In this short video, the speaker outlines a streamlined, mobile podcasting workflow that fits entirely in a small backpack. The core of the setup is an iPhone running the Backpack app, which handles recording, automatic mixing, transcript generation, chapter markers, and direct export to the Acast hosting platform. Audio is captured with a single DJI Mic Mini—a 10‑gram wireless transmitter with dual noise cancellation, automatic limiting, and long battery life—sufficient for solo episodes. Pre‑production ideas are recorded in a physical journal, sometimes accompanied by printed photos, and later organized using mind‑mapping techniques for longer shows. A compact MagSafe tripod holds the iPhone for hands‑free monologues, and all gear (iPhone, mic, journal, tripod, glasses, and personal items) is stored in an Eberlestock backpack. The speaker emphasizes a minimalist philosophy: no extensive post‑production editing, relying on the app’s built‑in mixing and focusing on quickly capturing ideas and publishing them.
So in another coaches forum or networking group, I got asked what do I use to, to make my podcast, what do I carry in my backpack for podcasts. And the answer is I really don't carry a whole lot. I keep everything in a little backpack. But the first thing is my iPhone, and that's my entire mobile studio. On it, I use a program called Backpack. I load my intro and outro music to it.
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I can record my voice, it does the mixing for me, and I just export it to my podcast host, which is over on Acast. What I really like about the app is that it also creates transcripts, which I use for show notes. I can use it for chapter markers and even highlight different clips. Again, that's all within the app. The transcript is really helpful because a lot of my blogs, they start out as podcasts. But before they become podcasts, most of them start out in my journal. And I carry this thing everywhere I go. My monologues, my podcast ideas, observations, things that I'm thinking through. Sometimes that— I'll put down things that come out in a and coaching conversations, they all begin as journal entries. Sometimes I might even take a photograph. I've got a small little printer I carry with me. I'll tape it into the journal and I start writing around that picture and what it makes me think about. When I'm building longer podcasts, I'll often use a technique called mind mapping to take one of those ideas and figure out where that I want to go with it. The next thing up is my microphones, and I use DJI Mic Minis, or actually a single DJI Mic Mini. For a normal podcast, I only carry the one microphone. It's basically, it's a tiny transmitter, weighs about 10 grams, has a little magnet on the back so you can clip it to yourself, but it gives me good wireless audio. It has 2 levels of noise cancellation, automatic limiting to help prevent clipping, and then it also has up to 11.5 hours of battery life, which is great because I forget to charge it up a lot. If I'm doing an interview, I've got other microphones that I use for that setup, but most of the time this little DJI is all that I need. Then I've got my glasses because apparently those have become part of my production equipment. As well. I carry a small tripod with a MagSafe mount. This is great for when I'm doing my monologues. It's also good for when I need to just control the things that are happening on Backpack. But I can snap the iPhone to it. It's a hands-free setup. And again, works really well when I'm doing the Backpack podcast or the podcast on Backpack. Everything fits into this really small Eberlestock backpack. It's got enough room for a jacket, water, snacks, whatever else I need for the day. And that's really my entire mobile studio. This whole thing stays with me, stays in the truck if I'm going somewhere. I'll even carry it, I mean, really just any place that I go. It's an iPhone, it's a microphone, a journal, and a tripod. The technology, I keep it really simple. I don't do any post-production editing. It could be just because I want to keep things really simple. For me, the important part is having somewhere that I can capture my ideas when they show up, record them, and then very quickly turning it around. So that's, that's my entire setup for those that were asking.
