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Alright, well welcome back to The Claudcast.

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Um, man it's been a year.

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A year exactly.

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Well, yesterday it's been a year.

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And I just have not really done anything much and consistency is key.

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when it comes to podcasting, but this is not the way to do it.

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If you were looking to do something,

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this is not the way to do it.

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But I have a bit of a new direction

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that I'm going in for a few episodes here,

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and this is going to be completely value for value.

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But I'm going to start with teaching people how to podcast.

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So there's plenty of shows out there

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that teach people how to podcast,

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but this one is going to be a little bit different

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in the sense that I'm going to show you how to podcast with the most basic of tools and

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everything being free other than, well no, not everything free.

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The recording software is going to be free provided that you have your own computer and

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if you don't have your own computer then I'm going to walk you through how to do this all

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on your phone and if your phone just won't cut it then I'll show you how to record on

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any voice recorder and get good sounding audio. It's not perfect, but it's good sounding

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audio. And that's kind of the theme of this one, this new season, this new section of

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episodes. So I hope that I don't go a whole nother year before I start recording more

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after I'm done with this season. But for now, I'm just going to go over a few of the things

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that I'm doing right now just so I can explain why I may have some credentials in this field.

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So I'm in the process of editing and producing and adjusting and consulting on about four

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different shows and a fifth one is up and coming.

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I'm still producing the step-by-step walkthrough for that lady on how to get her show up and

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running.

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But my show, my show I've been neglecting just on the basis of I'm helping other people.

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So I don't want that to be the case.

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So for that reason, I am going to take what I'm learning and what I already know based

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on I'm going to say years of podcasting, but just because I've taken breaks, I wouldn't

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really count it as years of podcasting either way.

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For right now, this one is going to be hosted on rss.com, but I am going to be in the process

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of creating a brand new feed, which will host all of these files that are on the Cloudcast

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and I will upload them to a new feed.

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I just need to come up with a name for it.

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And y'all are going to be along for the ride for that.

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So just buckle in, listen in, because right now I already have a PDF, but it's going to

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be turned into an EPUB because this is very extensive.

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I only have eight pages so far, but I've only gone through step one essentially, which is

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walking you through how to use Audacity.

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Now that's the first bit of software that we're going to run through because that's

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It's the free one, but I'm going to go through a paid version as well.

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And that one is going to be an iOS app and iPadOS.

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And if you're running the M1 Mac, it'll run on that as well.

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I believe the M2 and when the M3 comes out, it'll run on that as well.

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But for right now, I want to start talking about the basics.

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So I'm just jumping right into it, just strapping y'all are in for it.

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So first episode is going to be on the basics of what it takes to make your podcast stand

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out and be something that, I don't know, that you're proud of and that people will be able

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to recognize something that they'll see as a quality product.

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So let's start with naming the show.

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And right now it's going to sound a little bit robotic because I'm reading off of a

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script that I've written out, but this will be available in audio like you're listening

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to now, which will be podcasting 2.0 enabled.

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So it'll have all the chapters that you need and it will be set up for that.

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It will be set up for that.

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So let's start with naming the show.

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Your podcast name needs to encompass the totality of what your show will cover.

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So think in general terms.

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Don't get so vague that you wash out the intonation behind what it is.

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But also think about how the show will grow and evolve.

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So get artistic about it.

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So for example, let's say your show was all about quilting, just rando example, we're

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going to call it quilting.

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I just came up to the top of my head when I was writing out this how to guide.

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So for now, let's just think of that.

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So instead of using the word quilting, which is what the show will be about, but why don't

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we try to get creative and use the language that paints the picture of quilting itself?

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Something to the effect of, I mean, for example, threaded narratives, tapestry journals or

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stitched chronicles. You see how the idea of needlework comes into play with the

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name of the show but it's not specifically quilting. You never know if

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you're going to try your hand at crochet or something else that has to do with

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needlework. So keep in mind that you want your show name to be broad as

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possible but still capture the idea of what your show will cover. And that's

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kind of a basic thing here. So we'll get into some more examples here in the

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future but let's move on to show art. So when it comes to show art there are plenty

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of paths you can take. So step one or example one is use the same show art for

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every episode this is also known as being married to your artwork. Step number

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two you could switch out the artwork for every single episode which is also known

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as being agnostic to your artwork. Or step number three is a mix of those two

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also known as being in an open relationship with your artwork. Now I

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came up with these on the fly but I think they can stick when it comes to

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explaining how to use your podcast and how to create one. So let's cover number

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one, being married to your artwork. That requires a lot of thought and

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creativity. You want something that really embodies the show's ethos. So take a

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look at the example to the right or since I'm reading this off you can check

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your podcasting 2.0 show notes or chapter art and you can see the podcast

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cover art for My Creative Corner or the My Creative Corner podcast. I don't

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remember the lady that I stole this from but I got it from Podcast Index and I just looked

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up Quilting. Now her SEO is on point or the fuzzy search on Podcasting 2.0 is great but

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you can scroll through a bunch of different episodes or shows and you'll see generic bland

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artwork but then this lady has really great looking artwork. The colors could be a bit

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more vibrant so I updated those on the PDF and what you're seeing on the Podcasting 2.0

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chapter art, but the show, or this art shows that the podcaster is not only going to talk

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about quilting, but also about the lifestyle that quilting can bring.

