Just to be clear about what the Popcast actually is, it's basically audio versions of some of my YouTube videos from the last year or so (not all of them), plus the back catalogue from 2021-22 when I was making a conventional podcast intended primarily for audio, although I later stuck the majority of the episodes on YouTube anyway. In most of those, I was interviewing guests, including the likes of Tim Rideout, Alex Salmond and Len Pennie.
Bear in mind that in contrast to the YouTube videos, I will not be receiving any passive advertising revenues from the audio-only uploads, so putting the Popcast on Apple could in a sense end up being harmful if it diverts any traffic away from my YouTube channel. So if you'd like to help keep the content I produce sustainable, just a reminder that I now have a Ko-Fi page, where you can either set up a small recurring monthly subscription, or make a one-off donation.
Thank you to the several people who urged me to keep trying with Apple - it would have been annoying to be defeated by the glitches.
Orkney and Shetland combined are known as the One O'Clock Gang.
ReplyDeleteJust wrote you a five star review, James. Thanks for publishing this where the rest of us can find it!
ReplyDeleteIf you listen to other podcasts, you'll find the dominant model now is paid memberships: essentially a paywall for extra content beyond the main pod, which is best mentioned as a teaser at the end, reminding people what they’re missing. No need for irritating ads that way, and by all accounts it works, even with the existing Scottish politics audience.