When you conduct interviews with your podcast guests, you’ve only got one shot to nail it—nothing ruins a good interview like bogus audio. This episode of The Showrunner outlines the best practices for recording good audio for yourself, your guest, and your co-host(s).

Just because you don't have access to Jay-Z's recording studio doesn't mean you can't produce clean, high-quality audio files for your podcast. These tips from iZotope will show you how to get the best possible sound, even if you're ballin' on a budget.

Complete with audio clips so you can actually hear the changes you can make from the tips you're reading about, this guide from Transom will turn you from an audio plebian to a full-blown audio engineer (or at least, you'll be able to communicate like one).