As a radio programmer, sports was always one of my biggest weaknesses. I just don't care. Outside of the Super Bowl, I never sit down to watch a game on television, let alone attend one in person. I realize that I am the odd man out here. I recognize that for the majority of the listening population, sports is a huge obsession, and I know enough to know that the audience wants to hear about sports even if I don't.

During my tenure as a radio program director, I leaned on other people to help me with my lack of sports knowledge. Fortunately, there were always plenty to go around. But most podcasters, including myself, aren't surrounded by a large team of people. I knew that this meant I would have an even tougher time compensating for my sports deficiencies on my podcast.

Everybody needs so time off now and then. Podcasters are no different. But when you establish your podcast as a weekly show driven by current events, what do you do when it's time to take a vacation? In the year since we've launched The D Brief podcast, which focuses ...

I have always loved the idea of a large, regular cast of characters in a radio show. Years ago, when I was still early in my career, I wrote a proposal for a radio show that incorporate recurring characters. The idea was based on the television show The Simpsons. In ...

When it comes to podcasting, one of the questions I hear over and over again is, "What's the ideal length for a podcast episode?" When people ask that question, they usually expect the answer to be a specific length of time: "Ten minutes," "45 minutes," "an hour," ...

It's the first question at the forefront of every new podcaster's mind: How do I build my audience? In eight years of podcasting, the best answer I've heard is this: Tap into a pre-existing audience. Stand-up comedian Marc Maron launched his popular WTF podcast by ...

When I originally conceived of The D Brief podcast, the show contained about a dozen segments for one reason: to make the same content work on different platforms. The two platforms I had in mind were radio and a "podcatcher" app, such as Apple Podcasts. I wanted to ...

When you borrow live radio concepts and apply them to a podcast, one of the challenges you face relates to the timeliness of your podcast. For years, I've been pointing out that the shelf life of a podcast episode can have a big impact on its consumption. For example, ...

When I first conceived of The D Brief podcast, the intention was to create a show that covered everything happening in the Detroit arts and entertainment scene. Although the show borrowed a number of concepts from commercial radio morning shows, the content covered by ...

In October of 2017, comedian Mike Geeter and I launched a podcast about the Detroit arts and entertainment scene. After a few months, Mike had to bow out due to other time commitments. But before he did, we added a third co-host to our lineup. Mike and I knew from the ...

Originally, I launched The D Brief with Mike Geeter, an up-and-coming stand-up comedian here in Detroit. Mike and I had met on the local open mic circuit and hit it off. Mike was already hosting a podcast and looking to take it to the next level. We teamed up to ...