Feb. 6, 2026

449. Stop Letting Trolls Kill Your Podcast Momentum

449. Stop Letting Trolls Kill Your Podcast Momentum

What do you do when hateful comments land harder than you expect? Today, we’re cracking into the mailbag and starting with a candid conversation about dealing with trolls and the inner critic that can flare up when your work is put out in public. That’s just one of the listener questions we tackle. We also continue the ongoing audio vs. video discussion, exploring why this question keeps coming up and what podcasters should consider before changing their format or adding more to their workflow. To wrap up a valuable week of conversations, we share a round of wins from our community and take a moment to celebrate progress, growth, and showing up.

Episode Highlights: 

[05:43] Mailbag: listener feedback on promoting older episodes

[09:27] Handling hateful comments

[18:43] Audio versus video for guest interviews

[30:29] Starting with audio and overcoming barriers

[31:46] Improving Zoom quality with practical tips

[36:25] Standing firm in your podcasting strategy

[37:51] Balancing video and audio podcasting

[44:11] Wins of the week and celebrating successes

[46:39] Community, collaboration, and support

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