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Daniel J. Lewis

I believe podcasting is the BEST way for YOU to share a message to change the world! I give you the guts and teach you the tools to launch and improve your own podcast for passion and P.R.O.F.I.T. (popularity, relationships, opportunities, fun, income, or tangibles)! Through each episode, I strive to help you communicate better, fully leverage audio and video gear, use podcasting tools for higher quality and efficiency, become an engaging interviewer, improve your podcast website, grow your podcast, and more! My goal is to help you and your audience get P.R.O.F.I.T. from your podcast: popularity, relationships, opportunities, fun, income, or tangibles. From each episode, you’ll get inspiration, learn easy-to-follow steps, and discover resources to help you podcast better. Please join me, Daniel J. Lewis, and I will give you THE AUDACITY to podcast!

The Audacity to Podcast

Unlike traditional broadcasting, there are no "show clocks," scheduled ad breaks, or rigid time slots for podcasts. So should you care about publishing episodes of different lengths?

While I think episodes don't have to be the same length, there are some considerations.

Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/consistentlength

1. What does your audience expect?
2. Don't force a length
3. Should you mention the difference in length?
Community Corner

 • Thanks for the streaming support from Randy Black!

 • I'll be speaking at Podcast Movement 2025 in Dallas, TX! Join my session "What You Need to Know About Podcasting 2.0."

Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/

Send questions and feedback

 • Call (903) 231-2221

 • Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com

 • Send a message or voicemail through 
https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
 • Mailing address: The Audacity to Podcast, PO Box 739, Burlington, KY 41005

401. Should Podcast Episodes Have a Consistent Length?

This fundamental question that has been challenged and even abused: what is a podcast anymore? There's plenty of misinformation and disinformation out there about what a podcast is. My efforts to help set the definition straight may be fruitless, but there's more to consider here than only the meaning of the word.

This is my 400th episode of The Audacity to Podcast, to to commemorate this milestone, I want to jump back to this fundamental question because how we answer it will affect the future of our content and even of the whole podcasting industry.

Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/definition

The definition of a "podcast"

https://whatsapodcast.com

Other attempted definitions of a "podcast"
What's wrong with redefining what a "podcast" is?
True podcast distribution and consumption are unique
Strict definition versus usage description
Is the definition a "gatekeeper"?
Should you really call your content a "podcast"?

 • More about calling your content a "podcast" vs. a "show": 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/are-you-really-a-podcaster-and-should-you-really-be-podcasting-tap182/

Community corner

 • Thanks to Bryan Entzminger, Dreb Scott, and Steve Webb for streaming support to The Audacity to Podcast totaling about 4,500 satoshis!

 • Support The Audacity to Podcast through your modern Podcasting 2.0 app or at 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/giveback

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Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/

Send questions and feedback

 • Call (903) 231-2221

 • Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com

 • Send a message or voicemail through 
https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
 • Mailing address: The Audacity to Podcast, PO Box 739, Burlington, KY 41005

400. What’s a Podcast Anymore?

Podcasting guesting is consistently the #1 way to grow your own podcast. This works because it gives you the opportunity to get in front of more ideal listeners, provide value and demonstrate your knowledge, and it's easy for them to follow you over to your podcast.

But how do you find the first shows you should try getting on?

Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/firstguesting

Understand how in-app podcast recommendations usually work

 • Podcasting 2.0's "podroll" spec: 
https://podcasting2.org/tags/podroll
 • How to Add Podcast Recommendations with Podroll: 
https://podcasting2.org/docs/guides/how-to-add-podcast-recommendations-with-podroll

Look at your podcast's "outgoing" recommendations section
Bonus: check Podgagement's "incoming" networking list

https://podgagement.com

Check the recommendations sections for other podcasts you think have your ideal audience
How to approach these guest opportunities

 • Example prompt with Gemini 2.5 Flash in Magai: 
https://app.magai.co/public/1752980668283x821243579549614100
 • Join Magai for the best AI toolbox (I earn through this link): 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/magai

This is only the first place to look!

 • Be sure to join Podgagement to help you discover your podcast networking opportunities! 
https://podgagement.com

Community corner

 • Thanks to Bryan Entzminger from 
https://TopTierAudio.com • for streaming 411 satoshis

 • Thanks to Cameron Stack from 
https://PodLabs.org • for interviewing me for his upcoming miniseries on podcast awards!

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Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/

Send questions and feedback

 • Call (903) 231-2221

 • Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com

 • Send a message or voicemail through 
https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
 • Mailing address: The Audacity to Podcast, PO Box 739, Burlington, KY 41005

399. Where to Find Your First Podcast-Guesting Opportunities

I see podcasters often think that their podcast might grow faster if they switch podcast hosting providers, like from Blueberry to Captivate or vice versa. But is this true? Short answer, no. Now, of course, I'm going to give you more details about that.

Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/hostinggrow

Short answer: no
1. Podcast stats may be measured differently

 • Do IAB-Certified Stats Really Matter for Your Podcast? 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/do-iab-certified-stats-matter-for-your-podcast/

2. Included podcasting tools may be different

 • Get the networking feature in Podgagement: 
https://podgagement.com/
 • How many podcasts are currently in Apple Podcasts: 
https://podcastindustryinsights.com/apple

3. Look at podcast-hosting providers as toolboxes
4. My 2025 recommendations for podcast-hosting providers

 • Blubrry (WordPress-focused workflow): 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/blubrry
 • Buzzsprout (easiest to use): 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/buzzsprout
 • Captivate (everything else / powerhouse of tools): 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/captivate

Community corner

 • 101§ + 47§ from Randy Black

 • Thanks to Lyndsay Phillips for interviewing me on her show Leverage Your Podcast, talking about Podgagement and how to engage your audience: 
https://www.smoothbusinessgrowth.com/category/podcast/

Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/

Send questions and feedback

 • Call (903) 231-2221

 • Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com

 • Send a message or voicemail through 
https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
 • Mailing address: The Audacity to Podcast, PO Box 739, Burlington, KY 41005

398. Will Changing Hosting Providers Grow Your Podcast?

Intentional growth requires regular evaluation and adjustment. That applies to so many areas of life and business, and your podcast is no different. I've put together five things I suggest you evaluate about your podcast every year so that you can make the changes necessary to keep growing your podcast.

Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/evaluateyearly

 • Why You Should Put Podcasting P.R.O.F.I.T. First [episode 388] :
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/why-you-should-put-podcasting-profit-first/

1. Your podcasting goals and PROFIT
2. Your episode structure and flow

 • How Long Should Your Episode Closing Be? 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/how-long-should-your-episode-closing-be-episode-396/

3. Your podcasting workflow

 • Magai, the powerful AI toolbox I use (affiliate link): 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/magai

4. A podcast trailer

 • 15 Regrets from 15 Years of Professional Podcasting [episode 394]: 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/15-regrets-from-15-years-of-professional-podcasting-episode-394/

5. Your podcast description

 • Magai,: 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/magai

value4value Community Corner

 • 150§ and 64§ from Randy Black

 • 356§ from Bryan Entzminger

 • A couple of 5-star ratings on my episodes in Goodpods from "Barnabas"

If you love the Audacity to Podcast, would you consider giving back in value what you feel the show is worth to you? https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/giveback

Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/

Send questions and feedback

 • Call (903) 231-2221

 • Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com

 • Send a message or voicemail through 
https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
 • Mailing address: The Audacity to Podcast, PO Box 739, Burlington, KY 41005

397. Top 5 Podcasting Things to Evaluate Yearly

How long should your episode closing be? While your episode openings should be as short as possible, the length of your episode closings can be a bit more dynamic. The answer is actually a little different this time: as simple as possible.

Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/simpleclosing

Answer: as simple as possible
Spread out your calls to action
Give your audience a reason to stay until the end
Lead with value, leave with value™
value4value community corner

 • 406§ from Bryan Entzminger 

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Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/

FEEDBACK
Call (903) 231-2221
Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com
Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity

MAILING ADDRESS
The Audacity to Podcast
PO Box 739
Burlington, KY 41005

396. How Long Should Your Episode Closing Be?

What is the first thing your audience hears when they play your latest episode? Are you providing value in your opening, or just keeping your audience from what they came to hear? Although the terms "intro"/"introduction" and "opening" are often used interchangeably, I'm going to be more specific to call the "opening" everything your audience hears before your episode's unique content.

Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/shortopening

Answer: as short as possible

What about audio branding?

What about welcoming your new audience?

• When to Use Trailer, Full, and Bonus Episode Types [episode 353]: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/when-to-use-trailer-full-and-bonus-episode-types/

Consider your most important audience: the one you already have

Bonus tip: use a unique cold open

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Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/

FEEDBACK
Call (903) 231-2221
Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com
Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity

MAILING ADDRESS
The Audacity to Podcast
PO Box 739
Burlington, KY 41005

395. How Long Should Your Episode Opening Be?

As The Audacity to Podcast celebrates 15 years of professional podcasting, I invite you to take a critical look back at the biggest mistakes I've made and things I wish I did differently with my show. My hope is that this will inspire you to either fix these things early for yourself, or avoid them altogether!

Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/15regrets

(As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases through some of these following links. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings.)

 1. 

Hiatuses
 2. 

 3. 

Not building an email list sooner
 4. 

• 13 Ways to Use an Email List for Your Podcast" [episode 198]: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/13-ways-to-use-an-email-list-for-your-podcast-tap198/

 1. 

