by Amelia Hruby
Podcast support for beginners & pros from your favorite feminist podcast studio. Our host, Softer Sounds founder Amelia Hruby, answers your questions about podcasting topics like — Should I put my show on Youtube? How much do editors really cost? and Why isn’t anyone listening to my podcast?? 🏆 Named one of the 25 Best Business Podcasts for Beginners by Feedspot & one of the 50 Best Podcast Industry Podcasts by Million Podcasts.
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December 2, 2025
<p>Here's a secret very few people know: I'm taking a sabbatical from Softer Sounds in 2026.</p><p>During that time, this show will be on hiatus. So this is your last call to submit a question and get free podcast advice.</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/SofterSounds"><strong>Click here to submit a voice message by 12/12</strong></a><strong><br> <br></strong><br></p>
November 25, 2025
<p>Ten years ago today, the very first podcast episode I ever created was published. (You can still listen to it <a href="https://soundcloud.com/chirpradio/clearance-interview?utm_source=mobi&utm_campaign=social_sharing">right here</a>.)</p><p>To celebrate, today through Small Business Saturday (Nov 29), I've lowered the price of our podcast launch course, <a href="https://www.softersounds.studio/portal"><strong>Your Podcast is a Portal</strong></a>, to only $99 USD.</p><p>⠀⠀</p><p>It will teach you all the technical aspects of podcasting. But even more than that – it includes my tender approach to the vulnerable parts of making a show. </p><p>Because podcasting is not just for white, middle-aged men or Gen Z podcast bros. It's not only for the ideologically-oriented, the technically-savvy, or the pointlessly-chatty.</p><p>⠀⠀</p><p>Podcasting is for the sensitive people, the softies, the weirdos, the freaks, the outcasts, the geniuses, the dropouts. </p><p>⠀⠀</p><p>Podcasting is for everyone on the margins and beyond.</p><p>⠀⠀</p><p>Podcasting is FOR YOU!</p><p>⠀⠀</p><p>When you create your own show, you're not entering the manosphere arena of podcasting.</p><p>⠀⠀</p><p>You're carving out your own sacred space to share.</p><p>⠀⠀</p><p>And you don't have to do that alone.</p><p>⠀⠀</p><p>Softer Sounds is here to stand behind and beside you in that journey.</p><p>⠀⠀</p><p>It begins with taking the first step: </p><p>⠀⠀</p><p><a href="https://www.softersounds.studio/portal"><strong>Open your podcast portal today.</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p>(only $99 through 11/29/25)</p>
October 14, 2025
<p>🏹 Want to hear my very best advice on monetizing your podcast? --> Get <a href="https://dropthemic.teachery.co/buy?a=D3bLRQe7">a lifetime pass to the Drop the Mic UnSummit</a> from the Feminist Podcasters Collective. (affiliate link)</p><br><p>Today’s question comes from Rachel of the <a href="https://www.moneyhealingclub.com/podcast">Money Healing Club podcast</a>. She’s back asking about private podcasts and how to make them — because she noticed I just launched one for my membership <a href="https://offthegrid.fun/interweb">the Interweb</a><strong>.</strong></p><p><br>Tune in to hear my thoughts on:</p><ul><li>What a private podcast is & 2 types of them</li><li>How to set up your own private podcast with <a href="https://helloaudio.fm/">Helloaudio</a>, <a href="https://www.captivate.fm/feature-focus/private-podcasting">Captivate</a>, or <a href="https://support.transistor.fm/en/category/private-podcasting-9droej/">Transistor</a></li><li>Ways that people can sign up to hear it</li><li>How to handle metrics, cancellations, and more</li></ul><p> </p> <br><p> <br> <br><strong>FREE SUPPORT<br>🚀 </strong>Want to launch a podcast? <a href="https://www.softersounds.studio/free-podcast-launch-workshop"><strong>Get our FREE launch toolkit today</strong></a><strong><br>💘 </strong>Wish your podcast was easier & more fun to make? <a href="https://www.softersounds.studio/free-podcast-audit-workbook"><strong>Grab our FREE podcast audit</strong></a><strong><br>📱 </strong>Got a question for Amelia? <a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/SofterSounds"><strong>Submit a voice message</strong></a></p><p><strong>COURSES & MORE<br>🌈 </strong>Learn to launch your own pod with —<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.softersounds.studio/portal"><strong>Your Podcast Is A Portal</strong></a><strong><br>💸 </strong>Grow your show & make more $$$ with —<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.softersounds.studio/diy-podcast-marketing-monetization"><strong>DIY Podcast Marketing & Monetization</strong></a><strong><br>⭐️ </strong>Get Amelia’s new book, <a href="http://yourattentionissacred.com/"><strong>Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media</strong></a></p>
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Podcast support for beginners & pros from your favorite feminist podcast studio.
Our host, Softer Sounds founder Amelia Hruby, answers your questions about podcasting topics like — Should I put my show on Youtube? How much do editors really cost? and Why isn’t anyone listening to my podcast??
🏆 Named one of the 25 Best Business Podcasts for Beginners by Feedspot & one of the 50 Best Podcast Industry Podcasts by Million Podcasts.
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