Episode 27

What's the Difference Between Episodic and Seasons for Your Podcast?

When it comes to the format of your podcast, there are generally three options: Episodic, Episodic with Seasons, and Serial. But which one should you use?

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When it comes to what format your podcast should be in,

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there are three main choices.

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Episodic, Episodic with Seasons, and Serial.

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The first two are pretty straightforward and just mean that listeners can jump in at any time

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regardless of what episode they actually start listening to your podcast.

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They won't be confused because each episode stands on its own.

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Episodic with Seasons just means that you're taking a break between seasons

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so maybe a summer break, seasonal break, but listeners can still jump in at any time

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no matter what season or episode.

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With Serial, that's more geared towards storytelling podcasts

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and requires the listener to start at the very beginning with episode one.

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When you create your podcast with your podcast host,

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you would choose what format you wish.

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Episodic, episodic with seasons, or serial.

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And then it would generally display episodes newest first for episodic

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and oldest first for serial.

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Danny Brown is the host of One Minute Podcast Tips, the show that helps you be a better podcaster in just a minute a week. He's also hosted, and co-hosted, several other podcasts - if you called him a serial podcaster, you wouldn't be wrong! He's been in the podcasting space for over 10 years, and has the scars to prove it.

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