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The colors are soft, and the floral decorations imply the show is gentle and welcoming, almost

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like the home of a mother or grandmother.

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The font style flows and merges with the needle from the first word to the last.

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It's very thoughtful and creative.

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And if you want to, right about now, the chapter art will, well, I mean throughout the chapter

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art. You can go ahead and click the chapter art and it will take you to the link for the

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show if you wanted to give it a listen and see if my assumptions of the show are valid

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based on the artwork.

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Let's move on to example number two. Being agnostic does not mean settling for less.

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And although having good quality art for every show sounds like a big hurdle, most people

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know at least one creative person and if not the audience can definitely help out. So take

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a look at the artwork that is flowing through your show art right now.

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If I could figure out how to make a gif out of this, I would do it, but for right now,

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you're just going to see four different cover arts cycling through, and I'm going to land

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on just one of them that I think is probably the most attractive looking right about now.

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But you can see how good looking the art can be, and how it can be had for every single

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episode.

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Now, No Agenda is a different beast altogether.

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They have a team of artists that compete every single episode for artwork that will be featured

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on the show.

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And because the show has such a large reach, the artists will get a ton of exposure.

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Now example number three, we're going to move on to example number three.

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It's an example, actually if you click on the artwork that's on your screen right now,

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you'll be taken over to the No Agenda show and you will hear or you can just go ahead

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listen to the show and see how the show itself is a high quality product so the artwork needs

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to reflect that. You have to have high quality artwork for high quality show, value for value.

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Now moving on. Example number three is a little less often seen in the wild but it can be

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used if the intention is to differentiate different segments or topics of the show on

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a per episode basis. So on my show, the Clodcast, a few of the episodes actually have different

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standard show art for every episode.

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You can see that on any of the modern podcasting 2.0 podcast apps, but you may also see that

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on the Apple podcast app.

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If you want your show to be about a specific topic, you can update your art with maybe

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your show's title.

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Just paste it on there somehow so you can give the listeners an idea of what the show will

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Let's move on to section number three, or the subsection number three, recording.

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Now what tools do you have at your discretion for recording?

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Do you have a full studio setup with sound dampening foam panels or deadening foam panels

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on the walls, an Anoiman U67?

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Do you have a Blue Yeti and a home office?

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Do you have an iPhone and a pair of corded earphones?

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Well your current setup is what you have to work with, so don't set your expectations

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too high unless money is a no option. And at that point, I'd say set yourself up with

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the first option. The sound deadening foam on the phone, paneling on the walls and that

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Neumann U67 just go for it. Might as well get yourself that new M1 Mac and get yourself

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Ableton Live or Logic Pro or some great software and pay for some lessons on how to use it.

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But we're not assuming that that's the case. Now we'll come back to this later on as well

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as every other section. We're not just going to call this it. This is an introduction of

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what's going to be covered in the PDF that will be released once the last episode is

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finished up, you'll have a written document that you can follow through at your discretion.

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But if you think listening to this show is better, then listen along.

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But let's just call each hypothetical recording situation when we come back to it, set up

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number one, number two, and number three, respectively, of the examples I gave in this

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Moving on to the next section.

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And this is essentially a table of contents.

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I may, in the show notes of this episode, put links to every upcoming episode that covers

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these topics in more depth.

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Maybe if I can do that.

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But for now, let's move forward to the software.

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And if you can't tell by my voice, I mean, I hope you can, but I am extremely tired.

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It's 1.23 in the morning, but this is the best time that I can record.

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I'm actually quite loud right now, and there's a lot of background noise, but thanks to my setup

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and my filterings and everything else, you most likely will not even notice the background noise.

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Now software, when it comes to which DAW or digital audio workstation you want to use,

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in the end, it'll boil down to personal preference and available instruction material.

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Now at the advent of the internet, you'll find a plethora, or plethora, however you

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want to pronounce that information, on how to take advantage of any and all DAWs you

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can imagine.

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So pick something and run with it.

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Now for example, this instructional, I'll be using Audacity for post-production, and

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Backpack Studio for recording.

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And fun fact, this episode specifically is all being done through Audacity.

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Reason being is Backpack Studio is giving me some issues, so I decided to go ahead and

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and start recording on Audacity.

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Now both tools are very flexible

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and offer the best audio for your money.

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Backpack Studio is $12.99 on iOS only.

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So you don't have it on Android,

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at least the recording end of it.

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if you're planning on doing an interview

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with any guests at any point

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or just a co-host or something,

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you can use Backpack Studio for that as well.

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Now that's a monthly subscription of $9.99

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for a certain number of hours,

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but the developer is super chill

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Makes sense.

