{"id":7059,"date":"2026-05-07T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=7059"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:05:01","slug":"why-did-we-decide-to-update-microcosm-pub-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/why-did-we-decide-to-update-microcosm-pub-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did we decide to update Microcosm.Pub? | A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019ve been honing our software behind-the-scenes for decades, but this is our first public-facing website makeover since 2012! For 30 years, we\u2019ve had a riotously maximalist ecommerce website. And it\u2019s worked\u2014pretty well. 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