You block out three hours for an interview, set up your equipment, send the meeting link, and wait. Ten minutes past start time, you send a polite check-in. Twenty minutes in, you DM them on LinkedIn. Thirty minutes later, you’re staring at an empty Zoom room, calculating the sunk cost: prep time, research, the backup … Read more
You stare at the microphone, and your mind goes blank. Not the creative kind of blank—the exhausted kind. You’ve already said everything you know about your topic. Twice. The episode is due tomorrow, your editorial calendar mocks you with empty slots, and the last time you felt genuinely inspired was somewhere around episode 12. You’re … Read more
You hit record on episode 7, but a voice whispers: “Who are you to have opinions on this?” A marketing expert with 15 years of experience freezes before interviewing a junior colleague, convinced she’ll sound foolish. A former teacher with a doctorate in education scrubs his entire podcast episode—his third this month—because “someone smarter already … Read more
A solo host spends 8 hours editing episode 6, only to see 27 downloads. Three friends launch a true crime show but stop recording after episode 5 when scheduling conflicts overwhelm them. A business owner publishes episode 8, checks her analytics, and never logs into her hosting platform again. These silent disappearances aren’t failures—they’re casualties … Read more