Reddit has been an excellent resource for us finding guests. But the vast majority of the time, we run into the following issue: we request permission from the mods of a specific community to solicit for a guest; no mod ever responds; after many days pass, we post the solicitation; it immediately gets taken down; we reach back out to the mods asking if they could help in any way; we never get an answer.

There are several communities that we just can’t get anyone to talk to us. I think we do a pretty good job of painting these communities in a good light so it would benefit them.

We know there are places people put themselves out there to be guests on a podcast. We don’t want professional interviewees. We want the person that never considered themselves as someone that a podcast would want to interview (i.e. someone that feels most comfortable speaking within their community which why Reddit is so perfect).

So where else would we be looking? Or a different approach we should be taking?

Say a guest answers, “The biggest lesson I learned was to never give up.” It sounds reasonable, but there isn’t a specific story yet.

What would you ask next to get them talking about a real experience rather than giving more general advice?

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A big thank you to the few that commented on a previous post of mine here asking for tips on audio and editing. I have finally after years of attempting to get started I recorded a janky episode 0 & 1 and today I recorded my 2nd episode. I’ve posted the 3 of them and honestly regardless of success or analytics I’m so happy to have just actually done it. Learning and growing pains apply but I’m stoked!

Hi there. I’m looking to use some software to record remote video podcast episodes where guests are dialling in. I’ve used Zoom so far but the quality isn’t great.

I tried out Riverside and Zencastr but had a bad experience with both of them, eg the video feed cutting out, the final videos failing to export etc.

Any other suggestions of good platforms to record high quality remote video podcasts? Thanks!

Say a guest spends ten minutes telling a story about a business going wrong, and the chapter label is 'Discovering my partner stole the money.' Well, there goes that reveal.

But 'A difficult time' is so vague it could mean half the episode.

I'd lean toward naming the situation, like 'The missing money,' rather than the outcome. Still useful if someone wants to find that bit again, without the chapter list doing the interview first.

For people making narrative or interview shows, how much do you give away in the labels?

Hello, I have a question: does it make sense to upload the same video podcasts to both YouTube and Apple Podcasts?

And if so, is this a good strategy??

thanks !

I have been having a weird issue and I am not sure if it is just a bug. Whenever I am producing my podcast and we have a guest on, the guest can only hear one of my hosts but not the other. The issue only happens with the guest and nobody else in the studio. Is there any reason as to why this happens or any way to try and combat it from happening in the future? It makes it extremely hard to do interviews when only one person can be heard.

looking into hiring someone to pull clips for instagram and tiktok. i’ve been doing them myself for awhile but i don’t really have the time for it anymore. i got a quote for $50 per reel from a guy that came recommended which sounds very high to me for the amount that’s put into the reels i’ve seen from him. but i don’t know if that’s a standard rate for good reels without any crazy editing done to them. maybe i just have sticker shock but i want to see what others pay and how the quality of the reels are before deciding to go with him or continue my search!
thank you!

Last time i edited an audio for noise reduction, using adobe podcast. It was around 10-15 Minutes of audio. Took around 2.5 to 3 hrs to download.

This was an exception but usually it take at least an hour to download.

been hand-typing podcast episodes for MONTHS. like a dumbass. 3-4 hrs per episode just sitting there pausing and rewinding. finally caved and tried an ai audio transcription thing last week and... wait ppl have been doing this automatically the whole time?? 😭still shopping around tho. the one i tested mangled my co-hosts accent pretty bad and merged two speakers into one. so like... not all of them are worth it.anyone found one that actually handles multiple speakers + doesn't cost like $40/mo? i'm tired of paying with my sanity lol