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I mean, development is not cheap.

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Just hosting your app on the App Store is $100 a year.

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So that's not crazy when you think about it.

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But one person, or if you're serious about your podcast, you would love to give money

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to the developer.

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I'm doing it and I hardly ever do interviews.

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But I'm paying him because I love the development of it.

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Now, you definitely could use Audacity alone for every step, but that route causes you to

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be attached to the hip, to your PC.

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So if you'd like to get something recorded on the fly just as soon as it comes to mind,

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all you need is an iPhone, backpack studio, and a pair of Apple AirPods.

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That's the cheapest setup, not AirPods, I apologize.

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Bluetooth is terrible for recording and monitoring your voice and audio transfer through Bluetooth

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is just not acceptable in today's Zane Age.

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So, corded is always better so the ear pods are not AirPods.

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If you want to up the ante just a little bit with your on the go recording and you have

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some space, a backpack where you can carry some equipment and you know that you're a

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podcaster and you'd like to carry your equipment with you, you can buy yourself a Scarlet Focus

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I have the 2i2 so that way if I wanted to I can plug in a secondary device and get the

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audio from that device into the recording software of choice which is Backpack Studio.

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Back to that again.

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So you get that focus right and you would get a, now with an iPhone, this is where it

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gets a bit tricky.

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When you're plugging it into a PC, it's easier because the focus right steals power from

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the PC to power the device.

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With an iPhone, you can't push that much power through the lightning port, so you have to

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add phantom power to the focus right.

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You need a lightning to USB adapter that also has power pass through.

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chapters if you're looking at just King right now. You will see it and it'll be

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up there for the next, I don't know, minute or so. But that is a link to Amazon

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where you can find that. You can find that at the Apple Store, I believe. Either way,

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it works best with... Oh well, it only works with that. But you may have trouble

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finding the lightning to USB adapter in any retail store, so Amazon's your best bet.

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to find anything that isn't USB-C now in the Apple store or in any of the Best Buys or

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Walmart's or whatever carries Apple plugs.

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section deserves a lot longer of a write up and it will get one in its own section.

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But the platform you decide on using is dependent on the features you plan on implementing.

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So we'll move on.

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companies and most podcatchers such as podcast, or excuse me, podcast apps.

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while I'm at it.

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Let's do this here.

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We're getting back to this.

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Website.

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Now, although it's not detrimental to the operation of your show, the necessity for

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or a web page speaks for itself.

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Having a location on the internet

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where listeners can learn about you,

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your goals and other projects you may have started

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just increases exposure and discoverability

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and everybody loves discoverability.

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Now there are many good website creation tools

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on the internet, a good number of them are free,

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no code as well, so you don't have to know HTML, CSS,

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any of that, although it helps,

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I have a list of website creation tools

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that should get you started.

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I recommend myself, card.co, and podcasting 2.0 chapter art.

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such as a picture on my PC.

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and I recommend that due to the simplicity

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I have three websites that I've turned on to using it,

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and all three are different looking

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and have different reasons

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why they have certain things applied to them.

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It's completely free to use for most applications

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which is a yearly billing of, I believe $100 or so.

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you get a lot of the pro features like custom domain names and things of that nature.

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Now here's a few honorable mentions for website hosting.

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websites go through, but everyone knows I get to word WordPress,

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you'll get a how to set up a podcast website using WordPress and that is a

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video link to YouTube so you can look through if you want to use WordPress.

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That one has the same deal, a YouTube video that brings you, or

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that teaches you everything you need to know about, well, I mean,

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at least an introductory, on setting up a podcast website through Squarespace.

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Transcripts.

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This is a bit of a weird one.

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In the sense that a good amount of podcast hosting companies

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don't even support proper SRT transcripts,

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but they are a must-have, a must-have for accessibility.

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Now, believe it or not, there are plenty of hearing

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and paid impaired people that love listening to podcasts

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and the transcripts are a major assist

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in allowing them to consume content.

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There's a paid service out there called OtterAI.

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That will transcribe your shows

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Super cool feature, and you can just add names to the speakers

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and it'll remember that for the future.

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Very able product, very competent,

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very good at what it does in most situations,

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but it's paid.

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there are transcription tools

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that you can download from GitHub

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that work phenomenally well.

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Mac was donated to me, which is wonderful,

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for a short amount of time until I can afford one myself,

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off of the same laptop.

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the free transcription tool or transcriber

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Free, you can use it, works well,

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it exports in multiple formats,

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you can pay for the Pro version to get some extra things

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like speaker differentiation and things of that nature,

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but for just bare bones transcription, it's wonderful.

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It does sentence level, it does paragraph export, it does sentence export, SRT, VTT,

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all that good stuff.

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For Windows, Mac and Linux, now if you don't want to use Mac Whisper and you want something

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a little bit with one key difference, but also it's a little more power intensive, I

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feel like, because when I ran the tool that checks the processing that's being done on

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the PC or sorry, the Mac.

