[Leftovers] #192

We’re at that moment every long-running podcast eventually hits: the crossroads between keeping the machine running and letting it end on purpose. One part of us feels sad about closing a chapter, and another part feels genuinely free at the thought of not editing, not troubleshooting noise, and not paying to keep a back catalog online forever. We talk through the unglamorous but essential stuff like podcast hosting costs, what “free plan” limits can do to your archive, and the real risk of episodes disappearing if you don’t have a preservation plan.

Then we tumble into a very relatable creator problem: are all our episodes actually on YouTube, and what happens when your upload workflow is tangled up with a hosting platform? We notice missing numbers, mismatched titles, and the kind of messy bookkeeping that sneaks in after years of publishing. If you care about podcast archiving, YouTube as a podcast backup, and episode management, you’ll recognize the scramble and pick up a few practical instincts for protecting your work.

We also zoom out to the human reasons behind the decision. School plans change, time gets tighter, and “keeping the streak alive” stops being a good enough reason to continue. We float lighter, lower-effort ways to stay connected, and we end on something bigger than podcast logistics: how fear of other people’s reactions can make us postpone conversations and delay sharing important news.

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Transcript

Committing To A Big Change

SPEAKER_00 0:00

If you want to.

SPEAKER_01 0:00

And I did.

SPEAKER_00 0:01

Alright.

SPEAKER_01 0:02

Because I wanted to.

SPEAKER_00 0:03

Alright. Cool.

SPEAKER_01 0:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:05

That's fine.

SPEAKER_01 0:06

Good.

SPEAKER_00 0:06

If if you feel like that's something we should do, then maybe we should do that.

SPEAKER_01 0:10

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 0:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 0:11

We can do that.

SPEAKER_00 0:12

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 0:13

So we are doing that. Alright. Very

Noise Problems And Setup Tweaks

SPEAKER_01 0:17

cool.

SPEAKER_00 0:17

Yeah. I feel like maybe this bowl needs to be replaced by something less noisy.

SPEAKER_01 0:24

Mm-hmm. Maybe.

SPEAKER_00 0:26

It's like always.

SPEAKER_01 0:27

Yeah, you can always.

SPEAKER_00 0:29

Because I I can't release it still.

SPEAKER_01 0:31

No.

SPEAKER_00 0:32

I don't know what else I can use though.

SPEAKER_01 0:35

But it's 192 now. Yeah. So we got like eight left. Maybe.

SPEAKER_00 0:41

Maybe. We'll see. How are you feeling?

SPEAKER_01 0:44

I don't know. How are you feeling?

SPEAKER_00 0:48

Yeah, I don't know.

Should We End The Podcast

SPEAKER_01 0:51

In a way it would be sad, but in another way it would kind of feel freeing.

SPEAKER_00 0:57

Mm-hmm. Kind of. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 0:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:59

But then the other question is do we continue paying to keep everything up?

SPEAKER_02 1:05

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 1:06

Because if we go down to the free version, everything is up for 90 days. Okay. And then it all disappears.

SPEAKER_01 1:14

Okay. Hmm.

SPEAKER_00 1:15

Or something.

SPEAKER_01 1:16

Yeah.

Will Old Episodes Disappear

SPEAKER_01 1:17

I mean it all disappears even on YouTube?

SPEAKER_00 1:20

I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 1:21

Oh. Because I mean, it feels like it should stay on YouTube at least.

SPEAKER_00 1:26

Is everything on YouTube?

SPEAKER_01 1:28

I don't know if everything is on YouTube.

SPEAKER_00 1:30

We're gonna find out if everything is on YouTube.

Checking YouTube For Missing Uploads

SPEAKER_00 1:36

Let's go to YouTube. Or not, because there's no internet in here. Oh, okay. You know what? I have a phone. I I can that's gonna take forever. Oh my goodness. That's my camera. Okay. Let's see. Road doady goody. We're wait. Isn't there an easier way to do this?

SPEAKER_01 2:03

Yeah, you should.

SPEAKER_00 2:04

Yeah. Yeah, I guess everything is on here.

