Once you get the dream guest, you need to nail your podcast interview. Easier said than done for most, so we are here to provide some tips on how to approach your podcast interview. Along with our interview tip from the Pro-Production team, we also have articles about the Hot Pod Summit, Facebook Live Audio and what to do with your podcast around the holidays.

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Live Facebook recording.

• Hot Pod Summit recap, from Ariel Shapiro.
  
  • Scripted podcasting still hasn’t had its “Serial” moment
    
  • How Crooked Media combats the right-wing talk machine
    
  • Why late-night comedy shifted to podcasting
    
  
  
• Facebook Live Audio rooms closing Dec 1st
  
• Podcast statistics providers that are IAB certified will have to be re-certified annually from now on. More details here.
  
• Overcast is discontinuing the web version of the player
  
• Speaking of Overcast, Dave Jackson from School of podcast is moving from Overcast to Castomatic for his own podcast listening
  
• Lead Balloon recorded an episode in an F-18 fighter jet (episode 37 and a YouTube Video) 
  

The holidays are here. Should you take a break over the holidays?

Ways to keep your audience listening if you do take a break:

• Pre-record episodes if you show lends itself to it
  
• Do a best of show with clips from past episodes
  
• Everyone is familiar with a re-run
  
• Perhaps a cross-post with another podcast (with permission of course) 
  
• Play podsafe xmas music?