# Updates for Oct 17, 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Workbench\ **Created:** [October 17, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/updates-for-oct-17-2026/5087 "2026-10-17T11:05:02Z")\ **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:** [October 17, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/updates-for-oct-17-2026/5087/1 "2026-10-17T11:05:02Z")
![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) * * * # Latest topics [**What I Might Choose**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/what-i-might-choose/5086) In 2021, Linda McLachlan described a habit she had fallen into without deciding to. Her podcast was built around guests telling the stories of their lives, and, she said, “I ask … _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @openandcurious)_ [**From the archives: Aaradhya Tiwari**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/from-the-archives-aaradhya-tiwari/5085) From Authenticity with Aaradhya Tiwari… How do personal approaches to podcasting, storytelling, and authenticity evolve over time and influence podcast production? A storyteller shares insights on transitioning from… _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @podtalk)_ [**Your listeners already hear you. Give them a place to talk to each other.**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/your-listeners-already-hear-you-give-them-a-place-to-talk-to-each-other/5083) Hi everyone! We’re Freeboard Team, sharing our own website, operated by Popchat LLC. Freeboard is a free public conversation website with Boards and public Live Chat. Local + Global. No … _(In category #Introductions, last updated by @Freeboard)_ [**Imposter syndrome, living according to nature, and either-or thinking**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/imposter-syndrome-living-according-to-nature-and-either-or-thinking/5080) The Imposter Syndrome Epidemic (ep. 223) Talk About Talk - Executive & Leadership Communication Skills — @Andrea-TalkAboutTalk Imposter syndrome, self-doubt, and feeling like a fraud at work are more common than most &… _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)_ [**Publishing is not reaching**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/publishing-is-not-reaching/5079) Pressing publish is the step most of us treat as the finish line. It is also the only step in making a show that you can do entirely alone, in … _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @podtalk)_ * * * # Top topics A few of the most-popular topics in the last month… [**An order of operations for cleaning up interview audio (so cleanup doesn’t make it worse)**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/an-order-of-operations-for-cleaning-up-interview-audio-so-cleanup-doesnt-make-it-worse/5063) Took me longer than I’d like to admit to learn this: the order you clean spoken-word audio in matters as much as the tools you use. Here’s the … _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @Chris)_ [**Hi, I’m Ken. I built The Podcast App, a free RSS podcast player, and I’d like podcasters’ feedback**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/hi-im-ken-i-built-the-podcast-app-a-free-rss-podcast-player-and-id-like-podcasters-feedback/5061) Hi everyone, I’m Ken from Magnolia Apps. I build The Podcast App, a free podcast player for iPhone, Apple Watch and Android. I’m posting here because this is … _(In category #Introductions, last updated by @KenMagnoliaApps)_ [**Hi, I’m building Denoisr for podcast recording cleanup**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/hi-im-building-denoisr-for-podcast-recording-cleanup/5054) Hi, I’m building Denoisr, a tool for cleaning up existing podcast recordings and other audio or video files. It can reduce background noise, room hum, and echo, then produce … _(In category #Introductions, last updated by @craigconstantine)_ [**From the archives: Ryan Flahive**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/from-the-archives-ryan-flahive/5045) From Effort with Ryan Flahive… How does the evolution of a creative project influence its format and approach over time? This conversation explores the transition from traditional publishing to podcasting … _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @podtalk)_ [**Granting the 95 Percent**](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/granting-the-95-percent/5077) Sam Ardery mediates disputes for a living and teaches law students. The story Ardery told in 2022, after thirty-nine years of marriage, went back about twenty-five years, to a bad stretch … _(In category #Workbench, last updated by @openandcurious)_