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Hosted by Freddy Cruz · education · EN
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!
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Contact path
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Booking probability
35%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchYour 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!
Your Mic is hosted by Freddy Cruz. The show has published 124 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Your Podcast's Audience has Not Earned Every Version of You" (29 October 2026, 8 minutes), "No, Podcast Repeats are NOT Lazy" (27 October 2026, 8 minutes), and "A Ridiculous Number of Guests and One Very Busy Microphone" (22 October 2026, 29 minutes).
Your Mic publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 13 minutes across 124 episodes.
Booking probability for Your Mic is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Your Mic requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Your Mic's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Your Mic are Streaming & Social Media. Your Mic has an education audience.
Freddy Cruz hosts Your Mic, an education podcast with 124 episodes published.
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Being authentic does not mean handing strangers a transcript of your worst week. Freddy Cruz challenges the no-filter gospel and separates useful vulnerability from public oversharing. Choose the truth that serves your...
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Your archive is not a cemetery. Freddy Cruz brings 26 years of radio experience and real Speke client examples to the case for podcast reruns. Give useful episodes another shot, disclose the repeat, and stop...
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Most podcasts book a guest. Freddy Cruz apparently took that as a lack of ambition. In this live episode of Your Mic, over twenty creators, entrepreneurs, and communications pros take turns at the microphone for...
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Frank Racioppi is the founder of the Ear Worthy newsletter and is a Forbes journalist who covers independent podcasts. He and Freddy break down why the big names barely move on the charts while indie shows keep growing...
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Freddy Cruz uses Victorian post-mortem photography to make a case for deeper work. This episode is about creating podcast episodes that preserve voices, stories, and memories without manufacturing trauma or chasing...
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Freddy Cruz breaks down why your podcast name is not a cute afterthought. From vague titles to accidental double meanings, learn how to pressure-test a name before you buy the domain, print the logo, record episode one...
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Freddy Cruz explains why motivation is a lousy production plan. Learn how topic banks, batch recording, checklists, episode reserves, and a repeatable workflow can keep your show alive when life gets loud and your...
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Freddy Cruz delivers a hard truth for creators hiding behind fear, excuses, or somebody else’s opinion. Your story may be exactly what another person needs. Stop waiting for permission, pull the mic out of the closet...
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Work with us: 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?si=50a834335d2d42e7...
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Chris Richardson joins Your Mic to unpack how The House of Theft became Speke Originals’ first true-crime podcast. A $3.8 million family fraud scheme is the backdrop, but the mission is bigger: spot the red flags, stop...
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Chris Richardson turned a $3.8 million family fraud story into The House of Theft. This is not true crime for gawking. It is about red flags, survival, and telling the truth before silence does more damage. Free...
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Freddy Cruz takes a grim look at Victorian rat pits and bare-knuckle spectacle to expose a modern creator problem: attention without value. Learn how to make provocative work without turning outrage, grief, humiliation...
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Mavi Rodriguez grew Big Butts, No Lies past 300,000 downloads by serving a specific audience, answering real questions, and posting the damn video. Britney from Fun Love Media joins Freddy to talk confidence, community...
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Freddy Cruz separates strategic patience from stubborn self-delusion. Using the signal, asymmetry, and identity tests, he shows creators how to decide whether to double down, change the format, sharpen positioning, get...
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Free resources from Speke Podcasting: https://www.spekepodcasting.com/freeresources Work with us: https://www.spekepodcasting.com/pricing-plans Freddy Cruz explains why brute-force grinding is not always brave...
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We’re taking a short reset to make the next run of episodes even stronger. New episodes return the week after Labor Day. In the meantime, follow the show so the next episode hits your feed automatically—and send us your...
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Free resources from Speke Podcasting: https://www.spekepodcasting.com/freeresources Work with us: https://www.spekepodcasting.com/pricing-plans Podcasters quit right before it starts working. This episode breaks down...
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Free resources from Speke Podcasting: https://www.spekepodcasting.com/freeresources Work with us: https://www.spekepodcasting.com/pricing-plans Watch Freddy and Dr. Patton: https://youtu.be/sObzbAAOxW4 Freddy Cruz...
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Free resources from Speke Podcasting: https://www.spekepodcasting.com/freeresources Work with us: https://www.spekepodcasting.com/pricing-plans Listen to The Son of a Blitch Podcast: https://www.sonofablitch.com/ How do...
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Get the FREE Speke Roadmap: https://www.spekepodcasting.com/givethemroadmap Work with us: https://www.spekepodcasting.com/ Indie podcast expert Frank Racioppi joins me to unpack AMP’s new play metric, Spotify’s ad skip...
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Senior Manager, Supply Chain, Deeper Fellowship Church Canada
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