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This episode is a behind-the-scenes look at Buzzsprout’s most ambitious yearly recap yet! Learn how it was built, why it’s animated, and how it’s designed to help podcasters celebrate their work and share it easily. We dig into favorite stats, surprising listener data, and creative ways podcasters are using playback on social media.

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Want to know how to start a podcast? We're running an experiment in (almost) real time to see if we can create a brand new podcast in one Buzzcast episode.

Megan from Buzzsprout Weekly joins us as we work through her concept and niche, to format, equipment, software, artwork, and launching. We walk through the exact decisions we’d make if we were starting a podcast today!

If you’ve been sitting on a podcast idea, feeling overwhelmed, or trying to convince a friend to finally hit publish, this episode shows you exactly how doable starting a podcast really is!

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Buzzsprout About Us Page (can you find Sparkling Dee?)
• Sign up for Buzzsprout’s upcoming Start Podcasting Cohort for additional support launching!
• How to Start a Podcast Guide
• Buzzcast Episode: Never Run Out Of Episode Ideas
• Podcast Equipment Guide
• Podcast Name Generator
• 10 Places to Get Free Music for Your Podcast

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In this quick episode, we take a step back to appreciate how much podcast listening apps have improved and why that’s such a win for listeners and independent podcasters.

Updates from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Overcast, and Fountain, had three big themes:

• Discoverability: making it easier to find new shows you’ll actually want to listen to
• Interactivity: likes, comments, and recommendations that help great episodes spread
• Quality of life: smarter playback controls, enhanced dialogue, chapters, and fewer accidental taps

It feels like podcast apps are finally competing on listening experience and we think that’s a really good sign for the future of podcasting!

Don't forget to send in your tips as we start planning an episode on how to start a podcast in 2026. If there’s something you wish you’d known when you started, send it our way!

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