Podcast Pontifications

Podcasters put a lot of effort into building portfolios, media kits, websites, social shares, and myriad other ways to say “these are the things I do!”. But each of those highlighting efforts exists, at least in part, outside of podcasting. And when a listen-to-this example of your very fine work is given, it’s rarely in situ and is instead almost always provided outside of the full podcast experience.  

Let’s let podcasting showcase your podcasting work by making a brand new podcast that highlights your work. To accomplish this, we’ll use a brand new but highly constructed RSS feed where each podcast you want to showcase is self-contained in its own season, and each season consists of a single trailer and a single episode.

For example, if you’re a podcast producer and you want to showcase 10 podcasts you’ve worked on, your new show will consist of 10 seasons. Each season will contain a representative episode of just one of the podcasts you want to highlight. And that season will also have a “trailer” episode where you explain and call out the very specific work you did on the episode they’re about to hear. The result: 20 episodes.

You’ll likely need to tweak publishing dates to get your episodes to display properly in your RSS feed Luckily, most podcast media hosting companies will display your published episodes in their editing interface the same order they show in the RSS feed. However, I strongly suggest side-loading the RSS feed to a podcast app that will allow it (which means almost everyone except Spotify) and checking your work before you submit the new show anywhere.

Treat your new highlights podcast as you would any other aspect of your portfolio. Don’t let it languish, and don’t be afraid to remove content that’s no longer relevant or representative of your work. And add to it! Don’t worry about making regular updates—this isn’t that kind of podcast. Just add new seasons when you have something new to showcase.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Bryan Barletta - https://twitter.com/highfiverpg

• Sounds Profitable - https://soundsprofitable.com

• Up Next - A Podcast Format Up Front - https://upnext.supercast.tech

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Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th. Abortion is a basic healthcare need for the millions of people who can become pregnant. Everyone should have the freedom to decide what’s best for themselves and their families, including when it comes to ending a pregnancy. This decision has dire consequences for individual health and safety, and could have harsh repercussions for other landmark decisions. Restricting access to comprehensive reproductive care, including abortion, threatens the health and independence of all Americans. Even if you live in a state where abortion rights are upheld, access to safe medical procedures shouldn’t be determined by location, and it shouldn't be the privilege of a small few. You can help by donating to local abortion funds. To find out where to donate for each state, visit donations4abortion.com. If you or someone you know needs help, or if you want to get more involved, here are 5 resources: 1. ShoutYourAbortion.com is a campaign to normalize abortion. 2. DontBanEquality.com is a campaign for companies to take a stand against abortion restrictions. 3. Abortion.cafe has information about where to find clinics. 4. PlanCPills.org provides early at-home abortion pills that you can keep in your medicine cabinet. 5. Choice.CRD.co has a collection of these resources and more. We encourage you to speak up! And spread the word.

This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:

OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Podsights - https://podsights.com/privacy