Episode 11: It’s been a year and we haven’t quit …. Let’s talk about it

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Show Notes

Here we are lovelies with episode 11! We’re still goin strong! If you didn’t know, this episode marks the one year of us starting this podcast🎉🎉🎉! Happy podiversary! Since this podcast is officially a year old, we thought we tell you ALL the TEA about how we started. From the equipment we used to the struggles and successes we had along the way. And of course, a massive thank you to you all for listening! More episodes are on the way!

Links and Resources

Equipment and software We Us 

Microphone – Fifine K688 Dynamic microphone

• Like we mentioned in the podcast, we chose to go with a dynamic mic because it wouldn’t pick up as much noise in the area around us as a condenser mic. The down side being – so make sure to take your recording environment into account when choosing a mic.

Data Storage – Samsung T7 SSD 

• Also, Crucial SSD are another good brand we’ve tried. It’s a good idea to store, at the very least, a copy of your podcast material on a drive separate from your computer. That being said, doing this can be expensive and storage isn’t really something you want to cut corners on. Another alternative is using a cloud storage services like google drive. (Definitely do this if you’re working with a partner. It make share information easier) 

Hosting – Spotify for Podcasters  

• It’s also important to consider where you’ll be hosting your podcast. There are several free and paid options. Spotify for Podcasters was the easiest (and cheapest) option. It allowed for easy distribution of the podcast on all the platforms we wanted to be on and provides basic analytics. Most importantly because its free to sign up it let us try out podcasting in a way that didn’t require a lot of up front investment. Plus if we every want the features that one of the paid hosting services have to offer its easy to transfer over.
• When it comes to paid hosting we hear Buzzsprout is popular

Website – WordPress

• Depending on where you host your podcast you might have the option to setup a website with them. Spotify for podcasters doesn’t have that option so we set up a website using WordPress. Here you’ll find a free tier and a paid tier. It’s a bit more work than using one of the paid website services but it serves its purpose.
• An easier but paid alternative is square space 

Editing – Apple Student software Bundle

• Logic Pro (podcast editing)
• Final Cut Pro (reels/ tiktok editing) 
• Note a popular alternative is audacity but we don’t have much experience with this 

Planning episode – Apple Notes

• Notion is good too. Carol uses this to plan her content. It also allows you to collaborate with others 

Pre Launch Checklist 

• Brainstorm concept and ideas 
• Brainstorm Names 
• Figure out preliminary topics and Scheduling 
• Research equipment and hosting 
• Logo and Branding ()
• Setup social media 
• Setup Website and/or Podcast hosting 

Normal Schedule 

– Week 1: Plan episode in detail 

Week 2: record episode and get gameplay  

Week 3: edit podcast 

Week 4: edit reels and TikTok