Sleuth Hounds, have you ever considered creating your own podcast? Have you been inspired by listening to some of your favorites and thought, I'd love to try this out on my own? Whether it's a true crime podcast like ours, a motivational podcast, or maybe one filled with tips and strategies for those interested in the same activities you are?

When Maggie and I first decided to start our podcast, we knew absolutely

nothing about what podcasting would entail. But when we found that the platform Buzzsprout was one for

which we didn't need any special equipment, just to computer microphones and quiet space in each

other, we knew that this was a way to go. It is intuitive to use, fun to play around with, and so helpful in getting analytical data about our number of downloads to track trends and from where listeners hail.

Best yet, BuzzSprout is affordable, even by our teacher salary standards.

Buzz Sprout will get your podcast listed on every major podcasting platform.

So, what are you waiting for? Fulfill that dream of yours and start today. If you use our

coffee in cases referral code, 709-643 linked on Facebook and in our show notes, not only will you

help support our show, but you receive a $20

Amazon gift card after your second month on a paid plan. It's that easy. Podcasting isn't hard

when you have the right partners. Join over 100,000 podcasters already using Buzz Sprout to get

their message out to the world. Now it's time for the world to hear

what you have to say. When I was younger, I was obsessed with getting letters in the mail. I thought I was

such an adult if my mom went to the mailbox and came back with some special treasure in it for me.

It stirred up excitement in me that didn't happen with other forms of communication like phone calls.

In fact, I would do whatever I could in order to receive more letters.

I wrote to my favorite celebrity crushes in TeenBop

magazine. I wrote to their celebrity fan clubs. I wrote to relatives. And I wrote to pen pals.

I think what held so much more power wasn't just that act of writing letters had been done for centuries,

and that by writing my own letters, I was participating in something that, you know, so many had done

before me, though now in my older age, that's intriguing to think about. What made the letter

...