JW's NOTES

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.”