{"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":"The Metric You're Ignoring Is Killing Your Podcast","slug":"the-metric-you-re-ignoring-is-killing-your-podcast","published_at":"2026-05-26T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-mic-7101940/the-metric-you-re-ignoring-is-killing-your-podcast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-mic-7101940","url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01KSD0N0FJTKHRBEG2S3KXGYDV.mp3","audio_url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01KSD0N0FJTKHRBEG2S3KXGYDV.mp3","summary":"Downloads lie. Or more precisely, they only tell you what happened. Not why. Niall Sullivan figured that out, scrapped his first build, and rebuilt Podcritic from scratch around one simple idea: your podcast needs an editorial layer, not just a dashboard. In this episode, Freddy sits down with Niall Sullivan, founder of Podcritic, the AI-powered editorial tool built for podcast networks, studios, and multi-show operators who are tired of flying blind between recording sessions. Niall breaks down how Podcritic blends transcript analysis, show context, and performance data to surface patterns you'd never catch on your own. Not to replace your instincts. To sharpen them. Whether you're managing one show or fifty, this episode hands you a new lens. Free resources from Speke Podcasting: spekepodcasting.com/freeresources Work with us: spekepodcasting.com/pricing-plans Key Takeaways 1. Downloads tell you what happened. Podcritic tells you why. The gap between those two things is where most shows quietly fall apart. 2. The tool combines three layers: an editorial AI reading of the transcript, the context of the show itself (format, audience, creative principles), and performance data. All three together is where the insight lives. 3. Pattern recognition is the real power. One episode tells you something. Fifty episodes tell you the truth about your show. The drift is always subtle until it's not. 4. Podcritic was rebuilt from scratch after early users found the original deep-dive analysis overwhelming. Simpler is faster. Simpler scales. That pivot was the product. 5. AI feedback is a check, not a verdict. Niall is clear: disagree with it if you need to. It is decision support, not your new executive producer. 6. The best use case is forward-facing. You are not going back to re…","meta_description":"Downloads lie. Or more precisely, they only tell you what happened. Not why. Niall Sullivan figured that out, scrapped his first build, and rebuilt Podcri…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1079,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/your-mic-7101940/episodes/the-metric-you-re-ignoring-is-killing-your-podcast/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/the-metric-you-re-ignoring-is-killing-your-podcast.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}