How to Podcast from Home

As a podcasting studio, we’re big fans of the quality and convenience of recording in a professional space with professional equipment - but that isn’t always possible.

This roundup of at-home podcasting tips will get you started podcasting from home (or keep you podcasting at home). If you’d prefer to work with experts from home, we can help with that too. Book a free consultation to learn more about how our remote podcast training and recording sessions work.

Here are our best tips for podcasting from home:

Getting Started

If you’re just starting your podcast, scripting your podcast intro, outro, and teaser is a great place to start. The process will help you distill and focus your thoughts around your goals for your podcast and your ideal audience.

Recording Equipment

You’ll at least need a ~$100 USB microphone to record from home, and depending on your particular needs, you might need more that that. We’ve put together a handy guide to affordable equipment for podcasting from home - all available on Amazon and through other online retailers with fast/free shipping.

Tips for Sounding Great

Our article on how to sound your best on a podcast interview from home has lots of great tips for ensuring the best sound quality for both you and your guests.

A Way To Connect

At the studio, we’re big fans of using Skype for podcast interviews. It’s easy to use and many people are already familiar with it. It does have drawbacks though: you’ll need extra software to record multi-track (for the best quality and the ability to edit out that interviewee that insisted on loudly typing during your intro), and even with extra software, you’re limited to 2 tracks, so just you and one guest. For those reasons, we’re pointing more and more people to these tips on how to record a podcast with Zoom.us. Like Skype, lots of people already know and use Zoom, but unlike Skype, it has multi-track recording (even for multiple guests) built-in. There’s also SquadCast, which is a little harder to use, but can result in better audio quality than Zoom.

Testing… Testing…

The best way to test your at home setup before your next big interview is to book a remote training session with us. We’ll walk you through the setup process, troubleshoot any issues, and record a test recording to ensure everything is up to snuff.

Book a free consultation or a remote training/recording session now.