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This used 99% of the CPU, which is kind of crazy on the M1, but it's, I mean, it's worth

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it either way.

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The tool is called Buzz.

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You can go there and download it on your M1 Mac.

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But on the M1, I had to install Homebrew and follow these specific instructions.

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Now you're going to see these instructions flash across your screen in multiple order.

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It's going to be in a step by step, but you have to download the PKG file from the link

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that is provided here.

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for Buzz, you can download the PKG, or I'm sorry, that's for Homebrew, open your terminal

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and paste the code you see on your screen here.

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Or if you get the write up, you'll have everything in written up form, so you can just do that

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later instead of screen-shotting and saving text or whatever.

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But once that's pasted and ran, paste in this next code and hit Enter.

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This is going to create a bash script.

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Then paste the next code in that you see here, and this is going to change the path for your

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bash script to allow Homebrew to work.

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Little bit technical, not the biggest deal, but once you're done with pasting that into

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your bash script, type command X, this is on your Mac, and then press Y.

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That saves the bash script and makes it executable.

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Once you're done with all that, restart your terminal, and you'll be able to run Homebrew.

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you, or once you get all that working, go ahead and paste this code in. It's just "brew install -caskcasks" and that is the package for Buzz and that's the tool that you'll be able to use to do the transcription. Windows users will find the process much simpler and this process is similar on Linux. I haven't gotten the right uptune on that yet, I will get that in there later. But for now, Mac users, you got the plus one.

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you got the +1 and Windows users, y'all have it way too easy with an

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EXE file that you can run to install it. Now throughout this write-up you're

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gonna have bonus tips just sprinkled throughout. You're gonna find that you

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can use a service like ChatGPT to summarize your transcript into show

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notes with relative links by pasting the content of your transcript into the

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input box and saying something similar to summarize this and make it suit

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Now, no, this is prompt engineering here, chat GPT, and there's actually an offline version

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of this that you can get on your Macbook, your M1 MacBook Pro, or Mac Pro, whatever,

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just any M1 Mac, you can get the tool called GPT for all, and that is a local GPT server.

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It's a local chatbot that is trained on roughly the same data that chat GPT is trained on.

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Now, I would use the MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro or M1 Mac's chip just because you're

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going to have much more RAM to work with and you're going to be able to use much more capable,

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what do you call it, models for your instruction set or your language set.

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But if you type in, summarize this and make it suitable for podcast show notes and at

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any relative links that are mentioned in the body of text, then put a colon and paste

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in the transcript, the tool, chat GPT, it runs on GPUs so it runs relatively quick,

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even with a large body of text like the transcript for a hour and a half long podcast, it will

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summarize the entire show.

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And if there are links necessary, you can get links to the internet for all of the things

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that were mentioned just using that.

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You may have to tweak the prompt just a little bit because chat GPT is fickle like that,

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but that's how it works.

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Remember how I said that we talked about getting all of this figured out?

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We're going to move on to recording.

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So, in this episode, we'll come back to naming your show and show art and where you can get

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these things done up.

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And if you don't have an artist on hand, I can recommend some artists for you in the

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next episode.

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But for right now, we're going to talk about recording in this episode.

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So, let's start.

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With all the preamble out of the way, let's get straight into recording.

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So, for the first example, I'll cover how to record with Audacity, how to export a file

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in a format that is suitable for all podcast hosts.

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Hint, it's most likely going to be an MP3 file.

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But some places accept a wave, and I would use wave because it's a little bit higher,

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a little bit denser, a little bit higher on the quality index, but still, MP3 is just

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fine.

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We're not producing Hollywood dramas.

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I mean, you may be, but either way, most hosts don't allow that if you host your own files

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which will be another section being hosting companies.

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I'll talk about IPFS hosting and everything else.

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But either way, if you host your own, you can host pretty much whatever file format you want

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and go with FLAC at that point.

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But, you know, it's kind of overkill.

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You're going to get two gigs of an audio file,

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and that's just going to be a strain on any podcast downloader or podcatcher.

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Anyway, we'll talk about how to export that to be suitable for all podcasts.

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I'll also cover proper mic technique,

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and we'll go over multiple audio effects you can use to get as close to a studio sound as possible

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using just Audacity. And here's another bonus tip. If your initial recording is less than desirable,

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meaning tons of background noise, tons of just nonsense, your voice sounds like it's far away,

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too much reverb, you're in a room that wasn't treated, you got tons of glass around you,

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so it's just reverb off the side, you got an echo, something's not right.

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You can run the initial MP3 without any edits through Adobe Speech Enhanced to clean it up.

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So looking at your screen, like I said, you'll get the link to that.

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That'll clean it up and run a few effects over it to clean it up further afterwards

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through Audacity. Now this tool is masterful at removing...

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Oh well, hold on. Yeah, at removing background noise and bringing more presence to the audio

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at the expense of a slightly robotic sounding sound.

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I say "slightly" because it takes a semi-dissirning ear to notice the difference.

