Ever clicked from one podcast to the next and had to scramble for the volume knob because the sound levels are wildly different?

Kim breaks down her secret weapon for fixing that: Auphonic. She walks through what the tool does, from normalizing loudness to the correct negative 16 LUFS standard, to removing background hum, tinniness, and echo, to its newer video feature that lets her upload one file and get both polished audio and video back. She also shares her actual workflow, pairing Descript for a first editing pass with Auphonic for the second pass, plus the specific settings she uses (filtering, noise reduction, adaptive leveling, and loudness normalization), pricing details, and how metadata inside Auphonic can support podcast SEO.

If your podcast audio has ever sounded too quiet, too loud, or just a little off compared to other shows, this episode explains the tool Kim credits for fixing that every time.

Try Auphonic: https://kpcreativemedia.com/auphonic

Podcast Production Course: https://go.kpcreativemedia.com/production-course

What if your body already knew what was blocking you, long before your mind caught up?

Sophie Watson, an award-winning intuitive guide and soul coach, joins Kim Parkinson to unpack what it actually feels like to sense another person's pain, energy, and unspoken truths. She shares stories of physically feeling clients' old wounds, from a shoulder ache tied to a decades-old divorce to a heaviness in her chest that surfaced a hidden heartbreak, and walks through the rituals she uses to protect her own energy and clear what isn't hers to carry.

Sophie also opens up about the personal crisis that pushed her to leave a job she hated and build a healing practice from nothing. Her story is a reminder that noticing what's really going on inside you is always the first step toward change.

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sophiewatson.co.uk

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Mentioned in this episode:

Rooted to Rise: https://pod.link/1894314207

Editing your podcast doesn't have to mean choosing between free and fancy, you can actually use both.

Kim Parkinson breaks down the two editing platforms she relies on at KP Creative Media, Audacity and Descript. Audacity is free, open source, and waveform-based, great for simple audio-only editing, noise reduction, and crafting intros and outros with music. Descript is the paid, transcription-based platform she uses for the bulk of her editing, especially when video is involved, offering AI features like automatic filler word removal, a built-in screen recorder, and repurposing tools, though she cautions listeners to watch their AI credit usage and dial back Studio Sound so they don't sound underwater.

Both tools have a learning curve, but neither is difficult to pick up if you want to edit in-house. Kim's bottom line: audio-only podcasters can get by on Audacity, while anyone doing video will want Descript or a similar platform.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Creative Permission Slip: https://pod.link/1845331984