If you spend any time in podcasting circles right now, it can feel like video has already won. Creators are building studio sets. Cameras are everywhere. Social feeds are packed with clips from podcast interviews. Platforms are encouraging creators to upload full video episodes. Even longtime audio podcasters are wondering if they’re falling behind.
How Do You Use a Podcast to Protest? Especially If It Isn’t Political?
Not every podcast is about elections, policy, or political theory. Some are about cars. Or fitness. Or books. Or creativity. Or gaming. Or entrepreneurship. So when the political climate feels unstable, or even actively harmful, it raises an uncomfortable question:
Your Podcast Isn’t Failing. You’re Just Impatient.
Your Podcast Isn’t Failing: Is your podcast failing or just growing slowly? Here’s why patience, consistency, and long-term strategy matter more than viral spikes.
Sharpen Your Interview Skills: The Mark Of A Good Conversation Is In The Listening
Interviewing guests on your podcast is one of those skills that looks simple until you actually try to do it well. Most hosts assume the solution is better prep, harder research, or a longer list of plug-and-play questions. But the mark of a good conversation is in the listening.
You Don’t Own Social Media, and This Changes Everything
Every few years, creators have to relearn the same lesson the hard way: social media is rented space. You don’t own social media. You don’t control it. And you are never more than one decision away from losing access to it entirely.
Why Most Podcasts Burn Out (And How to Build One That Doesn’t)
Podcast burnout is usually framed as a motivation problem. Creators are told they didn’t want it badly enough, weren’t disciplined enough, or lost their drive. That story is convenient. That story is wrong.
How Podcasters Can Fight Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism doesn’t arrive with a single speech or a uniform. It creeps in through repetition, exhaustion, and the steady erosion of shared reality. It thrives when people stop trusting institutions, stop trusting each other, and stop believing their participation matters. Fight authoritarianism.
You’re Asking the Wrong Question
“Should I add video to my podcast?” It’s one of the most common questions in podcasting right now, and it’s the wrong one.
You Don’t Have a Podcast Problem. You Have a Positioning Problem.
January is when podcasters misdiagnose themselves. Downloads plateau, motivation wobbles, and the conclusion arrives: I need to do more. More episodes. More clips. More guests. More promotion. More tools. But most stalled podcasts don’t suffer from a production problem or a marketing problem. They suffer from a positioning problem, and no amount of activity fixes that. If your show feels like it’s working hard without going anywhere, this is likely why.
The Podcaster’s Grimoire
What Actually Worked in 2025, and the Spells to Cast in 2026
In the spirit of being a Wizard, “The Podcaster’s Grimoire” is the book you close the year with. This is not a recap. You should do a binding.
Every year ends the same way: dashboards glowing, feeds slowing, creators staring at numbers like tea leaves, trying to divine meaning.
This isn’t that.