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Upcoming events
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Podtalk Community Campfire — Tue, Jan 20, 2026 (3:00 pm ET/NYC)
Our virtual Campfires are gatherings where you can share your ideas and passion for podcasting in a social setting. Details…
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The illogical thing
When Cassian Bellino got laid off, she knew what she should do. Her listeners had been asking for homeschooling materials. The demand was clear. The logical move was obvious: create …
(In category Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)
Top topics
A few of the most-popular topics in the last month…
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)
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)
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)
The Conversation Gym
The Conversation Gym is a self-paced practice structure for podcasters who want to get better at the conversations they have—not by reading tips, but by doing exercises with other …
(In category Workbench, last updated by @ChristiCassidy)