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If you don't really care that much about audio quality, excuse me, there was a yawn that

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came through, you don't care too much about audio quality just because you believe your

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content is way too good and a perfect example of this is the survival podcast with Jack

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Spearco. He does not do hardly any treatment to his audio. He basically records from mic

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to tape and doesn't even run a compressor. It seems like maybe it's in line. I don't

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know. But it's fine. The content on his show is just wonderful and he got a massive following

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by recording with his phone in the car and there was no treatment done. He didn't have

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backpack studio to rely on he had nothing. So if your content is just quality

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enough then audio quality is allowed to suffer but every single podcast deserves

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great sounding audio that's my belief. My voice broke how embarrassing. Speaking of

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I mean I'm talking about how to make good sounding audio and I'm lacking here.

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Anyway let's move on. Step one plug your mic in before starting audacity. Now

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Although this sounds like a no brainer, USB, not to mention USB-C, is fickle at best and

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it's a miracle of modern technology that anything actually works as intended.

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So remember this, when in a bind, unplug that line, shut down the code and reboot your flow.

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Kind of rhymes, but that's the idea here.

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If it's not recognizing your mic and your interface, if you're using an interface, which

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you kind of have to do unless you're using a USB mic, either way it's going to be connected

452
00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:33,900
through USB, just unplug it, plug it, well, shut down Audacity, unplug your thing, plug

453
00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:36,340
your thing back in and then restart Audacity.

454
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You should be good to go at that point.

455
00:29:38,140 --> 00:29:40,940
Now are you using USB or XLR?

456
00:29:40,940 --> 00:29:45,580
Either one works, but I would recommend XLR with a half decent audio interface.

457
00:29:45,580 --> 00:29:50,540
You can find the Scarlett Focusrite 2i2, link is going to be in the chapter art on eBay for

458
00:29:50,540 --> 00:29:54,580
around 95 bucks and a Shure SM58 for around 50 bucks.

459
00:29:54,580 --> 00:29:57,460
And these are perfect for an introductory setup.

460
00:29:57,460 --> 00:30:00,940
Fun fact, that's what I'm using to record this.

461
00:30:00,940 --> 00:30:05,520
Now as for the USB mic, a Blue Yeti is probably the best introductory mic.

462
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:10,860
It's won multiple awards and it's generally accepted to be one of the best sounding USB

463
00:30:10,860 --> 00:30:12,900
mics for the bang for the buck.

464
00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:17,420
It can be picked up on eBay anywhere from $10 to $120 and you can get way higher if you

465
00:30:17,420 --> 00:30:21,660
get a special edition or if someone's done some work to their Blue Yeti by bedazzling

466
00:30:21,660 --> 00:30:25,460
it or something, but there's no need for that.

467
00:30:25,460 --> 00:30:26,940
Just get yourself one of the cheaper ones.

468
00:30:26,940 --> 00:30:31,020
I'd say stay around the $50 zone just because you can kind of be sure that there isn't going

469
00:30:31,020 --> 00:30:32,020
to be any problems with it.

470
00:30:32,020 --> 00:30:34,620
It hasn't been dropped, anything of that nature.

471
00:30:34,620 --> 00:30:40,900
Now moving on, step number two, let's open Audacity or once it recognizes your mic and

472
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you feel like the room you're recording in is suitable for the best possible audio, it's

473
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time to record your content.

474
00:30:48,820 --> 00:30:54,420
But keep this in mind, as long as you're in a room with a lot of objects and objects

475
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that are porous in nature, so couches, a closet with clothing, things of that nature, just

476
00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:05,360
don't worry too much about the room that you're in.

477
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:09,740
You'll get the best possible audio as long as you're in a room with that many things.

478
00:31:09,740 --> 00:31:13,220
If it's all hard surfaces and opening, you can get this echo and reverb, then you're

479
00:31:13,220 --> 00:31:14,300
in trouble.

480
00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:19,940
But like I keep saying, I'm in absolutely no audio treatment right now.

481
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So keep that in mind.

482
00:31:22,100 --> 00:31:25,980
Now I'm going to take some time to explain some things about Audacity for the layman.

483
00:31:25,980 --> 00:31:32,100
And if you already know your way around Audacity, you can just skip through this section.

484
00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:37,220
I'll have a chapter marker that kind of goes past this, but I'll also have my own episode

485
00:31:37,220 --> 00:31:41,260
on Audacity in the future, just kind of breaking that down.

486
00:31:41,260 --> 00:31:46,060
I want to explain a few things and I mean an episode on how to apply all the

487
00:31:46,060 --> 00:31:48,940
effects. This is gonna round out this episode right here. I'm just gonna go

488
00:31:48,940 --> 00:31:54,260
over Audacity and how to use it and what everything all is for everyone because

489
00:31:54,260 --> 00:31:58,140
it's surprisingly enough. There's plenty of people that don't actually know how

490
00:31:58,140 --> 00:32:02,460
to use it or what everything actually is so let me explain a few things about

491
00:32:02,460 --> 00:32:08,740
Audacity. So where like what you're looking at on your screen right now on

492
00:32:08,740 --> 00:32:13,360
your podcasting 2.0 player is the main view of Audacity and this is where you're

493
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:17,760
going to spend most if not all of your time. Pretty much most 90 some odd

494
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:21,760
percent is going to be here. Now the player and recording controls are on the

495
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:26,400
top left-hand side. The controls are in the top middle portion of the screen and

496
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:30,320
are for basic editing and scrubbing and the top right-hand side of the screen is

497
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:35,040
explained in the attached photo. So let me see if I can open that larger so I can

498
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:39,320
take a good look at it and take a good gander.

