Makes total sense to me. I'm following you anyway so I'll check out the new posts and hit the hockey contest once a week.

Definitely easier to grow your attendance by posting things of personal interest to you first. Makes it feel like less of a robotic relationship. You do contest, I try to make $$.

I've built my listener base by mixing in personal stuff with my weekly podcast post. You get on autopilot as a reader if an author puts out something that looks the same all the time.

Good luck man.