The Mid-Life Creative Guide To Podcasting Part II: Creating The Podcast

This is the second part of a three part guide to starting a podcast. In Part I, we laid out the steps to planning your podcast, and in this part we’ll get down to the business of creating your podcast. Let’s get started.

The Tech — Recording Equipment and Recording and Editing Software

You knew that eventually, we were going to have to get to the gear, right? Now’s the time, but before we get to equipment, I want to make something clear. All the shiny gear and tools to make your podcast should slick amounts to nothing if all the things we’ve talked about before now aren’t clearly defined. Taking a pig to the makeup counter at Sephora means nothing except you have a needlessly pretty pig. The message is more important than the tech. That is your new mantra. Please remember it and chant it with the four-part harmony every time you look at a shiny thing you believe will kick your show up a notch.

Here’s what you need, at a minimum: You need a computer, a USB mic, and internet access to post your podcast. Because you may eventually grow your show to the kind of podcast that requires a mixer, I recommend you buy the Samson Q2U. At a price between 60 and 75 dollars, this is a very affordable microphone with room to grow. It has both USB…