Episode 395: Should you start a podcast?

This week Brandon is joined by Brian Gracely cohost of the The Cloudcast and they discuss starting a podcast. They cover the Who, What, Why and How of launching a podcast and recommend podcast recording gear, editing software and hosting services. Rundown The Cloudcast and SDT origin stories Who should start a podcast? Why you should or should not start a podcast? What should your podcast be about? Podcast gear, software and hosting Links Record Podcasts with Audio Hijack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGyRbS5fyBU) SDT Podcast Gear Recommendations (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_FyZEY4-2rzcYDjxZrgpKXnKvKeirNB9B4jr5Tm_46M/edit#) Cloudcast Podcast Suggestions (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fjXNhZLmweTbl2X9KomJmxhwzc7IDz8i1pkvPRlXu5o/edit?usp=sharing) Cloudcast Sample Podcast Show Notes (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pTyxrlt11phyx6Gp_7k3DvK5cZDnOpO9t6cIPahmDts/edit?usp=sharing) Podcasting 101 via Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com/how-to-make-a-podcast) Podcasting Microphones (https://www.thepodcasthost.com/equipment/the-best-podcasting-microphones-on-the-market/) Voice over Marketplace (https://www.fiverr.com/categories/music-audio/voice-overs) Royalty Free Music (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/2) Purchase Music Site (https://www.premiumbeat.com) Subscribe to The Cloudcast (https://www.thecloudcast.net) Follow @bgracely (https://twitter.com/bgracely) and @thecloudcast (https://twitter.com/thecloudcastnet) on Twitter SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/VCFxt2yT1eQ) CoverArt (https://unsplash.com/photos/1oKxSKSOowE) Special Guest: Brian Gracely.