Better Podcasting Live Chat #054 - How the SAG-AFTRA strike impacts podcasters

This is a (mostly) un-edited posting of our live podcasting Q&A and podcast discussion that streams on Wednesdays. Topics this week include:

• Stephen didn't edit SP


• The impact of the SAG-AFTRA strike on podcasters


• SP's Apple Podcasts episode number update


• 50 years of the Shure SM7


• 20 Years of Podcasting


• Stephen changed his mind on the Blue Encore 100


• What is SP's distinction between TikTok/Instagram vs legacy social media


• SP was interviewed by Descript


• Speech to speech AI


• Potentially losing your project/working files with a cloud service


• Stephen caved


• Google Hangouts archived media goes away

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This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 - Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro/Opening
02:30 - We finally include the chatroom!
03:35 - How the SAG-AFTRA strike affects podcasts
17:00 - SP is mad at Apple
19:25 - SM7 anniversary
24:05 - Podcasting is 20 years old!
25:20 - Stephen bailed on a microphone sale
26:50 - Johnny won a mug
27:40 - TikTok/Instagram vs legacy social media
40:00 - SP was interviewed by Descript
46:30 - Speech to speech AI
49:50 - Synthesized voices
50:30 - Stephen finally caved
57:13 - Google Hangouts archived media goes away
1:01:15 - Ending/outro