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What we learn running podcasts for a living.

Notes on running company podcasts, from the people who produce them.

A video camera's monitor framing a man being interviewed

10 min

Video podcast vs audio podcast

Record the video: half of weekly podcast listeners now prefer a show they can watch. Then expect a few hundred YouTube views an episode for a B2B company show.

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Three hourglasses side by side, each with a different colour of sand

9 min

How long should a podcast episode be

Business podcast episodes run about 45 minutes, and the format decides it more than any choice you make. What matters more is what happens after launch: most shows get longer, and the ones that stopped were the short ones.

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People Man

7 min

How to find podcast guests

An interview podcast needs a median of 71 new guests a year. The formats that publish most in B2B need almost none, because they removed the booking dependency instead of getting better at it.

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Calculator Calendar

8 min

How long it takes to launch a B2B podcast

Production companies quote 8 to 12 weeks. Across 23 surviving B2B shows the median took 71 days to reach episode twelve, and launch speed did not predict survival.

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Seo Computer

19 min

How to measure B2B podcast ROI

Downloads cannot show whether anyone listened. Measure B2B podcast ROI with self-reported attribution, branded search lift and a break-even deal count.

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Microphone Audio

16 min

Why podcasts fail

Why podcasts fail is usually answered with a 90% stat that no dataset supports. The counted figure is 47% with three or fewer episodes.

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Photography Gear

18 min

Video podcast equipment in 2026

Video podcast equipment for two people costs about $750 at entry level, $1,930 in the middle and $3,780 at the upper end. Buy the room before the camera.

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Woman Podcast

14 min

How to record a podcast remotely

Record a podcast remotely by capturing audio and video locally on each person's computer rather than recording the compressed video call.

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Circuit Macro

9 min

Best AI podcasts in 2026

Best AI podcasts in 2026: Dwarkesh Podcast, Latent Space, No Priors, The TWIML AI Podcast, Hard Fork, The Cognitive Revolution and The AI Daily Brief.

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Team Meeting

10 min

Best startup podcasts for founders in 2026

Best startup podcasts for founders in 2026: Acquired, Founders, Lenny's Podcast, 20VC, My First Million, Founder Thesis and How I Built This.

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Macbook Laptop

9 min

Best crypto podcasts in 2026

Best crypto podcasts in 2026: Bankless, Unchained, Empire, The Chopping Block and The Defiant, plus the shows for DeFi and protocol depth.

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Man Music

10 min

Top B2B podcasts in 2026

Top B2B podcasts in 2026: Acquired, Founders, The Dave Gerhardt Show, 30 Minutes to President's Club, Lenny's Podcast, Topline and more.

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Conference Room

16 min

Should VC firms start a podcast?

Should VC firms start a podcast? The access case holds up. Deal flow and LP-fundraising claims do not. The median episode gets 27 downloads in seven days.

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