A camera, a microphone and some light. Enough to make a podcast that looks and sounds deliberate, without spending studio money to find out whether you enjoy making one.
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If you already know you are going to keep making the show, the full kit list is worth reading before you buy twice. And if you would rather someone else handled the format, the record and the edit, that is what we are for.