Introducing the Manifesto, on the Milenomics Podcast Network
/Today I get to share some exciting news about a project that’s been in the works for a few weeks: the Manifesto podcast, hosted by yours truly on the Milenomics Podcast Network.
Long-time readers know that the Milenomics Squared podcast is one my favorite travel hacking resources: it’s on the very short list of travel hacking resources I’m willing to pay for. The hosts reached out to me a few weeks ago to ask if I wanted to join them by hosting my own show on their feed. I obviously said yes (or I wouldn’t be writing this post and you wouldn’t be reading it).
Why a podcast?
I love writing, but it has some limits as a form of communication. I sit down at my desk, think through an issue or idea, then hit publish. Readers then pile into the comments telling me I’m an idiot. Sometimes they’re even right!
What I hope to achieve with the podcast is to replicate at least part of the experience of the subscribers-only meetups I organized once or twice a year back when travel was possible: more fluid conversations that can bring in different experiences and perspectives. People telling me I’m an idiot in real time!
As a jumping off point, the podcast will feature short conversations and interviews with friends, readers, and subscribers. I assume there’ll be some monologues and rants sprinkled in as well. Over time, hopefully we’ll figure out what people love and what they hate. The point of the podcast is for people to listen; I’m not doing it for my health!
How to get the podcast
The easiest way to get the podcast is to head over to the Milenomics Squared Patreon account and join the “Podcast Network & Slack Channel Access” tier, which costs $14.95 per month. That gives you access to all the podcasts on the network and their members-only Slack server, which, for the uninitiated, is like a bunch of chatrooms dedicated to different topics in the miles, points, and travel hacking world. Once you subscribe, you’ll receive an e-mail with a personalized podcast URL you can plug into any podcast player to see the entire library of past and current episodes of all the podcasts produced by Milenomics.
I thought the Patreon was worth paying for even before I joined the podcasting network. If you are able to use even one tip you learn there, the membership will more than pay for itself. If you can’t or won’t use any of the tips you learn there, then cancel your membership. Easy peasy.
On the other hand, $14.95 is a lot of money, and $15 also happen to be the amount I charge folks to subscribe to this blog. That’s why the folks at Milenomics agreed to create a separate podcast feed to host just episodes of my podcast. I’ll be sending that link out to my subscribers shortly.
So, put simply, there are two totally different products:
Milenomics Podcast Network: all Milenomics podcasts and access to the Milenomics Slack channel.
Blog subscription: support this blog, receive my occasional Subscribers-only Newsletters, and access to all episodes of my new podcast (but not other Milenomics content).
Two great tastes that taste great together.
Is anything else changing?
Nope! I’ll still be blogging here and at Saverocity, still be tweeting, and still be sending out occasional Subscribers-only Newsletters. If you don’t like podcasts, or you don’t like my podcasts, you don’t have to do anything. If you do like podcasts, or are at least podcast-curious, then you have the choice of receiving fresh new audio content every few weeks.
