👏 Podcasting’s unique selling proposition is not video:

“I think that the rush to video is possibly the biggest lowlight, not just for last year, but the biggest lowlight in the last five years of the industry.”


U2’s The Edge, also a happy Shure SM7B podcaster?

You’d think professional musicians would have better mic technique though. It looks pretty far away from him, but might just be perspective. 😆

A screenshot of a Zoom call showing U2’s The Edge smiling in a room with headphones on and a Shure SM7B microphone in front of him.A screenshot of a Zoom call showing U2’s The Edge smiling in a room with headphones on and a Shure SM7B microphone in front of him.


I did a TikTok Live for ~3 minutes and “earned” $0.01 so… I guess I can finally shut down the podcast editing business and focus on TikTok in 2025.


My first attempt with Apple Intelligence + making a digital selfie. Not sure about the headphone placement, what kind of podcast is all code, and why my right hand is definitely 5 fingers with no visible thumb?

A AI generated version of me with headphones poorly placed on my head, 5 fingers + no visible thumbs, and a keyboard in front of me.

The Vinyl Cafe lives on in another generation thanks to my youngest’s teacher. 😊


Riverside, a tool I and many other podcasters use to record remote conversations, just raised another $30 million dollars but what stood out to me was this quote at the end:

“The company is not currently profitable but aims to achieve that goal by the end of 2026.”


Maybe you’ve heard of “software as a service” or SAAS businesses. While editing a client’s podcast I heard the term “cybercrime as a service” business. Because of course there is. And I’m sure CAAS is a booming industry to get into.


It’s wild talking to my dad about how he got clients for financial services over his career vs how I get clients for my podcast editing business. “I met this guy from BC, Justin Jackson, because he listened to a podcast I did 10 years ago… he recommended me to a fitness guru in Utah.”


Nice!

My podcast completion rate from Pocket Casts was 69% in 2024

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Screenshot of Transistor.fm’s episode editing page.