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Building a Podcast While Nobody Claps

Silence is still a response. Criticism is proof someone noticed. The podcaster who keeps publishing anyway is the one actually in the arena.

Freddy Cruz drags podcasting out of the comfy “content” bucket and drops it straight into Teddy Roosevelt’s arena, where you show up under the lights, swing, miss, and bleed in public. Episodes flop, guests ghost you on promotion, social feeds pretend your show does not exist, and sometimes the only comment you get is someone dunking on your download count or your voice.

Instead of spiraling, he pushes three survival rules. First, set clear, time-limited…

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