# Updates for Dec 13, 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Workbench\ **Created:** [December 13, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/updates-for-dec-13-2025/4821 "2025-12-13T16:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![craigconstantine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.podcaster.community/craigconstantine/32/2322_2.png) [@craigconstantine](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/craigconstantine)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/updates-for-dec-13-2025/4821/1 "2025-12-13T16:17:03Z")
![podtalk-community-header](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/podcaster1/original/2X/3/3b1d57f675cf2b50d2a87808df2d96cb3d836ca6.png) _[The Podtalk Community](https://forum.podcaster.community/): Help for indie podcast creators!_ Want to explore? [Start here.](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/site-map/126) * * * # Upcoming events Here are events in the next couple of weeks. You can also [subscribe to the calendar feed](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/podcaster-community-calendar/123). * * * # Latest topics [**What gives your podcast its energy?**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/what-gives-your-podcast-its-energy/4812) Is it the topic? The guests? The editing? You? Think of what sparks you to show up, even on the hard days. ɕ _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @Amin)_ [**Campfire: Tues, Dec 30, 2025**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/campfire-tues-dec-30-2025/4818) Tuesday, December 30th is the next Campfire Zoom! Tuesday, Dec 30th - 3pm Eastern US/NYC The date/time should be 2025-12-30T20:00:00Z (UTC) in your timezone. :arrow\_… _(In category #Campfires, last updated by @craigconstantine)_ [**The open question**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/the-open-question/4816) When Stany Foucher reflects on years of training with the founders of Art du Déplacement, he doesn’t talk about the legendary conditioning sessions or the hours of repetition. … _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)_ [**Podcasting anniversary**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/podcasting-anniversary/4815) I hope you have some way of sitting down and looking back on what you’ve actually accomplished. If you don’t, you’ll never notice what you’ve done; … _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)_ [**From the archives: Dafna Gold Melchior**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/from-the-archives-dafna-gold-melchior/4814) From Alignment with Dafna Gold Melchior… What role does alignment play in sustaining motivation and purpose when creating a podcast? Practical insights emerge about overcoming the challenge of balancing self-prom&… _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)_ [**The complexity you can see**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/the-complexity-you-can-see/4811) Tracy Hazzard wanted to simplify her podcast. After years of running The Binge Factor as an interview show, she decided to pivot to a “deconstructed” format—reviewing and analyzing other … _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)_ * * * # Top topics A few of the most-popular topics in the last month… [**Podium.page news**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/podium-page-news/4807) Wow! This note arrived this morning in my inbox, and let’s just say I was shocked. Of course I just paid a year’s fee, so I’ll be … _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @Ashutosh)_ [**Campfire: Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/campfire-tuesday-dec-9-2025/4801) Tuesday, December 9th is the next Campfire Zoom! Tuesday, Dec 9th - 3pm Eastern US/NYC The date/time should be 2025-12-09T20:00:00Z (UTC) in your timezone. :arrow\_… _(In category #Campfires, last updated by @craigconstantine)_ [**What gives your podcast its energy?**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/what-gives-your-podcast-its-energy/4812) Is it the topic? The guests? The editing? You? Think of what sparks you to show up, even on the hard days. ɕ _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @Amin)_ [**What was your intent when you launched your podcast?**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/what-was-your-intent-when-you-launched-your-podcast/4776) And has it changed? You can be honest—most of us launch with one idea and evolve into another. ɕ _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)_ [**Hand logging? The secret to editing**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/hand-logging-the-secret-to-editing/4780) The two episodes below are worth listening to. But there’s one standout takeaway about help with editing: It’s described as doing “hand logging” which is a special (but … _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)_