Podcasts tend to follow a routine or format each episode. Most often this is a good thing for the audience as repetition is conductive to building loyalty. That doesn’t mean you need to stick to the format that you’ve always done. Thanks to Kate from the Pro-Production team for joining Mike this episode, they have some great discussions on podcast format changes, mastermind groups and more.

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• Spotify may rebrand Anchor
  
• Overcast web player will remain after all
  
• Will Joe Rogan renew with Spotify? 
  
• Apple’s holiday deadline for adding new shows, channels or subscription shows may be slower than normal from Dec 23rd to Jan 2nd.
  

Be wary of the so-called podcast mastermind groups. Anyone can call themselves a mastermind, and certainly plenty of podcasters that know a bit about podcasting do call themselves just that. Sometimes these groups and orgs can be very helpful, but a lot of the time, they’re not worth the hype and definitely not worth the money. As you head into the new year with renewed energy, do your research. Keep in mind, this advice also applies to podcast networks.

• Blog post: Remembering Blubrry in 2022
  
• Next week’s show, we pull up what was predicted for 2022 and see how we did.