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How I find guests (and get them to say yes)

The two most common questions I get asked within my inner circle are: How do you find these people? How do you get them to say yes? To be honest, the first question is probably the more interesting and insightful of the two. It can be quite a process, and I’ve approached it from a few different angles. It always starts with: “What do I find interesting right now?” Then I come up with a big, messy list of topics, the list is always...

How I started my podcast: lessons learned the hard way

Starting a podcast is fun, but it’s also hard. There are a bunch of decisions to make and skills to learn, and unless you have a background in radio or editing, they’ll all be new. I thought it might be helpful to share what I’ve learned, so if you’re thinking about starting your own podcast, you can get up and running faster than I did. As a general approach, I started by doing everything for free, using open-source software or...