How To Start A Podcast is a weekly show for anyone who has an idea for a podcast and no idea where to begin. Each episode breaks one part of the process — gear, format, editing, publishing — into something you can actually do this weekend.

Hosted by Mara Ibsen

Mara spent eight years producing audio documentaries before launching her own independent show from a converted closet. She's since helped over 200 first-time podcasters get their first episode out the door, and she brings a different one of them on as a guest every month.

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Expect practical, unglamorous advice: how to pick a format you won't abandon by episode four, what gear is actually worth the money, how to edit without losing a weekend, and how to get your first hundred listeners without an ad budget.

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