Everything I've Shared About Podcasting

I've been podcasting since 2018, and somewhere along the way I've written and talked about the process itself almost as much as I've talked about frugal living. If you're thinking about starting a show, or you're already running one and want to compare notes, here's everything I've put out there on the subject, gathered in one spot.

Choosing a Hosting Platform

When I was evaluating whether to move The Frug Life off Anchor (now Spotify for Podcasters), I tried out Acast and wrote up the comparison. At the time, one of the things keeping me on Anchor was its built-in editing tool, which let me string segments of the show together. Anchor has since removed that editing functionality entirely, which changes the calculation. Acast's automatic intro and outro insertion is still a nice quality-of-life feature, though its monetization marketplace has a fairly high listener threshold before it pays out anything, and a lot of its better features sit behind a paywall.

I ended up keeping The Frug Life on its original platform, though I do use Acast for Ricky Rambles.

Read the full comparison: My Review of Acast

Working With Guests

If you're trying to figure out how to bring other voices onto your show without turning it into a straight interview format, I laid out the two formats I use for guests on The Frug Life. One is a short 3 to 5 minute solo clip on a topic of the guest's choice, usually bundled into a roundup-style episode. The other is a longer, collaborative 7 to 15 minute segment, written together asynchronously in a shared doc. Both formats let a guest record on their own schedule without needing to coordinate a live session.

Full breakdown: Be a Guest on the Podcast

Learning From My Own Mistakes

On Ricky Rambles, I did a whole episode owning up to what I was getting wrong in promoting my own podcast. If you want the unfiltered, in-the-moment version of a podcaster realizing his own marketing wasn't working, this is that episode.

Listen here: I'm Doing Everything Wrong

Thinking Bigger: A Podcast Network

Also on Ricky Rambles, I talked through an idea I had for building a podcast network rather than just running individual shows. It's more of a thinking-out-loud episode than a how-to, but it's part of the same throughline: podcasting isn't just about one show, it's about how shows can work together.

Listen here: Podcast Network Idea

The Short Version

Pick a platform based on what you actually need, not just the biggest name. Figure out a guest format that doesn't require perfect scheduling. Be honest with yourself about what isn't working. And don't be afraid to think past the single show toward something bigger.

If you're working through your own podcast right now and have questions, feel free to reach out. I've made plenty of mistakes so you don't have to make the same ones.