About the softer cast: podcast advice for small-business owners & creatives
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 โ Should I put my show on Youtube? How much do editors really cost? and Why isnโt anyone listening to my podcast??
๐ Named one of the 25 Best Business Podcasts for Beginners by Feedspot & one of the 50 Best Podcast Industry Podcasts by Million Podcasts.
Here's a secret very few people know: I'm taking a sabbatical from Softer Sounds in 2026.
During that time, this show will be on hiatus. So this is your last call to submit a question and get free podcast advice.
โก๏ธ Click here to submit a voice message by 12/12 (https://www.speakpipe.com/SofterSounds)
25 Nov 2025
your podcast is a portal โนโโกโ [pep talk + discount inside]
Ten years ago today, the very first podcast episode I ever created was published. (You can still listen to it right here (https://soundcloud.com/chirpradio/clearance-interview?utm_source=mobi&utm_campaign=social_sharing).)
To celebrate, today through Small Business Saturday (Nov 29), I've lowered the price of our podcast launch course, Your Podcast is a Portal (https://www.softersounds.studio/portal), to only $99 USD.
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It will teach you all the technical aspects of podcasting. But even more than that โ it includes my tender approach to the vulnerable parts of making a show.
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.
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Podcasting is for the sensitive people, the softies, the weirdos, the freaks, the outcasts, the geniuses, the dropouts.
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Podcasting is for everyone on the margins and beyond.
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Podcasting is FOR YOU!
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When you create your own show, you're not entering the manosphere arena of podcasting.
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You're carving out your own sacred space to share.
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And you don't have to do that alone.
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Softer Sounds is here to stand behind and beside you in that journey.
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It begins with taking the first step:
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Open your podcast portal today. (https://www.softersounds.studio/portal)
(only $99 through 11/29/25)
14 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT
What is a private podcast? & How do I create one for my course/membership?
๐น Want to hear my very best advice on monetizing your podcast? --> Get a lifetime pass to the Drop the Mic UnSummit (https://dropthemic.teachery.co/buy?a=D3bLRQe7) from the Feminist Podcasters Collective.ย (affiliate link)
Todayโs question comes from Rachel of the Money Healing Club podcast (https://www.moneyhealingclub.com/podcast). Sheโs back asking about private podcasts and how to make them โ because she noticed I just launched one for my membership the Interweb (https://offthegrid.fun/interweb).
Tune in to hear my thoughts on:
What a private podcast is & 2 types of them
How to set up your own private podcast with Helloaudio (https://helloaudio.fm/), Captivate (https://www.captivate.fm/feature-focus/private-podcasting), or Transistor (https://support.transistor.fm/en/category/private-podcasting-9droej/)
Ways that people can sign up to hear it
How to handle metrics, cancellations, and more
FREE SUPPORT
๐ Want to launch a podcast? Get our FREE launch toolkit today (https://www.softersounds.studio/free-podcast-launch-workshop)
๐ Wish your podcast was easier & more fun to make? Grab our FREE podcast audit (https://www.softersounds.studio/free-podcast-audit-workbook)
๐ฑ Got a question for Amelia? Submit a voice message (https://www.speakpipe.com/SofterSounds)
COURSES & MORE
๐ Learn to launch your own pod with โ Your Podcast Is A Portal (https://www.softersounds.studio/portal)
๐ธ Grow your show & make more $$$ with โย DIY Podcast Marketing & Monetization (https://www.softersounds.studio/diy-podcast-marketing-monetization)
โญ๏ธ Get Ameliaโs new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media (http://yourattentionissacred.com/)
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
18 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
12 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
59
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
95
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