Cultivating a Podcast. 10 Years Now. Still a Hoot and a Half.

10 years of blogging and podcasting. Planting, fertilizing, growing, harvesting. Questions asked and answered about process, motivation, and future direction.

Proem

A slew of questions about my podcasting process came across my channels after I published episode 171: 50 and 70. Connection and Age. Spiritual Strength. How big is your team? Do you use a service to recruit guests to interview? Who does your editing? How many months do you take to produce an episode? Who project manages for you? Do you ever engage guest hosts? How long have you done this? How much do you make at it? Aren’t you bored after three years and 171 episodes? Why do you bother with music? Isn’t that more work? You seem to experiment a lot. Where are you going next?

Roots, stems, and branches

Woah, those questions cover a lot of territory. Let’s start with the easy ones. My production team is me, myself, and I with assist from my social media, web coach, Kayla Nelson, in northern Minnesota, who is my everything help desk and creates the weekly trailers. I manage and complete production myself. I’ve never…