I dig Justin’s 10m tutorial on how easy it is to start a podcast in 2025. The tools have made it as easy as starting a blog was back in the day.

I listened to another great episode of Heavyweight, “The Messenger”, and it’s almost frustrating how effortless Jonathan Goldstein and crew make storytelling seem.

I’m glad that Heavyweight is back in a regular release schedule. “Etta” is a masterclass in #podcast storytelling, humour, and life packed into less than 40 minutes.

I’m wondering what your favorite podcast is right now?

#Selfie a day for a year, day 48, Oct 5, 2025 edition.

A bearded individual with glasses looks off to the side, with a thoughtful expression, seated against a cushion.

It’s telling that a lot of the AI “help you edit your video / podcast” tools have no idea what to do with human laughter. They sometimes mute it or amplify it in weird ways. Or cut it off awkwardly. Sometimes they leave it alone entirely. But rarely do they get it right in my experience.

My number one tip for anyone starting a podcast: Remember to unmute your mic before you start recording.

“Just wait until you hear how all those quotes from Jane Goodall were taken out of context.” - Hour two of a Joe Rogan podcast I assume??

New blog post: I’m Doing it All Wrong - #Podcast Edition

I know the spambots wouldn’t respect it, but it’d be sweet if there was a podcastguesting:yes/no tag in the RSS spec so you could say “we’re not open to random solicitation for guests on our podcast.” So much spam emails about guest opportunities for someone’s boss who wrote a book.

Happy #Survivor is back on to all who celebrate! Every season I think it’d be such a fun show to do a podcast on, but inevitably with life + kids + stuff it’s too difficult to keep up with a live show like that.

Any #podcasters take the plunge on macOS 26 already? Any issues recording or working with common websites or apps?

One more “usie” from the trip out to Canmore, AB to meet Justin, Jon, and the Transistor team. What a great group of people working to make sure podcasts get to everyone’s ears.

#Selfie a day for a year, day 31, Sep 18, 2025 edition.

Full credit to the team behind Descript—a audio / video editing app that went from “pfff as if that’ll work for more than gimmicky edits” to one of my main #podcast editing tools in a year or two.

This week I’m going to be meeting someone for the first time even though we’ve been friends and working together for around 12 years - all because (I think?) of this podcast.

Screenshot of podcast artwork for a show named “Intellectual Radio Program”

New episode of Build Your SaaS coming soon. 🎉 I’m just glad to know Jon Buda is still alive. I was getting worried that Justin had Weekend at Bernie’d him at this point.😆 #podcasting

Two men wearing headphones are having a conversation in a video call, with one appearing more casually dressed while the other wears a patterned shirt.

I just published a new episode of my podcast called “3 Quick Things: Threads, New iPhones, and Violence in the USA Bleeds Everywhere”. 🎧

When should a blog post be a podcast episode be a TikTok clip be a YouTube video be a newsletter issue be a faxed paper be a text message be sent by a carrier pigeon?

I complained about YouTube yesterday, today I’ll give them props for adding a simple “reuse details” so when you upload a new video you can click it and choose a previous video to pull metadata from. Really helpful for podcasts. I wish podcast hosting companies would do it too.

Screenshot of YouTube’s “reuse details” screen showing options of choosing title, description, playlists, etc. to choose from a different video on your channel

Recording a podcast episode, deep in thought #selfie.

Selfie a day for a year, day 17, Sep 4, 2025 edition.

Me talking into a heil pr40 microphone, looking at a compuer screen.

I just published a new episode of my podcast called “5 Quick Things: Digital Gardens, Too Many Interesting Things, AI Everywhere, Forcing It, Slow Horses”. 🎧 You can listen / watch here.