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As a regular listener to Pod Chat, you've probably noticed it's been a little bit quieter the last few weeks.

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And there's a couple of reasons for that, but first, apologies.

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I appreciate you taking the time to follow this show, and I want to make sure you're not disappointed.

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So that's one of the reasons, actually, why it's been a bit quieter,

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is ensuring that guests that I have lined up are the ones that you expect as leaders in the industry,

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to ensure the quality remains as it has been since Pod Chat started last year.

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To that end I revamped who I'm bringing on and there's some great guests lined up over the summer and beyond and I really can't wait to share them with you.

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The second reason is I've been incredibly, incredibly busy both personally and professionally.

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Personally our two kids are both in sports and have had tournaments or are about to have a tournament with their teams.

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Now this has meant a lot of travelling, a lot of free time that I would normally have being eaten up and that's fine.

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You want the best for your kids obviously, but it has meant that I've been able to spend less time on the podcast.

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And at Captivate, where I'm head of podcaster support and experience, we've had a busy few months

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as we've led up to a massive new product feature that was released earlier this month in May, as this episode's being recorded.

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I'll speak more on that feature very soon. But that's kept me really busy professionally as well,

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so combined with the personal busyness, it has left very few hours in the day.

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But now with some free time I can get my focus back to Pod Chat and

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delivering the kind of content that hopefully you as a regular listener

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enjoys. So Pod Chat will return next month in June and as I mentioned there's some

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amazing guests and really good content coming your way so I look forward to

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bringing that to you soon. Now as I mentioned earlier, at Captivate we've had

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a massive product release and this release addresses the question of

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monetization and how to get more involved with your listeners and for you

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to reward these listeners and supporters with really cool features like exclusive

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content, early access content, stickers, anything you want really. But the really

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cool thing is how all this integrates with Captivate. If you're a Captivate

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podcaster it's really easy for you to integrate all these features into your

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episode production flow. Now instead of having to send the newsletter out to say

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there's a new exclusive episode out, this will go directly to your supporters.

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Whether that's early access by two, three, four days or exclusive bonus content that's

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not available anywhere else and only available to certain membership tiers.

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It's a really cool way for listeners to support their favorite podcaster and for

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podcasters to reward your listeners and give them really cool benefits that

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makes them feel even more part of the show. If you want to support Pod Chat, A)

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thank you and B) you can do that easily at podchat.ca/support

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There you can choose from a one-off tip or choose from one of the tiers I've set

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up. Each tier offers something different, from laptop sticker, shoutouts on the

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show, early access to every episode before anybody else, as well as some

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really cool exclusive content. There will also be some occasional fun surprises

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down the line and that's for all tiers. So if you find value in Pod Chat and the

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guests I have on and the topics they talk about, I'd love for you to be a supporter.

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Thank you for being with Pod Chat so far and as I mentioned I can't wait to bring

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the new guests on within the next few weeks. In the meantime stay safe and

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and happy podcasting.

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Did you know every time Pod Chat gets a new review, a baby podcaster takes the first steps?

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Help a baby podcaster walk today by leaving a 5-star rating or review on the likes of

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Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.

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Just head on over to podchat.ca/review and do your magic.

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These little feet are counting on you.

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