows that for whatever reason stopped producing their Audio Podcast ('Crash Course in Awesome' and 'CD Baby's DIY Musician Podcast'), yet I can't name a single YT Channel that has stopped making their show that makes me feel that way. …. Episode Production Chain: Rode Wireless Micro >> Rode Capture App for iOS >> Auphonic Website for Levelling, EQ, Compression and Noise Reduction >> Adobe Audition for Editing and Export. .... Email Josh your thoughts to josh@jcaldigital.org or DM him on LinkedIn . Get the Audio Podcast: https://www.jcaldigital.org/the-future-is-audio…

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TFIA Issue #7 - 3 Places to Start Your Podcast Edit 4:35

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The Future IS Audio newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-places-start-your-podcast-edit-josh-liston-6jvic TL;DR: Start by cutting some (or all) of the things that would really really really annoy you as Podcast Listener. Not everyone can afford Professional Podcast Editing, nor do they need it. In fact, I’d encourage you TO edit your own show at least for a little while, as the lessons you’ll learn around your own speech patterns, pacing, word choices and verbal disfluencies (read: crutch words and verbal tics) are absolutely invaluable to you as a communicator. A 3-part primer on Podcast Editing: Low-hanging Fruit. (Cut stand-alone ums, ahs, likes, you know(s), coughs, sniffs, desk knocks, off-air conversations with people in the room, and clearings-of-the-throat). Any (non-entertaining) Parts. (Unless it's really funny or fun, cut out technical issues, connection issues, drop-outs and glitches, looking up names, fact-checking, confirming URLs, and saying hello to endless people in the chatroom or on the stream. Don’t make your on-demand Audience(s) feel like a second class citizens). The Promise of your Podcast. (Cut standalone segments that work against the intention/promise of your show. Profanity if your show is Clean. Silly if your show is serious. Overly serious if your show is meant to be light and bright. Political if you’re not). If you start your Podcast Edit with those three elements in mind, you might not need to ever get more granular with your editing, a light edit might be all you need. …. Email Josh your thoughts to josh@jcaldigital.org or DM him on LinkedIn . Get the Audio Podcast: https://www.jcaldigital.org/the-future-is-audio…

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TFIA Issue #6 - The Mute Function Is More Useful Than AI. 2:32

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Subscribe to The Future IS Audio Newsletter on LinkedIn. [ No Links Below are Affiliate Links ]. Microphone: Rode Wireless Micro USB-C Lav Mic. .... The Mute Function Is More Useful Than AI (In Podcasting). I’ve found myself more than a little down-in-the-mouth of late, reading and listening to all the discussions around AI in Podcasting, and its potential impact on our medium. With prominent voices in the space even going as far as to suggest that the human element of Podcasting may soon be superseded by AI and ASI Agents. Now, whether or not you fell that that particular line of thinking is correct, is actually not the point of today’s post, I’m simply here to remind you that the thoughts of a singular Technologist (or a group of Technologists) can only affect a Podcaster to the extent that we allow it to. You have the option to simply disengage in conversations that suggest that the days of human connection are numbered Podcasting, and if you’re not willing to give at least part of your Craft over to AI then you’re going to fall so far behind that failure is inevitable. You can just shut all that stuff out. TL;DR: Save all the energy that you might otherwise spend on arguing with people on Reddit, Discord, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. about AI, and just go make more cool sh*t! The other Short-long of it: It’s often easier to unleash your creative flair onto the world in the form of a well-constructed rebuttal to the prognosticators in your medium, but just try to redirect that momentary frustration into ongoing fuel for making. I need to keep telling myself this! …. Email me your thoughts to josh@jcaldigital.org or DM me here on LinkedIn or comment below on this post. Get the Audio Podcast: https://www.jcaldigital.org/the-future-is-audio Subscribe to The Future IS Audio Newsletter on LinkedIn.…

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TFIA Issue #5 - The Rode Wireless Micro is Going on My Portable Podcasting Gear List (2025 Edition). 4:17