SPEAKER_01 2:09

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 2:10

But I don't know if you delete something, does it delete from here too?

SPEAKER_01 2:15

Is it connected to PusPro?

SPEAKER_00 2:18

Yeah, I don't upload to YouTube. Okay. Really. Other than the shorts, which I totally continue doing that. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. There are two that are missing. Okay. Uh 85 and 87. Okay. Where are those? Where are they?

SPEAKER_01 2:47

We never made an 85.

SPEAKER_00 2:49

We never made an 85. That's the leftovers for 185. But that's that's it.

SPEAKER_01 2:54

So we must have made an 85, but called it 86. Yeah, I guess so.

SPEAKER_00 3:02

Um I don't have anything.

SPEAKER_01 3:06

No.

SPEAKER_00 3:07

On here.

SPEAKER_01 3:08

No, not on the stick either.

SPEAKER_00 3:10

No.

SPEAKER_01 3:11

No.

SPEAKER_00 3:11

No. You have everything.

SPEAKER_01 3:13

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 3:13

Yeah. Um, I don't have internet.

SPEAKER_01 3:17

So last week when you sent uh said uh 1990, it was correct. So we're this is Unless there's uh 191.

SPEAKER_00 3:29

Unless there's uh missing episode that just never got uploaded. Yep.

SPEAKER_01 3:37

But no, I think uh we must have we skipped one.

SPEAKER_00 3:41

Okay. Then I skipped one. Hmm? Cool.

SPEAKER_01 3:46

Okay. But 197 is the more you know.

SPEAKER_00 3:50

Yeah. Very cool. Exciting things. Yeah. Mysteries

The Mystery Of Episode Numbers

SPEAKER_00 3:57

and stuff.

SPEAKER_01 4:00

So should we um go on like a treasure hunt for uh episode number 185?

SPEAKER_00 4:12

Maybe. How do you do that?

SPEAKER_01 4:14

I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 4:17

Yeah, I don't know. It's it's on the other computer.

SPEAKER_01 4:21

Yeah. I I I mean I can look around when I'm there.

SPEAKER_00 4:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:27

Cause I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 4:28

No.

SPEAKER_00 4:29

Everything is gone.

SPEAKER_01 4:30

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 4:32

I

A Treasure Hunt For Lost Audio

SPEAKER_00 4:33

mean, yeah, in a way it feels like maybe it's for the best.

SPEAKER_01 4:37

Yeah, to just end it.

SPEAKER_00 4:39

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:40

Yeah.

School Timeline And A Real Ending

SPEAKER_00 4:42

Cause I'm gonna be going to school for two years, not one year.

SPEAKER_01 4:46

Okay. Two years. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:49

And I believe I was told from the beginning it would only be one year. But it might actually be one year and then one year of like practique. Yeah. I guess that's that might be included.

SPEAKER_01 5:02

But movie nights are still gonna continue, right?

SPEAKER_00 5:06

If we can somehow or another, and then it wouldn't really matter which day it ends up being.

SPEAKER_01 5:12

No.

SPEAKER_00 5:13

And we wouldn't be up that super late.

SPEAKER_01 5:15

No.

SPEAKER_00 5:16

In that case.

SPEAKER_01 5:16

No, and we wouldn't have to edit or anything.

SPEAKER_00 5:20

Right.

SPEAKER_01 5:21

Yeah. Sounds pretty good.

SPEAKER_00 5:23

Mm. I mean, what week does that land on?

SPEAKER_01 5:28

Uh the last episode.

SPEAKER_00 5:30

Depending on whatever number this one is.

SPEAKER_01 5:33

Either 192 or 191.

SPEAKER_00 5:38

And it's week 30.

SPEAKER_01 5:40

Right now. Okay, yeah. So eight or nine weeks. 38 or 39.

SPEAKER_00 5:47

It's mid-September. Okay. So only a couple months before it would be four years.

SPEAKER_01 5:55

Yeah. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:58

But that's okay.

SPEAKER_01 5:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 6:00

I mean, can't keep going just because of numbers.

SPEAKER_01 6:05

No.

