In this solo episode of Your Mic, Freddy goes underwater—literally—to talk about what a tiny Japanese pufferfish can teach you about preparation, obscurity, and playing the long game as a podcast creator.
You’ll hear about the white‑spotted pufferfish that spends 7–9 days carving a 6–7-foot geometric “crop circle” in the sand to attract a mate, a ritual divers noticed in 1995 but didn’t attribute to the species until 2013. Then we drag that metaphor kicking and screaming into podcast land: outlines, scripts, obsessive editing, and what it means to keep building your circle when almost nobody’s watching.
In this episode:
Why a 3–5 inch fish is more committed to craft than most creators.
The 18-year gap between “someone is making art” and “we know who the artist is,” and how that mirrors audience growth
How to pick one “ridge” in your process to obsess over for the next 7–9 days.
For: Podcasters who are sick of “quick hacks” and ready to become the kind of person who builds the damn circle anyway.
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Shoot Freddy an email: freddy@spekepodcasting.com.