499
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:43,920
Yeah so you got your volume meter and you can use that to see how loud the background noise

500
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is and get a good idea of where your noise gate should be set.

501
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:52,240
And then you got your waveform at the bottom.

502
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:56,600
So you're going to see the pictures on the chapters kind of move around and who knows

503
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:57,600
what.

504
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:03,200
But the waveform, you want that to actually have something on it.

505
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,960
You don't want to just have it as a one solid line, whether it's got a little bit of fuzzy

506
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,560
at the bottom or whether it's got just one flat line.

507
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,720
That means something's wrong with your input.

508
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:13,240
So you need to adjust your input.

509
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:17,680
And to adjust the input, you would hit the audio setup button back in the middle of the

510
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:18,680
screen.

511
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:19,880
Look at your screen.

512
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:21,240
You're going to see that highlighted.

513
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:22,760
You go there and you click through that.

514
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:26,920
And so you make sure that your input is set to either your focus right 2i2.

515
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:30,680
If you're using the interface, if you're just using a USB mic, you're going to want to set

516
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:36,920
to what the USB mic is titled at. So if you have an old mic, like something that isn't

517
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:41,720
supported by Audacity because the drivers are too old, some old, old, old USB mic, well

518
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,800
then you're kind of out of luck and you got to upgrade at some point, might as well buy

519
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:49,700
a new one. So go with either the Blue Yeti or shell out just a couple more dollars for

520
00:33:49,700 --> 00:33:57,360
that Scarlet Focusrite and the Sure SM58 or any other mic that has an XLR acceptance

521
00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:01,840
that accepts XLR, which is pretty much every mic that isn't USB.

522
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:09,240
Now, moving along, the effects tab is where the magic happens.

523
00:34:09,240 --> 00:34:12,920
Now there's a, I'm going to use this word again, plethora of third-party plugins that

524
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,320
are compatible with Audacity.

525
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,220
But for now, we're going to be focusing on the built-in plugins just because some of

526
00:34:17,220 --> 00:34:23,460
these third-party ones don't work based on updates to Audacity, updates to the operating

527
00:34:23,460 --> 00:34:27,240
system, incompatibility issues, because you think that a plugin will work just because

528
00:34:27,240 --> 00:34:32,960
is called a plugin, but there's a good website where I'll link that in the show notes and

529
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,920
also in the chapter art where you can get more plugins for Audacity.

530
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,000
This will also be in the write up.

531
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,480
Let me actually take that note here in just a second.

532
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:45,240
What am I talking about here?

533
00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:54,040
Add link to Nyquist plugins.

534
00:34:54,040 --> 00:35:00,180
The next request is the name of the plugins, services, or the plugins that Audacity accepts.

535
00:35:00,180 --> 00:35:03,640
So I suggest taking a few hours to play around with each of the settings to get a feel for

536
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,240
how they affect your audio.

537
00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:11,060
Just record yourself singing a song or saying the ABCs or something of that nature just

538
00:35:11,060 --> 00:35:14,100
to get yourself some good audio to play around with.

539
00:35:14,100 --> 00:35:16,180
And you'll be good from there.

540
00:35:16,180 --> 00:35:21,420
Now once you get a decent grasp of what each audio effect does and you're happy with how

541
00:35:21,420 --> 00:35:27,360
your audio sounds, you can go to the file section of the menu and hit export.

542
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:31,120
Save Project simply saves your current editing state in Audacity.

543
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:36,120
It does not save a file that is usable on any podcast hosting company or really any audio

544
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:39,660
player on your PC except for Audacity.

545
00:35:39,660 --> 00:35:44,380
So you will need to export the file in either MP3 or Wave.

546
00:35:44,380 --> 00:35:47,740
MP3 is still the most compatible.

547
00:35:47,740 --> 00:35:49,740
So I suggest doing MP3.

548
00:35:49,740 --> 00:35:55,320
Now, if you look at your screen, the settings set on this page are the best you can get

549
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,500
for an MP3 file with Audacity.

550
00:35:57,500 --> 00:36:02,760
So, your quality level is 320 kilobits per second, and you're going to want to force

551
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:07,240
the export to mono, and I'll explain that in a second, but your bit rate mode needs to

552
00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:09,620
be on constant.

