When Margaret Brown first saw the iPad, she saw her future. “I have loved magazines since the time I could read,” Brown said. “I’ve subscribed to magazines my whole life. I always read every single magazine my parents subscribed to. That’s my passion, that’s my experience.” With more than 25 years as a magazine…
#PM16 – Patreon: Keeping crowdfunding simple for podcasters
Wouldn’t it be cool to make money from your podcast? Not a lot, just enough to pay your monthly hosting fees. Or maybe you want to pay your contributors or buy some new microphones or just get a cup of coffee for your effort. That would be sweet. Crowdfunding has become a popular way for…
#PM16 – Should I have a website for my podcast?
When you’re launching a podcast, one of the big considerations early on is whether or not you should have a website. Easy answer: yes, you should have a website. Certainly, there are podcast hosting services, such as SoundCloud, that give you a space to post your audio, some text and maybe photos, but you should…
#PM16 – Ear Hustle: Podcasting from behind bars
On their podcast Ear Hustle, Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams want to tell stories from “the inside” — literally inside San Quentin Prison in California. Ear Hustle is one of the four finalists in Radiotopia’s Podquest competition, which seeks to find new voices in podcasting. Radiotopia will be announcing the winners of Podquest…
So … I’m writing a book
When I started this podcast back in 2012 with Jolie Lee and Megan Cloherty, I had no expectations about where it would lead me. Four years and many conversations later, we’re about to post our 200th podcast. If you continue to interview people, record and post podcasts, eventually you’ll get to 200. That’s not too…
Learn how to make a podcast
This podcast was originally posted July 20, 2015. It was taken offline temporarily due to technical issues. This bonus podcast features audio from my Friday, July 17, presentation on podcasting at the 2015 Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s annual convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. Here are the updated pdfs from my presentation. I tried to…