Jonathan Mitchell is the creator of The Truth Podcast (http://www.thetruthpodcast.com/)⏲️Time Stamped Show Notes0:25 – DJ's introduction to today's show1:40 – The background behind The Truth podcast3:00 – Their process for narrowing down their story ideas5:00 – How they record each episode two weeks ahead of time6:00 – Why they have scraped episodes in the past7:30 – How he parlayed his experience in radio into podcasting9:00 – Why he used an NPR piece to help launch the podcast12:0 – How they grew the audience and joined an advertising network14:00 – Why he has worked on the podcast full-time since 201315:00 – How they formed a partnership with Radiotopia17:00 – Why their network operates as a collaborative community21:00 – How he sources actors for The Truth24:00 – Why they get 500k monthly listeners today27:00 – Their primary driver of audience growth29:00 – How they've been able to get thousands of reviews and ratings31:00 – Why they've experimented with a few monetization channels35:00 – How the negative feedback always stings37:30 – Why his ultimate goal is making a podcast he's proud of38:30 – Where he sees podcasting going in the future42:00 – Why he will stay in audio for the rest of his life43:00 – How to stay in touch with Jonathan and The Truth podcast43:30 – The Final FiveAbout Jonathan:Jonathan Mitchell has contributed a wide range of work— documentaries, fictional stories, non-narrated sound collages, and original music— to all sorts of programs: RadioLab, Studio 360, This American Life, All Things Considered, Planet Money, and PBS’s Nova, to name a few. His work has won many awards, including the Peabody, Third Coast Festival, The Sarah Lawrence College International Audio Fiction Award, and the Gold Mark Time Award for Best Science Fiction Audio. He studied music composition at University of Illinois and Mills College.---------------------► Intro Music Credit: LAKEY INSPIREDTrack Name: "5 Min Call"Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED @ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspiredOriginal upload HERE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCNLL...Official "LAKEY INSPIRED" YouTube Channel HERE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmy...License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported "Share Alike" (CC BY-SA 3.0) License.Full License HERE - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