Podcasters' Roundtable

Podcasters' Roundtable is a podcast about podcasting created and hosted by Ray Ortega of The Podcasters' Studio, with co-hosts Daniel J. Lewis (The Audacity to Podcast) and Dave Jackson (School of Podcasting) plus rotating guests of all experience levels.

The format is roundtable discussion — multiple working podcasters in conversation rather than one host interviewing one guest — and the focus is the "why" of podcasting rather than the "how-to" (gear and tutorial content lives elsewhere on the participating hosts' sites). The goal is to provide a platform where podcasters can voice their opinions and share experiences with the podcasting community, either through the chat room during live broadcasts or by appearing as a guest.

Topics rotate through monetization friction, dealing with difficult guests, handling burnout, audience growth philosophy, and tooling debates. Episodes are streamed live every two weeks, often on different days and times to accommodate a global audience, and archived on the website and YouTube.

The archive is over a decade deep, and while not every episode lands, the long-running nature means there's almost always a relevant past episode on whatever question you're stuck on. Best for: indie or small-team podcasters who want to listen-in on shop talk between experienced operators.