COTC - 27 Nov 2025
In this episode of "Cup of Traverse City" titled "Subscribe and Follow: Getting the Most from Cup of Traverse City," host Mike Dell begins by greeting Northern Michigan and noting the date, November 27, 2025, which follows Thanksgiving. He describes the episode as a quick test aimed at listener education.
Mike encourages listeners to access the podcast through better options than just the website, which he identifies as cupoftraversecity.com, forwarding to podcast.show/cotc. He points out a prominent section where listeners can follow the podcast on various platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Android apps.
He explains that for those signing up, there’s an option to receive episodes via email, which is not a standard email list but a subscription method to alert them when a new episode is released. This allows listeners to easily access episodes while enjoying their morning coffee.
Mike discusses the timing of the episode releases, intending to publish them around 8 AM Eastern Time (Traverse City time), and he acknowledges that the timing might be inconsistent. He introduces a feature called "pod ping," which allows quicker updates on certain podcast apps. He mentions specific apps that update nearly instantly if they’re compatible with pod ping, including Podcast Guru for Android and Podverse or Castomatic for iOS. He also notes that while Apple Podcasts generally do not update instantly, there are exceptions.
He emphasizes the importance of subscribing or following the podcast on their preferred app, again clarifying there’s no cost involved. Mike concludes by appreciating the listeners, mentioning that future episodes will be more structured, covering weather updates and local news, and he intends to keep episodes around five minutes, although he has exceeded that in this episode. He wraps up by inviting listeners to tune in for the first official episode on December 1, 2025.
0:00 [Speaker 0] Good morning, Northern Michigan. This is Mike, and [Speaker 0] this is cup of Traverse City for November [Speaker 0] twenty seventh twenty twenty five. And then it's [Speaker 0] Thanksgiving, so hopefully, the snow isn't gonna slow [Speaker 0] you down today and all that good stuff. [Speaker 0] Anyway, this is a quick, another test episode [Speaker 0] per se, but a little bit of listener [Speaker 0] education. If you're listening to this on the [Speaker 0] website or on a website, there's better ways [Speaker 0] of getting it. If you scroll down on [Speaker 0] the website oh, the website is cup of [Speaker 0] travers city dot com or actually it forwards [Speaker 0] to podcast dot show slash c o t [Speaker 0] c. Either way, you get to the same [Speaker 0] place and you'll notice there's a big thing [Speaker 0] underneath the header that says follow this podcast.
1:00 [Speaker 0] Of course, there's Apple. There's Spotify. There's Android. [Speaker 0] If you're on Android phone and have a [Speaker 0] podcast app, hit that. There's a little email [Speaker 0] sign. Now I don't want you to sign [Speaker 0] up for an email list. This is not [Speaker 0] an email list. This is a subscribe by [Speaker 0] email. And what that does is it sends [Speaker 0] you an email when I put out an [Speaker 0] episode. And then it gives you a link [Speaker 0] to the episode where you can play it [Speaker 0] in your browser. You know, that's what a [Speaker 0] lot of people do. They get into work. [Speaker 0] They click on something and listen to it [Speaker 0] while they're drinking their coffee. That's the, idea [Speaker 0] here anyway. Of course, timing might be a [Speaker 0] little weird because, you know, podcasting isn't instant.
1:46 [Speaker 0] I intend on putting these out somewhere around [Speaker 0] eight o'clock in the morning, East Coast time, [Speaker 0] Traverse City time. But, if it doesn't come [Speaker 0] through right away, then yeah. Sorry about that. [Speaker 0] Now if you want to and you wanna [Speaker 0] experiment a little bit, there's a a thing [Speaker 0] out there called pod ping, and, you know, [Speaker 0] don't need to know that. But if you [Speaker 0] scroll all the way to the bottom of [Speaker 0] the website at, cup of travers city dot [Speaker 0] com, and you'll see there's a couple links [Speaker 0] there. One's for my Mike Dell's world show, [Speaker 0] which I'm sure some of you are familiar [Speaker 0] with. That's my regular show that I do [Speaker 0] once in a while. And then, below that's [Speaker 0] another link to modern podcast apps. And if [Speaker 0] you use any of these apps, it will [Speaker 0] instantly or nearly instantly update, using a a [Speaker 0] thing called pod ping. Make sure pod ping [Speaker 0] is in, well, I guess you don't have [Speaker 0] to. The ones I recommend if you're on [Speaker 0] Android is podcast guru. If you're on iOS, [Speaker 0] you know, iPhone, Podverse is good. Castomatic is [Speaker 0] good. Void fountain, it's a little weird. Podcast [Speaker 0] addict, for Android is pretty good, but this
3:18 [Speaker 0] is a list of apps that will update [Speaker 0] nearly instantly. Now if you scroll way down [Speaker 0] towards the bottom, you'll see that Apple is [Speaker 0] listed here somewhere. Oh, it actually isn't that [Speaker 0] far away. But Apple generally doesn't update instantly. [Speaker 0] Although the one I put out yesterday did [Speaker 0] instantly update on Apple. So maybe they're using [Speaker 0] Podpeng and not telling us. But, anyway, you [Speaker 0] know, subscribe, follow, you know, subscribe is it [Speaker 0] was the word prior to everybody saying follow. [Speaker 0] But, you know, no no money involved. Just, [Speaker 0] subscribe or follow the show on whatever your [Speaker 0] app of choice is, but some of them [Speaker 0] will update quicker than others. Spotify takes a [Speaker 0] while. In fact, you let's see here. It's [Speaker 0] probably not even updated yet. Well, unless you're [Speaker 0] listening to it on it. But, anyway, Spotify [Speaker 0] does take a little bit longer. Apple's pretty [Speaker 0] quick now. I I don't know if that's [Speaker 0] gonna be the case all the time, but [Speaker 0] I do know that, you know, fountain or [Speaker 0] not fountain well, fountain will too, but, you [Speaker 0] know, Podverse, Podcast Guru, Cast o Matic, you [Speaker 0] know, those those three are pretty good, and [Speaker 0] podcast addict, if you're on the Android platform, [Speaker 0] is pretty good to update quickly. And, you
4:52 [Speaker 0] know, something like this, little, news and local [Speaker 0] information, we call this hyperlocal. And, again, I [Speaker 0] appreciate you listening and, pass the word. You [Speaker 0] know, once I get going on this, it'll [Speaker 0] be, you know, daily and be some, you [Speaker 0] know, actionable things. Of course, I'm gonna cover [Speaker 0] the weather, cover some, you know, cover some [Speaker 0] of the bigger news stories or give my [Speaker 0] opinion about something or maybe just something fun [Speaker 0] to do. Haven't really worked out the format [Speaker 0] yet, but, wanna keep it under five minutes. [Speaker 0] Although I've gone over five minutes on this [Speaker 0] one, so we'll call this one an episode.
5:37 [Speaker 0] And, we'll catch you on Monday, December first [Speaker 0] twenty twenty five for the first official episode