553
00:36:09,620 --> 00:36:12,680
Don't make it average, don't make it variable, make it constant, and that's because you're

554
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:17,480
going to get a constant bit rate of 320 kilobits per second versus an average where it dips

555
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:22,760
down or goes up or something and then you get the variable is dipping down and jumping

556
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:24,240
up on the bit rate.

557
00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:25,240
Nonsense.

558
00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:27,240
Make it constant.

559
00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:33,120
Now, like I said, notice how the Force Export to MonoBox is checked.

560
00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:37,480
In most cases you will not need a stereo file as most podcasts do not take advantage of

561
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:42,840
the stereo effect when recording and this usually requires multi-track recording anyway.

562
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:49,640
So that box will remain checked until you decide that your show requires stereo files.

563
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,560
Now that's rounding this out.

564
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:59,040
That's basically how to record, what to play with, next episode that comes out, which will

565
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:02,040
be, let me see here, what's the next in the section.

566
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,280
I'm gonna go over naming the show and show art.

567
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,240
This was just a little bit of preamble.

568
00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:10,920
I'll get back into recording afterward and I'll go over a bit of the editing that you

569
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:12,400
can do on that front.

570
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:22,480
So I will be making a file that has raw audio with all the noise that you can hear in the

571
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:23,480
background.

572
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:28,080
I will have a section of the file that is edited with every single step so you can hear it

573
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:33,360
with your own ears on how every single audio effect that I recommend you use will affect

574
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:37,120
your audio output and the final product.

575
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:41,760
But that will be episode three, episode two, because this is episode one of this section.

576
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:47,760
I'm just, I know it's episode 34 of the podcast, but this is a new season, new section, and

577
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,680
it's all about starting your own show and doing it well.

578
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:55,040
This is something I know that I'm decent at, so I'm going to just give out whatever knowledge

579
00:37:55,040 --> 00:38:01,200
I can so everyone can have some firm grounding on how to start their own show.

580
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:05,560
So next one will be on naming the show, how to come up with some names, how to actually

581
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:12,380
implement the names, how to focus group them, so to speak, just test the waters on the idea

582
00:38:12,380 --> 00:38:17,440
and get everything rounded out on that front.

583
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,060
Also we're going to go over show art.

584
00:38:20,060 --> 00:38:25,900
So how to find show art, how to make it make sense, tools you can use that are either free

585
00:38:25,900 --> 00:38:31,440
or paid that give you either something professional, something playful, whatever you'd like, how

586
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:39,360
to actually make that acceptable for Apple Podcasts because they have a 3000 by 3000

587
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:43,200
pixel requirement to even get your show approved on Apple Podcasts.

588
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,320
But we'll talk about that part under the distribution episode.

589
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:52,160
So I got a couple episodes lined up and this is just helping me to get content out there

590
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:56,320
for this section of the podcast.

591
00:38:56,320 --> 00:39:01,440
Now, with all that being said, this is a value for value podcast.

592
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:05,840
Any value you get out of this episode or any episode to come would be much appreciated

593
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,500
if you could donate some of that value back, whether that be with time, talent, or treasure.

594
00:39:09,500 --> 00:39:13,800
If you have some tips or you think I missed something, either comment it on any of the

595
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,240
modern podcasting apps.

596
00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:20,920
That being, the most popular for comments is Fountain.

597
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:25,040
But if you have artwork that you'd like to send in, if you have tips on what else I can

598
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:30,480
include as far as making podcasting easier, please send that in. And I actually request,

599
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:36,400
if anyone knows how to add gifs or gifs or however you pronounce it into the chapter art,

600
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:43,040
I would greatly appreciate it. I'm looking into IPFS podcast hosting. And as far as that goes,

601
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:48,080
that is very technically intense. So that's going to get its own episode all together

602
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:54,000
on how to make that work. And that's because that it should go under hosting, but I'm going to talk

603
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:58,400
about other hosting companies first because that's user friendly, but technically speaking,

604
00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:05,600
I'm going to talk about IPFS podcasting on its own. So that's it for this one. If you found the

605
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:10,400
show valuable, if you think it's going to be valuable, go ahead and subscribe to the show.

606
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:15,200
Listen in for more updates. This is going to be either a weekly or bi-weekly update schedule

607
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:20,080
because I need to type this all up. I have a very intensive job. I'm managing four other shows,

608
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:24,960
So I don't have all the time in the world to dedicate to recording myself like I'm telling

609
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,960
you now it's two o'clock in the morning.

610
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:32,880
So I'm finding time where I can but this is a passion project and fun fact.

611
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,320
The word passion and I just learned this by listening to the survival podcast go ahead

612
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:37,320
and check it out.

613
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:43,200
Link is going to be in the chapter art but the word passion the origin of that is not

614
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:48,640
it's not what you think this is I mean you might think it but it means something that

615
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:54,240
so dedicated to you're willing to sacrifice things for it. So, Passion of the Christ,

616
00:40:54,240 --> 00:41:05,980
Jesus Christ was willing to sacrifice himself for God's will. So, I'm not making an equation

617
00:41:05,980 --> 00:41:10,040
here saying that my passion for podcasting is the same. It's not my point. My point is,

618
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:15,040
I'm willing to sacrifice my time with sleep and my time which is valuable, which is why I'd

619
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:18,960
I'd require, well, request that y'all would donate some value back.

