Show Me Your Mic

An interview with Nintendo Switch Craft host, Bill, who talks through his gear and production routine as well as gives some great advice on community building around a podcast.

We talk about the various ways to get financial support from listeners and Chris’ desire to build a community for fellow podcasters.

We answer your questions about using Twitch for streaming, talk about the best podcasts of 2018, debate Anchor’s future, and discuss the randomness of success in podcasting.

You’ve got questions and we’ve got ways for you to ask them. Also - how to be on a future episode!

What’s going to happen if the walled garden closes in around podcasting? And what do Chris and Kyle think about sponsorship, getting sponsors, and making money at podcasting. They also discuss Rogue Amoeba’s update to Audio Hijack and how it might help podcasters.

Kyle and Chris talk the past week in podcasting, streaming, and creative web topics. Anchor’s new iPad app, Pocket Casts, Google Podcasts, YouTube Music, Instagram TV, and Adobe Rush.

Kyle and Chris have a state of the Goodstuff union. We talk about our recent switch from FeedPress to Transistor.fm, streaming on Twitch, editing podcasts as a job, and the chat room invents a new term: voidcasting.

It’s question and answer time again! My question, your answers. The question for this episode was “What’s the Next Piece of Podcasting Gear You’re Going to Buy — and Why?” Thanks to all the folks who send in answers over this experiment!

It’s question and answer time again! My question, your answers. I got a lot of great responses and you’ll learn about a bunch of podcasts that are new to you — and maybe be reminded of ones you used to listen to that you’ll want to go back and check out.

Christopher Schmitt and Chris Enns discuss issues facing podcasters in 2016 - do you need a blog? Should you be on YouTube? How to market a podcast? Cross post it to Medium? Publish on Product Hunt? We’ve got more questions than answers but we’re having fun discussing it.

For this month’s episode I asked you what your main motivation was for podcasting in 2016 and the responses were awesome and gathered around a couple of topics - getting great content out and nerding out with friends. Listen and be encouraged about the medium of podcasting!

I’ve got a plan for the next batch of SMYM episodes and I need your help! Hear how you can help or just sign up at the link below and get the email in April.

I need a bit of margin in my life for the next while and so I’m pressing pause on Show Me Your Mic. I explain a few of the reasons and what I hope to do in this episode.

Kevin is a co-host on Well Met - a podcast talking all things Hearthstone. We talk about how easy it can be to live stream video now, how Patreon has enabled creators to focus on creating, and how the world of esports has exploded and given opportunities to folks playing video games and those reporting on the video games.

Tim Smith stops by for a quick chat about his new show For the Record on Tower. We chat about producing a new show, how he preps a guest for an interview, and his plans for the future of Tower. There’s also a bit of gear talk and the podcasts he recommends.

Sean Kheraj hosts Nature’s Past a podcast about environmental history research in Canada featuring lectures and interviews with authors and academics on the greatest country in the world - Canada, naturally. We talk about scheduling guests, recording groups discussions and using YouTube as a podcast platform.

I talk a bit about where Show Me Your Mic could be headed in the future and how you could help.

Paul Jarvis from Invisible Office Hours and we talk about how breaking the rules of podcasting can help you find your own authentic voice amidst the rabble and noise of so many other podcasts. We also talk about seasons, hating your first episode, and alternative ways to make money from a podcast besides sponsorship.

Alex Knight, product manager at FeedPress and host of The Jemcast and The Impromptu, is on the show to talk about his podcasting gear and the podcasts he listens to. We also talk stats, feeds and analytics of podcasts and share our thoughts on Howl.fm.

Jerod Morris joins me to talk about The Rainmaker Platform, The Showrunner podcast and complimentary Showrunner Podcasting Course. We talk about building a podcast, why to start one and how to build a narrative into your show. We also answer a listener question on podcast networks and iTunes.