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Subscribe to The Future IS Audio Newsletter on LinkedIn. [ No Links Below are Affiliate Links ]. TL;DR: Gear isn’t just about utility, it’s about excitement and energy. If a new piece of audio gear has you making more content, having more fun (or experiencing less stress), and it reduces the timeline from idea creation and idea execution, then please STOP punishing yourself for desiring new gear, and for buying new gear. (**caveat: as long as you can afford that new gear**). My Portable Podcasting Gear List (2025 Edition). Recording Device: any modern device with a USB-C port (that can run the free Røde Capture app). Microphone: the Røde Wireless Micro system (USB-C). Production: Auphonic.com where you get 2 hours of advanced and automated audio processing for free each month. I used this today for Adaptive Leveling, Noise Reduction, Reverb Removal, and hitting my LUFS targets. My Auphonic settings are in the show notes and the LinkedIn Newsletter. Editing App / Software: Audacity for MAC and Windows. https://www.audacityteam.org/ John Lacey's Rode Micro Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Ctq2CBlkc LUFS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUFS Subscribe to The Future IS Audio Newsletter on LinkedIn.…

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TFIA Issue #3 - 4 Reasons TO put Audio-only episodes on YouTube. 3:37

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TL;DR: If you’ve done the work to produce a super polished audio show, then you’re not putting up an inferior product to video on YouTube, just a different one. Audio on YouTube is NOT fake video, it's expanded accessibility. 4 Reasons TO put Audio-only episodes on YouTube: For Increased Accessibility. (Every day at my day job I sell TV's to folks from across the age and cultural spectrum, and the number of people that ask about running Wireless Headphones out of their TV's so they can easily listen to programs and shows continues to surprise me. YouTube is the app that gets the majority of mentions from Customers, and I think it's because a) the Customer themselves has mastered the YouTube interface and wants to stay there for everything, and b) the non-English versions of the YouTube app on the major TV-OS offerings are stable and navigable). To allow non-technical people to map listening progress seamlessly across multiple devices. To allow people (who Care) to comment, give a thumbs up, Subscribe to your show, and even support your show on-platform. To take advantage of the streamlined UX (User Experience) on YouTube. (There is no account required to get to the content, and the YouTube app doesn't hassle you every second day for your email address and for your preferred genres/tastes/interests before you get to LiSTNR .... sorry .... sorry, I meant listen). The caveat I often hear about Audio-on-YouTube is the "extreme drop-off rate" , which I believe is real, but I would posit that the drop-off rate for almost all content posted to YT (audio, video, amateur mime, everything that's NOT Cats) is "extreme". The Short-long of it: If someone likes to Listen to shows, they don't really care how or where it happens, as long as it works and it's as simple as Click Link >>> Press Play. .... Email me your thoughts to josh@jcaldigital.org or DM me on LinkedIn or on Instagram ( @joshuacliston ).…

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TFIA Issue #4 - Where did all the Soundseeing Tours go? 3:01

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Where did all the Soundseeing Tours go in Podcasting? TL;DR - Your Podcast doesn’t have to be an Interview Show or a Panel Show built (from format to presentation) to enable video production. It can be different, unique, more. In 2012, when I first started ramping up my Podcast consumption into overdrive, one genre that I always enjoyed was the Soundseeing Tour genre. Travel, Language and Culture all wrapped up into an incredibly organic form of audio-storytelling. I’m not sure any Podcast genre has had me on the edge of my seat quite the way Soundseeing Tours did back in the day: What is going to happen next, and what will I hear next? So, I guess the question becomes, why aren’t Soundseeing Tours still getting produced, and if they are, why aren’t they getting shared, promoted and embraced by Podcast Listeners and/or the Podcasting Industry? At the risk of sounding anti-video here (that’s not my intention), I think the reason is pretty clear, if your mindset is Video-First, then much of what makes Soundseeing Tours so unique can be easily reframed as uniquely-annoying elements of producing a show. Planning for travel and recording locations. Physical movement, and the ability to move and communicate at the same time. Dealing with unknown environmental variables like weather, temperature, noise and human activity. Permission and privacy considerations when recording on-location. The increased need for advanced storytelling skills to describe the Tour / Location in the audio format. Call me selfish, but I genuinely hope we see (and hear) a return of the Soundseeing Tours in 2025. I want to experience more audio tours from Japan, Africa, Newfoundland (Canada), and the Pacific North East in the USA. I miss closing my eyes and just escaping to a different part of the world. Theatre of the Mind is real folks, and audio is where the magic starts. ….. If you happen to have Listened to some unique audio in Podcasting lately, please post in the comments here on LinkedIn or DM Josh on Instagram @joshuacliston . Speak to you again soon, and bye for now.…

