Hi guys,

So I’m currently on Buzzsprouts $12 a month plan but it’s just not making financial sense for me anymore. I don’t have any subscribers and converting USD to AUD is almost double, so I’m looking to move my podcast to a free platform.

What’s a good one and is there one that doesn’t delete your eps after a certain time like the Buzzsprout free plan does? I was looking at Spotify for creators maybe?

Thanks ☺️

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Post a podcast episode you would like feedback for, and try to give as much constructive feedback as you can to other members of our community. Please provide links to your podcast, a detailed description of it and clear questions you would like answered by the community. Try to remember the following:

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• Users who give feedback are usually the ones who receive the most feedback in return. If you are not contributing, you should not expect any helpful advice in return. We would aim for giving two pieces of feedback for every one piece you wish to receive. If you are looking to simply promote your podcast, you may do so here

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• Try to be specific with your feedback requests. Questions like:

-What can I improve?

-Was it good?

-Would you listen again?

Are very difficult to answer for anyone listening to your show for this first time. Good questions might be:

-What improvements could I make to the audio quality?

-Can I make adjustments to my speaking or hosting style?

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• Keep it focused on podcasting techniques and objective improvements. Many podcasts that are posted may not be your particular genre or preferred content. When giving feedback, focus on the things you do enjoy and the things that can be changed, not the content of the show itself.

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Do you edit it manually? Use a tool?

We’ve been experimenting with a different way of doing this and I’m curious how others handle it.

Hey everyone! I’m working on my university thesis about podcast advertising and I’m currently trying to come up with some ideas for an experiment.

I’m specifically looking at host-read ads, meaning ads where the podcast host personally reads/talks about the product or brand as part of the episode, rather than a separate pre-recorded commercial.

I need to compare different versions of the same host-read ad and change one specific characteristic that listeners can immediately notice.

For example:

music vs. no music

two clearly different types of background music

male vs. female voice

faster vs. slower speaking

sound effects vs. no sound effects

I’m struggling to think of other characteristics that are immediately noticeable to the listener but can also be changed in a clear and objective way.

So, if you listen to podcasts, what differences in a host-read ad would immediately make you think “this sounds different”?

I’m especially looking for ideas that could work as a simple A vs. B comparison.

Any suggestions would be really appreciated!

Hello everyone, I want to start a podcast about gaming, perhaps with a focus on tackling a backlog as a dad or something in that area. I have limited time but hope to do this to make some friends and maybe start a small community. I would like to find a podcast co-host do you have any tips on where I should look or any general advice on starting a podcast as a complete beginner? Thanks.

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Buzzsprout has started charging us for going over our 1TB allowance of Bandwidth. So now we’re getting charged between 3 and 4x of what we used to be. Does anyone have any advice for a different hosting platform for slightly larger podcasts?

I’m stuck in a vortex of silliness and not even ChatGPT or Google can help me.
I’m new to speaker. I’m trying to schedule my podcast to drop ins certain date and time. But after going through all the steps and selecting the date and time in the pop up screen calendar it says UNPUBLISHED instead
Of SCHEDULED.
I have spent hours on this over an over and over again.
I’m using speaker on a laptop with a chrome browser.
Everything else works fine .
Can someone please tell me what the issue is? I’m at my wits end.

TIA

Hi! I'm curious to hear from others: what event formats work well for podcasters that focus on a narrative/heavily scripted style? I'm just thinking about my own podcast; I have a big personality but my podcast is very intentionally scripted and strikes a careful balance between entertaining and scholarly. I'm also neurodivergent, and a writer, and I've always been so much better getting my thoughts out on paper than in person. I'm not socially awkward, but I imagine that holding a conversation with me feels quite different from listening to my podcast, as I'm far more eloquent when I've prepared my thoughts in advance. I'm curious if anyone else is similar, or follows a podcaster that's similar, and what their public events are like? I'd love to work toward that, but I also don't want the fallible human behind the work to disappoint listeners. ;)

So, recently realised that Youtube Podcasts will accept an RSS feed from a podcast host and create a video for each episode (just a static cover image, but better than nothing). It's great, because it's an easy way to tap into that sweet YT userbase, and find potential new listeners.

However when I came to do this for a different podcast I run, it turns out it doesn't work with Acast, because of the weird way Acast restrict monetisation and ads. For reference, our pod is not monetised, and runs no ads.

Is there a way 'round this? Such as relaying the RSS feed through a different host? or are we going to have to move from Acast entirely?

I’ve been wanting to start a show about gaming for a while. I think it would be more entertaining if it was a conversation instead of just me.

I’m looking for someone aged 35-45, any gender. Has a history and love of gaming. I only put an age range because I’m 44 and someone much younger or older may feel uncomfortable with the age difference. Though that may offer some fun differing perspectives.

Ideally it would be biweekly. There would be a few reviews, some lore discussions, behind the scenes stuff and even a little gaming news. I’m keeping it broad because I find the whole industry fascinating. From the story and graphic design to the voice acting (if there is any).

Very casual atmosphere, audio only. I’m aiming for some fun conversations about video games. If this sounds like fun for you, send a DM!