Followed... I'll take a listen.
Where else is it available other than castopod?
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Cool, thanks. I've added support for Podcast Index, Apple Podcasts, Fountain.fm, Spotify. These mostly relay to a few dozen other places. Should also be able to follow directly from the fediverse.
I use Castopod for when I've uploaded my radio show. At the moment it's hosted on my site that's on Hetzner. It only costs me a tenner a month, so I'm wondering whether it's worth trying to work out how to host it all locally so I can have far more storage and it not cost me anything.
Hetzner is a good host, so definitely a solid choice. I suppose the main question is in terms of uptime vs Hetzner.
I've listened to a few episodes over the last few months and enjoyed some of the topics, especially the interview with that Nextcloud fellow.
Except for the interview, I do find an hour is more than I can take at once, though. I lean towards Joe Ressington's "make them want more" half-hour podcasts every week. Just my 2 cents.
I have another Nextcloud interview from this morning. It went almost three hours. I hear you on an hour is a lot, because it is a lot. Haha.
What do you think of cutting the episodes to half-hour and releasing all of the detailed breakdowns as premium subscription? The reason they are long is because I will talk about how something is to use at length, rather than mentioning it and moving on.
You cover a lot of topics in each episode. Maybe cut them down to get a shorter episode, and budget the time to expand a couple of the more interesting ones. Use the more in-depth topics to drive a Premium, no-ads channel.
I look at Linux Unplugged as way too long, but really they don't cover very much in an episode. They spend more time reading their boosts and usually I just skip out at that point. But I guess that's where they get paid from, so I get it.
I'm not sure that the Linux landscape is a place where you're going to pay for the time of running a podcast, but as long as you enjoy helping people with bringing them information and pointing them at new things, at least you'll be getting that satisfaction.
Thanks, this is certainly an option in short vs premium longer. It is currently a way to offer something different from those shows, and it is also as you describe. Also an open question in terms of whether audiences want this or not, haha. Appreciate the thoughts.
Just subscribed. I'll listen to a few of your episodes. I'm always looking for good content on privacy, data sovereignty and Linux everything. Thanks for sharing.
Cool, hope you enjoy.