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TFIA Issue #2 - Slayers: A Buffyverse Story - Audio Storytelling That Gave Me Goosebumps 4:04

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[ Audio-article recorded using the Rode Wireless Micro USB-C System ]. 'The Future IS Audio' newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/slayers-buffyverse-story-audio-storytelling-gave-me-josh-liston-nzgvc/ Slayers: A Buffyverse Story - Audio Storytelling That Gave Me Goosebumps. In 2023, Audible released an exclusive program called Slayers: A Buffyverse Story - an original Buffy the Vampire Slayer audio-drama, co-written and narrated by members of the original Buffy cast. Now, I need to preface what I’m about to say by letting you know that Buffy The Vampire Slayer was my absolute favourite show growing up, and I consider the Buffy episode titled “The Body” as the best episode of television ever put to air. So yeah, I’m a little biased here. When I first hit play on the Slayers audiobook and James Marster's voice (who portrayed Spike on Buffy and also on Angel) came through my headphones, I had goosebumps running down my arms and tears forming in my eyes. When I heard Charisma Carpenter’s voice later on in the production, I couldn’t help but smile; Cordelia was getting some of the spotlight her character deserved and perhaps didn’t get in the original Buffyverse shows. It was Theatre-of-the-Mind at its most powerful. I still watch Buffy on a regular basis and although I still enjoy it very much (it’s comfort-viewing for me at this point). I haven’t had a deep emotional response to anything Buffy related in over 20 years like I did to the Slayers audiobook. It was just me, my headphones, and the human voice, and it was the most intense reaction I’ve had to a piece of art in many years. The last time I remember being completely blown away by a creative work was Season 1 of Ted Lasso, albeit in a very different way, but this was even more intense. Slayers taking several much-loved characters and rendering them in the most intimate of dramatic mediums (being audio) elicited a reaction that was beyond pure nostalgia, it was pure joy. It’s not often that I find myself thinking, “I’m so grateful that this was made”, and Slayers made me feel that way. I clearly needed an original yet familiar story, told like it was told just for me, and the audio-drama format allowed for that revelatory experience to happen. Slayers was my favourite Audiobook of the past several years, it was beautifully written, and the performances and production are as good as it gets. Check it out, and let me know your thoughts. .... PS. I put my initial reactions to Slayers back in 2023 on my Instagram profile @joshuacliston - but I thought I might include the audio from that video right here in this episode, so you can hear a life-long Buffy fan expressing their reaction to Slayers in-the-moment, and I’ll leave you with that today guys, speak to you again soon.…

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TFIA Issue #1 - 9 Reasons Headphones are the Key to a Professional Podcast Recording Session. 9:45

21 weeks ago9:45

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TLDR; Wear Headphones. 9 Reasons Headphones are the Key to a Professional Podcast Recording Session. 1. You’ll know if there’s a catastrophic noise being baked into the recording (electrical hum, static noise, buzzing sounds). 2. You won’t be off-mic half of the time. (You can hear when you’re in the sweet spot of your microphone, and when you’re not). 3. Increased awareness of Plosives (hard P’S and B’s), Mouth-noises (YUCK!), and Proximity Effect (overemphasised and potentially muddy bass in the voice). 4. Awareness of rubbing, zipping and scratching of clothing, jewellery, furniture, mic stand, and the microphone itself. 5. You can get more consistent levels between speakers on the recording, which can reduce post-production time and lessen the need for automated and potentially expensive levelling tools. 6. You can make choices about what environmental noises are actually making it into the recording. (You won’t waste time continually referencing things that are barely audible on the actual recording). 7. You’ll know if you’re baking-in destructive or bad sounding audio effects into the recording (overly aggressive noise-gates, reverb effects, or too much compression and/or bass and treble boost). 8. You’ll be able to hear everyone in the room that’s on a mic, not just the person closest to you by proximity (or simply the loudest person(s) in the room). This allows for quieter speakers to get heard, and get their turn … particularly when lots of cross-talk is occurring in the conversation, or speakers aren’t facing each other directly. Headphones create a level playing field for "being heard". 9. Producers can talk to you IRT yet discretely via your headphones without baking that conversation into the recording - if they have a talk-back function on their mixing or recording console. If you need to talk Headphones, or Podcasting in general, feel free to send me an email ( josh@jcaldigital.org ) or DM me on X @joshuacliston or Instagram @joshuacliston Have a great week, and happy Podcasting.…