620
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,280
I find this valuable.

621
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,120
I'm willing to donate some time to it.

622
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:25,680
And for that reason, I'm passionate about it.

623
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,640
Now that's it for this one.

624
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:29,680
I'm going to round this one out.

625
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,480
You're going to hear the outro track going right now.

626
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:32,920
And I just hope y'all have a good one.

627
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,000
And I hope this one is what y'all are waiting for.

628
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:40,040
I hope, I don't think so, but I hope, and I hope I can get back on the horse with

629
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:45,240
this and maybe even start a new show with all the things that I've been

630
00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:49,280
learning about podcasting along the way. I'm still trying to get that audio drama

631
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:54,160
going but man, voice actors are hard to come by and if I do it all myself it's

632
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:58,000
gonna be a struggle. So that's in the future right now. I'm gonna leave you all

633
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:03,400
with this and yeah, have a great one.

634
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,400
Money printer go

635
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:07,400
Money printer go

636
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,400
Money printer money printer go

637
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,400
While the money printer machine is running

638
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,400
I buy in the background our Toshis and go on in Bitcoin

639
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,400
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, now it's back in the hands

640
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:17,400
It's being spoken again, money money

641
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:19,400
No end print, yeah save it

642
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:21,400
Now it's printed

643
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,400
We need more tints, no limit

644
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,400
Mislagate is the day of the printer

645
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,400
Our money is like the lady in the ass

646
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,400
The ESRB like a jockey

647
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,400
They do it

648
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,400
They are like freerom in hockey and it goes

649
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:33,900
*BURP*

650
00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:35,900
On the gallop, buy a stock pump it up

651
00:42:35,900 --> 00:42:38,900
Worth of four, money exists, also in the head

652
00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:40,900
Money in the stock, double it

653
00:42:40,900 --> 00:42:43,900
Central banks make the heli heli heli helicopter

654
00:42:43,900 --> 00:42:44,900
Money printer go

655
00:42:44,900 --> 00:42:45,900
Money printer go

656
00:42:45,900 --> 00:42:48,900
Money printer, money printer, money printer go

657
00:42:48,900 --> 00:42:50,900
While the money printer machine is running

658
00:42:50,900 --> 00:42:53,900
I buy a bunch of cash and go on in bitcoin

659
00:42:53,900 --> 00:42:54,900
M-m-money printer go

660
00:42:54,900 --> 00:42:55,900
Money printer go

661
00:42:55,900 --> 00:42:58,900
Money printer, money printer, money printer go

662
00:42:58,900 --> 00:43:03,900
While the money printer machine is running I buy in the back of our Toshis and go all in bitcoin

663
00:43:03,900 --> 00:43:08,900
Money printer, hard like winter, how strong power cable wire almost a citter

664
00:43:08,900 --> 00:43:13,900
Money printer press, build pressure, we heroine janties in search of noise, capital, drug sound

665
00:43:13,900 --> 00:43:18,900
Only one or two keys combination, create millions, the purchase power is stolen from the mass

666
00:43:18,900 --> 00:43:23,900
Money printer runs in endless grinding, branded shiny, M2 rising, money is wasted

667
00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:29,900
I'm afraid of mothettes, because the useless cash get the bank note six, is being replaced by manual

668
00:43:29,900 --> 00:43:34,900
Give me money, print more money, out of the earth, cantilion, it's more than Yell

669
00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:39,900
Now it will be loaded, the bazooka shots ready, switch the printer in, push, pull, no light

670
00:43:39,900 --> 00:43:44,900
Play automatons, get everything out of the machine, make the fucking fiat sound

671
00:43:44,900 --> 00:43:48,900
Money printer go, money printer go, money printer, money printer, money printer go

672
00:43:48,900 --> 00:43:50,900
Go

673
00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:54,340
I buy it in the back of our Toshis and go all in bitcoin

674
00:43:54,340 --> 00:43:55,860
M-m-money, printer go

675
00:43:55,860 --> 00:43:57,140
M-money, printer go

676
00:43:57,140 --> 00:43:59,780
M-money, printer, money, printer, money, printer go

677
00:43:59,780 --> 00:44:02,020
While the money printer machine is running

678
00:44:02,020 --> 00:44:04,660
I buy it in the back of our Toshis and go all in bitcoin

679
00:44:04,660 --> 00:44:07,240
(upbeat music)

680
00:44:07,240 --> 00:44:09,820
(upbeat music)

681
00:44:09,820 --> 00:44:13,740
(singing in foreign language)

682
00:44:13,740 --> 00:44:18,740
♪ I believe ♪

683
00:44:18,740 --> 00:44:20,740
(swoosh)

684
00:44:20,740 --> 00:44:30,740
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685
00:44:30,740 --> 00:44:40,740
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