SPEAKER_00 6:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 6:07

Yeah. Sad, but also freeing.

SPEAKER_00 6:12

Don't be sad.

SPEAKER_01 6:13

Be free.

Side Talk On Loud People

SPEAKER_00 6:16

The microphone is dusty.

SPEAKER_01 6:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 6:24

Why is she screaming?

SPEAKER_01 6:26

I don't know. What do you think? Maybe she's talking to um someone with bad hearing.

SPEAKER_00 6:33

She yells at everyone. There's like no reason for it. She just does. She can't talk normally.

SPEAKER_01 6:40

Maybe she thinks everyone have bad hearing.

SPEAKER_00 6:44

Maybe she's the one with bad hearing because she's deafened herself.

SPEAKER_01 6:48

Yeah. I feel like people with bad hearing are talking loudly.

SPEAKER_00 6:56

That's usually the case.

SPEAKER_01 6:58

So yeah, maybe you should check her ears.

SPEAKER_00 7:03

I feel like last

Forgetting Trip Details And Listener Questions

SPEAKER_00 7:05

week when I was talking about my trip.

SPEAKER_01 7:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:08

I feel like I l I I left out a lot of things. I don't remember the things that I left out though.

SPEAKER_01 7:14

No, okay.

SPEAKER_00 7:15

But I know that afterwards I thought of other things that I completely forgot to mention.

SPEAKER_01 7:21

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:22

They're gone now. Again.

SPEAKER_01 7:24

I mean, if people want to know more, they should ask.

SPEAKER_00 7:32

Excuse me. Pause. Yeah. And I'm not making noises anymore.

SPEAKER_01 7:38

That's good.

SPEAKER_00 7:39

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 7:40

Just took us a few episodes.

SPEAKER_00 7:44

To stop being noisy. Yeah. Yeah, I guess so.

SPEAKER_01 7:48

We can't promise that all the noises are gonna be gone, but hopefully a lot of them.

SPEAKER_00 7:55

A lot of the noises are gone. It's just body noises now. Yeah. Not ball noises.

SPEAKER_01 8:01

No, yeah. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 8:02

Ball noises. Noises from the yoga ball. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 8:07

Okay. Alright. Is it you or me? You hello? Okay. Sure. We can go with that. Um yeah. Yeah. Uh well. No

Fidgeting Habits And What Hands Do

SPEAKER_01 8:17

no no. What what is it called? Tagline or anything today.

SPEAKER_00 8:21

No. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 8:25

You need to make some cord.

SPEAKER_00 8:26

Oh my goodness. I I I fidget with the the cord of my headphones, and it's hard not to. And my hands want to do something. What are you supposed to do with your hands when you're not doing anything?

SPEAKER_01 8:42

What do you do with these things? I think you hold them up like this. Dinosaur? Yeah. Like and uh That's what you usually do. Yeah. Relax.

SPEAKER_00 8:51

That's not relaxing.

SPEAKER_01 8:53

Let them like flop around.

SPEAKER_00 8:55

Yeah. I don't know. It doesn't look that relaxing.

SPEAKER_01 8:58

It is.

SPEAKER_00 8:59

It looks exhausting. Okay. Having to hold your hands up all the time. No. Twinning on the Yeah. What?

SPEAKER_01 9:08

No, I was thinking what what that could be, but for the moment. The moment, yes.

SPEAKER_02 9:16

That's what we're doing right now.

SPEAKER_00 9:19

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01 9:20

Mm-hmm. What was that? Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 9:22

Mm-hmm. Okay.

Delaying News Because Of Reactions

SPEAKER_01 9:24

I I feel like the what was it you read? It um What did I read? Yeah. I felt like me postponing telling other people things. Things.

SPEAKER_00 9:41

Yeah, it kind of that maybe they'd like to know sooner. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 9:45

But because I don't wanna I don't like the conversations. No, uh I don't I wouldn't I think I wouldn't like the reaction. That's the the entire thing, you know? Yeah. The whole thing. It's my fear of the reaction.

SPEAKER_02 10:03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 10:04

That's why I postpone it. Yeah. Makes sense. Mm-hmm.