Hi all, so I have everything worked out for my first podcast. I bought one of the recommended mics, the Audio Technica, and loaded up Descript - and then nothing worked. Descript kept crashing, and then when it finally loaded, it doesn't recognize my iPhone camera, it just wants to record with my laptop webcam. I thought I'd pivot and just film with my iPhone, but the external mic won't connect to my camera with its current cables - it has to plug into a computer. So... I asked Google what to do and just ordered an adapter that should let the mic connect to my phone... but I'm not a very tech-oriented person and I feel like I'm flailing; getting further from where I want to be - which is some sort of simple recording set-up. I thought the mic was plug-and-play? Why doesn't Descript work with my iPhone camera? So many questions... However, and more importantly, happy almost new year everyone!!

Hi all, I'm thinking of naming my podcast "The Unruly Life" or "An Unruly Life" and wanted to get some feedback. I wrote a book called "The Unruly PhD: Doubts, Detours, Departures & Other Success Stories" a few years back, and am currently working on a follow up due out next year, called "The Unruly Scholar: Secrets, Strategies, Shortcuts, and Strong Opinions." My niche is academics - doctoral students, and early career PhD holders, but I hope to branch out from there to connect more broadly with anyone who wants to initiate, and navigate, big life changes. I seem to specialize, personally, in taking the path less traveled, hence the frequent use of "unruly!" Anyway - just wondering what you think of "The Unruly Life" or "An Unruly Life" as a podcast title. It would be familiar to my readers from my book titles, and capture that demographic, without tying me down / limiting me to academic content - but rather, gesturing more broadly to intentional rule-breaking... Thanks for your thoughts!