It’s easy to see the allure podcasting offers independent creative content creators. The medium enables powerful storytelling in a way that is compelling and captivating to the audience. Podcast hosts speak directly to their listeners and connect on an intimate level that other mediums fail to foster. Like any nascent vehicle capable of holding a […]
Editorial
Tips for handling criticism as a podcaster
Nobody is a stranger to criticism. At some point in our life, we’ve all encountered a parent, teacher, business partner, co-worker, boss, spouse, or a stranger that felt compelled to share a tidbit of what they think we could be doing better, especially when it comes to our podcast. We can handle constructive criticism from […]
Will podcasting kill terrestrial radio?
Podcasters have enjoyed steady, year-to-year audience growth over the past decade. As of 2019, Statista reports that there are an estimated 86 million podcast listeners, just in the United States. The same report forecasts a potential podcasting audience of 132 million by 2022. That’s enough of a spike for some analysts to question whether this […]
Why did we launch Podcast Taxi?
In July 2019, freelance journalist Jennifer Miller dropped a bomb of a headline on the podcasting community: Have We Hit Peak Podcast? Her article lasered in on a few data points that might concern anyone thinking of launching a podcast in the near future: She reported that there are over 700,000 podcasts, with as many […]