A Research, Opinion, and Advocacy Piece by Wil Williams and Tal Minear — On December 11th, 2022, podcaster and journalist Newton “Newt” Schottelkotte published “Who’s Afraid of Alex J. Newall?: The Layoffs, Lapses, and Lessons of Rusty Quill” on their Medium blog. The piece was edited by Tal Minear and Wil Williams, the two authors of this follow-up piece — more on us…

What is a podcast feed drop? A podcast feed drop is when you drop an episode of another show onto your own RSS feed! Usually this is followed by that podcast dropping an episode of your show on their feed. Why would you do a feed drop? The main reason is cross promo! Audiences from you show discover the show you’ve shared on…

The Background At the most recent Podcast Movement, Ben Shapiro showed up. He didn’t have a badge, but was nonetheless present at the booth for his podcast network, The Daily Wire. This was the first year Podcast Movement had agreed to give the network a booth (at the reported cost of $30k). …

I think it’s probably accurate to say I’m one of the people most impacted by Shapiro’s appearance at Podcast Movement because I tweeted that he was there and I shared how I felt about it. This thread was, of course, widely spread around out of context by Shapiro’s fans, who…

Welcome to the fourth interview of Sound Designs, monthly blog about audio fiction sound design by Brad Colbroock and Tal Minear. Today we sat down with C. S. W. of Incarnation Read to talk horror podcasts, foley creation, and more. We met him earlier this year at Podcast Movement and…

Q: What is a press kit? A: It’s a document (and/or page on your website) that contains all the important info about your show. Q: Why? A: It makes it easy for people not familiar with your podcast to learn about it without having to do a lot of searching. You’d be surprised at how hard it can…

Welcome to the third interview of Sound Designs, monthly blog about audio fiction sound design by Brad Colbroock and Tal Minear. Today we’re talking with Ester Ellis of Station Blue, The Goblet Wire, and the upcoming Whale Song pilot. She’s also the lead editor of Dungeons and Daddies, and has…

Welcome to the second interview of Sound Designs, monthly blog about audio fiction sound design. Today we’re talking with Caroline Mincks of Seen and Not Heard, SHIFTS, Silly Old Bear, Light Hearts, Surreal Love, and more. Yeah, there’s more. Caro is an unstoppable force in audio fiction. They’re a writer…

Welcome to the first interview of Sound Designs, monthly blog about audio fiction sound design. Today we’re talking with Wil Williams, sound designer of VALENCE and Scoring Magic, CEO of Hug House, and head of communications and community for Apollo! Wil has been part of the indie audio drama scene…