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Goodbye, Thank You, and Enjoy the Ride. 7:48

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Goodbye, Thank You, and Enjoy the Ride :-) @joshuacliston on Instagram , X and Facebook. Email: hello@deadsetpodcasting.com Hire Us To Edit Your Show(s): https://www.deadsetpodcasting.com/services

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3 Podcast Advertising Pet Peeves (Poor Placement, Poor Choices and "You Might Also Likes") 9:10

44 weeks ago9:10

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https://www.jcaldigital.org/deadset-podcasting 3 Podcast Advertising Pet Peeves: Poorly placed Ads that ruin the emotional arc of a Podcast episode. Incredibly distasteful decisions around Ad Insertion Slots. Cluttering up your show feed with plugs for other shows that aren't even remotely relevant to your show and/or your genre of show ("You Might Also Like" type plugs). ... Socials: • @deadsetpod on Twitter/X. • @deadsetpod on Instagram. • @deadsetpodcasting on Facebook. Email: hello@deadsetpodcasting.com Hire Us To Edit Your Show(s): https://www.deadsetpodcasting.com/services…

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[Feed Share] The VO GOAT Scott Brick on Celebrating Wins, Creating Character Voices, and The Primacy of Water 23:23

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This Episode was Originally Released via My Old Hands Scott Brick is the voice of many classic audiobooks including the Dune series, The Sword of Shannara series, Jurassic Park, Atlas Shrugged, The Reacher series, In Cold Blood, The Lion's Game, and many more. In part 2 of a multi-part series wth Scott Brick we explore the following: Celebrating wins the VO booth. Elevating the text off of the page and into audio. Creating Character Voices. (Scott gives us one of the best Leonard Nimoy Spock impressions of all-time in this episode. Josh has goosebumps). The importance of water (and lots of it) for voice talent, and all other Artists and performers using their voice as their primary instrument. My Old Hands: https://my-old-hands.captivate.fm/episode/p2-3-scott-brick-on-voicing-jurassic-park-emulating-a-vulcan-vocal-health-and-the-lions-game Socials: • https://www.instagram.com/joshuacliston/ • @deadsetpod on Twitter/X. • @deadsetpod on Instagram. • @deadsetpodcasting on Facebook. Email: hello@deadsetpodcasting.com Hire Us To Edit Your Show(s): https://www.deadsetpodcasting.com/services…

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4 Tips for Getting Your Podcasting Mojo Back in 2024 6:11

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Join us for 4 Tips for Getting Your Podcasting Mojo Back in 2024. Go back and listen to your favourite episodes. Go back and listen to or watch the shows, read the books, listen to the music, that first inspired you to create. Talk about how you feel with someone who cares - that could even be someone in your Audience. Listen to a show that you don’t like (or maybe have mixed feelings about), but it gives you energy and makes you want to talk. Socials: • @joshuacliston on Instagram • @deadsetpod on Twitter/X. • @deadsetpod on Instagram. • @deadsetpodcasting on Facebook. Email: hello@deadsetpodcasting.com Hire Us To Edit Your Show(s): https://www.deadsetpodcasting.com/services…

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The Struggle 2024 - How To Keep Going When You're Questioning the Effort Required to Podcast (Well) 3:40

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