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A real story about new podcast cameras, technical issues, and pushing through a failed recording... You ever invest in something you’re convinced is going to take your content to the next level… and then it completely falls apart the very first time you use it? Yeah… that was me recently. For the Judged by the Cover podcast, I decided it was finally time to level up our video setup. Up to this point, I had been running a single DSLR-style camera, which got the job done, but I

Podcasting is growing. Community matters. And new voices deserve to be heard. But as we’ve continued to look at the podcasting landscape, both locally and beyond, we’ve noticed something… missing. An entire category of voices has been overlooked. Underrepresented. Undervalued. Dogs.

Podcasts live or die in the scroll. When someone is browsing shows in apps like Apple Podcasts or Spotify, your cover art is often the very first thing they see before deciding whether to learn more about your show.

The fear everyone has of AI is, it will replace creativity. It will do it cheaper and maybe better. Anti-AI proponents will say it will never be better. Is that true?

Most podcasters spend a lot of time shaping their niche, and that’s important. A niche should be focused, clear, and broad enough to carry you through fifty episodes without running out of ideas. But there’s another part of podcasting that deserves the same level of attention, and it’s the part many people overlook: your video setup.

Starting a podcast can feel overwhelming, especially when you fall down the rabbit hole of gear videos, reviews, and people arguing online about what microphone is “right.”