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Podcast Style
What Type of podcaster are you? Serious Humours Loving Spontaneous Any other?
(In category Workbench, last updated by @Mekaboo)
Why you can’t link to a podcast episode
The inability to reliably link to specific podcast episodes represents a fundamental failure of the podcasting ecosystem to provide what the web has had since its inception: stable, universal hyperlinks. …
(In category Workbench, last updated by @Mekaboo)
Extraction
This is a rich conversation around validation vs. reassurance, which I recently revisited. Go listen. (Seth Godin and Brian Koppelman, 7/7/2015, from The Moment podcast—from over 10 years ago, back catalog …
(In category Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)
2025: The Year in Review
2025's Top Users Most Time Reading Person Hours Read @Ashutosh 2 @ChristiCassidy 2 @steveh 1 @David3560 1 @Jey 1 @tracyhazzard 1 @Lovelace 1 @maryjlrowe 1 @testuser 1 @Robbie 1 M…
(In category Workbench, last updated by @system)
From the archives: Dave Swillum
From Creativity with Dave Swillum… How does podcasting empower individuals to express creativity, overcome barriers, and connect meaningfully with an audience? Building immersive creative spaces can transform how…
(In category Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)
The Backwards Productivity Hack
Here’s what sounds wrong but turns out to be true: writing more actually creates less work. When you feel overwhelmed, the last thing you want to do is add …
(In category Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)
When a podcast is finished
Alasdair Plambeck and his wife ended their podcast Far Out after four and a half years and hundreds of episodes. Not because it was failing. Not because they’d run …
(In category Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)
Top topics
A few of the most-popular topics in the last month…
What gives your podcast its energy?
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)
Podium.page news
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)
Podcast Style
What Type of podcaster are you? Serious Humours Loving Spontaneous Any other?
(In category Workbench, last updated by @Mekaboo)
Campfire: Tues, Dec 30, 2025
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)
Podcasting anniversary
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)