True, it’s never good to compromise quality. You might want to read our comprehensive microphone guide, and yes, you shouldn’t compromise quality with a fast, cheap option.

Hi, Phil; take a look at this article. https://www.thepodcasthost.com/planning/using-anchor-to-make-a-podcast/
Essentially, Anchor publishes your material to Apple Podcasts under their Anchor account, not yours. You lose autonomy as a podcast creator.
There are tons of other media hosts out there. You may want to consider some more options.

Thanks for the very useful article you’ve got here!

When interviewing experts for your podcast, do you recommend sending them a list of questions (or them sending us –the host — a list of questions they’d like to be asked)?

Thanks for any insights you can give.

so, I have been doing some research now, and I feel like a podcast would be a great way to inform the people I’d like to target. However, I have no experience with hosting a podcast whatsoever. Since it’s going to be an informative podcast I’ll design it as either an interview show, or a documentary show. I don’t know what will fit most. It will be a podcast that will try to alter public opinion about cannabis. There are no podcasts doing this in my country yet, so there is a void to be filled. My main question for now is whether or not I should make an introductory ‘episode’. Should I create a short introduction of myself and what I’m trying to achieve with the podcast, or should I just jump into the deep with the first episode? Or should I maybe post such an introduction on twitter, linkedIn, or the website I’ll create for the podcast?

I really appreciate the knowledge you put out there about podcasts!

Thank you

Bryan