Not promoting my episodes via email
 2. 

 3. 

Pursuing the wrong business
 4. 

 5. 

Not creating enough training products
 6. 

• SEO for Podcasters course: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/store/seo-for-podcasters/
• Zoom H6 for Podcasters course: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/store/zoom-h6-for-podcasters/

 1. Waiting too long to register my trademark

• Gordon Firemark: https://gfiremark.com

 1. Trying to do things cheaply

• ID3 Editor: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/id3editor
• Podgagement: https://podgagement.com/

 1. Not publishing more through other channels, including video

• Hollyland Lark M2S microphone: https://geni.us/6oS4OH

 1. 

Not reaching out to press about significant things
 2. 

 3. 

Accepting sponsors
 4. 

 5. 

Not creating value for value opportunities for you, my audience
 6. 

• More about Podcasting 2.0 micropayments and value4value [episode 371]: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/are-podcasting-2-0-micropayments-worth-it/
• Support the show if The Audacity to Podcast provides value to you: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/giveback
• Get a modern Podcasting 2.0 podcast app: https://podcasting2.org/apps

 1. Working solo for too long

• Virtual Freedom by Chris Ducker: https://geni.us/rIloRAJ
• Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell: https://geni.us/yiGzM
• Podgagement (formerly "My Podcast Reviews"): https://podgagement.com/
• Entrepeneur definition on Urban Dictionary: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=entrepodneur

 1. 

Using a cute and expensive domain
 2. 

 3. 

Getting involved with the wrong people
 4. 

 5. 

Not focusing more on relationships
 6. 

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Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/

FEEDBACK
Call (903) 231-2221
Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com
Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity

MAILING ADDRESS
The Audacity to Podcast
PO Box 739
Burlington, KY 41005

394. 15 Regrets from 15 Years of Professional Podcasting

Whether by choice or beyond your control, your podcast might have to go on a hiatus—and it could so long that the podcast seems dead! How do you come back from that and get back into your rhythm? It will take some work, but here are my recommendations (and what I'm practicing myself, too!).

Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/revive

 1. Review your podcasting goals (your "why")

 2. Treat your podcast return like a launch

 3. Use a podcast trailer to promote the return

 4. Lower your expectations

 5. Don't apologize or explain in your regular episodes

 6. Make and follow a plan to keep going

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Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Supercharge your podcast engagement with Podgagement! https://podgagement.com/

FEEDBACK
Call (903) 231-2221
Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com
Send a voice message from https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity

MAILING ADDRESS
The Audacity to Podcast
PO Box 739
Burlington, KY 41005

393. How to Revive Your Dormant Podcast

Redirects come in multiple types. When misused, they can cause some major problems, as even happened to me recently. Here are some warnings to watch for whenever you use redirects.

Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/redirectcautions

 • “Redirects and How to Use Them in Podcasting”: 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/redirects-and-how-to-use-them-in-podcasting-tap280/

Caution #1: 301 redirects are "permanent" and cached
Caution #2: Your redirect destinations might change or disappear

 • Contigo Ashland Chill Autospout Water Bottle with Flip Straw, Stainless Steel Thermal Drinking Bottle,Leakproof,Grey, BLue, 590 ml: 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W5GRCZB?tag=theaudacitytopodcast-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1
 • Contigo Autospout Straw Ashland Chill Vacuum-Insulated Stainless Steel Water Bottle, 20 oz., Monaco: 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D67AB4I?tag=theaudacitytopodcast-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

Caution #3: Most redirects bypass content

 • theaudacitytopodcast.com/captivate: 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/captivate

Caution #4: You might someday rename your redirect

 • Why you should stop saying brand names in your podcast: 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/stop-saying-brand-names-in-your-podcast-do-these-5-things-instead/

Caution #5: Correcting URLs you said in old episodes is practically impossible
Caution #6: Reusing things you redirected from is a bad idea (my 2024 redirect mistake)
Quick resources for making redirects
301 permanent versus 307/302 temporary
WordPress plugins for making redirects

 • Pretty Links Pro: 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/prettylinkpro
 • Redirection: 
https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/

Other ways to make redirects

 • Please click here to learn more about redirects and how to use them!: 
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/redirects-and-how-to-use-them-in-podcasting-tap280/

Community corner

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Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Know, engage, and grow your audience with the power of podcast reviews! https://mypodcastreviews.com/

FEEDBACK
Call (903) 231-2221
Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com
Send a voice message from https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

MAILING ADDRESS
The Audacity to Podcast
PO Box 739
Burlington, KY 41005

392. 6 Cautions When Using Redirects in Podcasting (plus best practices)

What I'm learning, doing, and reminding myself to overcome perfectionism. I hope this will help you in your own podcasting journey, too.

340. Overcoming Perfectionism in Podcasting

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