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Podcast Equipment On a Budget: What Are the Best Options?Starting a podcast can seem daunting, especially when considering the cost of equipment. Fortunately, you don’t need to break the bank to produce high-quality audio content. Wavve has explored the best affordable podcast equipment options for 2024, ensuring you get the best value without compromising on quality. Take a look at our list of the best microphones, audio interfaces, headphones, pop filters and shock mounts, and recording software that come with a cost-effective price tag. Equipment Suggestions for Those Not on a BudgetIf money is no object, there's plenty of cool gear you can invest in to be a podcasting pro. PC Mag recently listed The Best Podcasting Equipment for 2024. Save up your pennies if you want some of the higher end tech listed here. Analysis: Making the right color choice isn't always easy, but it goes a long way to successful design. What's great here is that the green hues align with the subject matter. Green is a big color in the safety industry. It is used to convey the location of safety equipment and when providing safety information. Imagine this is in an alarming red instead. A color choice like that may make the viewer subconsciously question whether the podcast knows what it's talking about. 🏢 The Office Ladies podcast moves to Audacy. Learn more. 🆙 After a rough year, podcasts are growing again. Find out why. 📢^^ YOUR AD HERE! Knock, Knock. Who's there? Spotlight. Spotlight, who? This email goes to registered creators at wavve.co or those subscribed to The Wavve Blog. Wavve helps [WORK_ROLE GOES HERE] creators grow their influence online with social video and text. |
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The Inventory and the Scale: Growing Audiences Starts with Creators Following up on last week’s look at entry barriers, this week we dive into how to support underrepresented creators so podcast audiences can truly grow in 2026.Key Takeaways: • Representation shapes audiences: Audiences reflect the diversity of creators; marketing alone isn’t enough. • Different challenges, different solutions: • Entry barriers for women need role models and industry support. • Retention challenges for LGBTQ+...
Books Every Podcaster Can Learn From Podcasting tools and platforms change fast—but the fundamentals don’t. This curated reading list highlights books that help podcasters strengthen the skills that matter most: storytelling, interviewing, audience understanding, creativity, and sustainable growth. The recommendations span narrative audio, journalism, interviews, collaboration, mindset, and monetization. Some focus on craft and story structure, others on building trust with listeners, growing...
In Case You (Were Podcasting and) Missed It Home Is Now Where Americans Listen MostAmericans now consume most audio at home, not in cars, with at-home listening stabilizing at around 55% of total audio use, per Edison Research. Video Podcasts Still Struggle Across AppsAlthough video podcasts exist in open RSS, most podcast apps don’t fully support video playback. Only a small share of listeners actually see video when pressing play. Podcast Launches Inched Up in 2025New podcast feeds rose...