🎤 How to Get Great at Podcasting (Issue 253)  March 20th 2026

You can't rush something great, but ...

Just got this update from Leo at Audacity ...

He says this about Audacity 4:

It’s chugging along. Release is probably this year, a beta might come late spring/early summer.

That's later than I thought it would be, but it's a massive update, so it's not a surprise.

You can't rush something great, so I get it. My new book has been the same way.

Can you relate?

A lot of podcasters can. I hear from people every week who feel "stuck" trying to get the perfect episode out.

Wanting to do something good is a great instinct because It means you care.

But there’s a line where caring turns into waiting. And waiting turns into never actually getting anything out to the world.

Perfection is a moving target. You can spend weeks tweaking an intro, rewriting episode notes, or second‑guessing the edit … and still not feel “ready.”

The problem is, you don’t actually get better by polishing the same thing forever.

You get better by publishing.

Every episode is an at‑bat. Some are solid singles. Some are strikeouts. A few become home runs you didn’t see coming.

But none of that happens if the episode never leaves your hard drive.

Audacity 4 will be worth the wait, because Audacity has been around for over 20 years.

Your next episode probably doesn’t need to wait.

Finish it. Publish it. Learn from it. Then do the next one a little better.