{"podcast":{"title":"Your Mic","slug":"your-mic-7101940","podcast_index_feed_id":7101940,"rss_url":"https://rss2.flightcast.com/q7otz5az4cbsmscjr8nrx3p4.xml","website_url":"https://freddycruz.link/podcast","image_url":"https://files.flightcast.com/workspaces/nwqf3jm6ybzp0kvu8ya1h0hc/01KHYK75FSYRP5VXF9Q2Q5JK4E/ym_2026_cover_profile_pic.jpg","author":"Freddy Cruz","episode_count":124,"summary":"Your Mic is the podcast about podcasting for new, stuck, and almost‑quit hosts. Hosted by Speke Podcasting founder and 25‑year broadcast vet Freddy Cruz, it blends hard‑earned lessons, failures, and irreverent stories with sharp tactics you can actually use. Listen on your favorite podcast app!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-mic-7101940"},"episode":{"title":"Taking a Nonprofit Podcast to 100k downloads (It's Not as Easy as You Think!)","slug":"taking-a-nonprofit-podcast-to-100k-downloads-it-s-not-as-easy-as-you-think","published_at":"2026-05-30T14:47:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-mic-7101940/taking-a-nonprofit-podcast-to-100k-downloads-it-s-not-as-easy-as-you-think","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-mic-7101940","url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/pcbjjbxquje67t7609s61kk0.mp3","audio_url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/pcbjjbxquje67t7609s61kk0.mp3","summary":"Work with us: https://www.spekepodcasting.com/ (https://www.spekepodcasting.com/) Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-mic/id1777171203 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1PQNHuqxIVhkLfjGYuWcxl Listen to The Rose’s podcast Let’s Talk About Your Breasts: https://therose.org/podcasts/ Be sure to subscribe to @TheRoseHouston! Taking a nonprofit podcast to 100,000 downloads is not as easy as you think. Founding CEO of The Rose, Dorothy Gibbons, joins Freddy to talk about building a mission driven show, survivor stories, heavy episodes, nervous guests, and her retirement. They dig into play, grief, legacy, and what it means to leave while the work keeps going. About Speke Podcasting You don’t need another “piece of content.” You need a show your people actually want to binge. I’m Freddy Cruz, founder of Speke Podcasting. We produce podcasts for brands that are done waiting for “gatekeepers” to notice them. These are nonprofits, founders, experts, and troublemakers with something real to say. ​ From idea to launch, my team handles strategy, production, editing, and promotion so you can do the fun part: show up, speak your mind, and let the right listeners find you again and again.​ Want a podcast that sounds nothing like everybody else in your feed? Message me at freddy@spekepodcasting.com.","meta_description":"Work with us: https://www.spekepodcasting.com/ (https://www.spekepodcasting.com/) Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-mic/id177717…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1657,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/your-mic-7101940/episodes/taking-a-nonprofit-podcast-to-100k-downloads-it-s-not-as-easy-as-you-think/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-mic-7101940/taking-a-nonprofit-podcast-to-100k-downloads-it-s-not-as-easy-as-you-think.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}