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What I Have Learned After Hosting 100 Podcast Episodes
As I write this, I have just finished recording what will be the 100th episode of my podcast, Living a Life in Full, and it seems like the proper benchmark to take a moment and reflect on what this experience has been like.
The ubiquity and popularity of podcasts seem relentless. I can recall a time when if someone responded to the question of “what do you do?” with the answer of “host a podcast,” it was considered code for “I don’t have a (real) job.” That’s certainly changed, nevertheless, the barriers to entry remain low.
Herein I’ll review what I have learned in hosting 100 Podcast Episodes over 7 Seasons along with details as to why certain decisions were made (and in some cases changed), experiments and tests that were run along with their results, evolutions made over time and (what I think are) improvements, with specifics as to equipment, tools, and how to get started. I hope it will be of help if you’re considering podcasting, or of interest if you are simply curious about the process and experiences.
How it Started
Some 8 years ago, the healthcare organization that I was working for at the time, wanted to have a podcast that would showcase some of our clinical and educational staff’s work and skills, and also feature some of the other physicians and…