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How a missed job and a beer led to a podcast

I was working for a Big 4 consulting firm and knew I wanted to do something else. I’d figured out what I wanted my next job to be and was patiently waiting for the right opportunity. I wasn’t unhappy where I was, I just had an itch that couldn’t be scratched by my current role. Eventually, I found a job that seemed like the perfect match. The description fit exactly what I was after, and the skills they were looking for lined up with...

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...