Recommended forum software for talk radio show listeners to engage?

[ShepardHumphries]

I recently started a radio show, it is pre-recorded, and I have learned that listener involvement is important. I want to encourage my audience to "join the conversation" by going to a link.

1. FaceBook: Lot's of high IQ, savvy folks (like people who have read Snowden) don't like it, many refuse to join. Let's Think
2. WP- Forum plugin: I tried it, but it seems cumbersome: folks have to create an account, which will discourage many, it isn't very user-friendly... Let's Think
3. Commenting at the bottom of show notes page for each show: stuff will be scattered out, and not in a nice neat bundle.
4. Landing page: I think what I did is kind of a poorly attempted "landing page?" lol Let's Think! - Openly Voluntary Not really a place for listeners to be active though.
5. Radio station's show page: Not really a place for conversation.

This show is a labor of love, so I want an inexpensive option... anyone have valuable experience that might help me?

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

This forum uses Xenforo ... it has improved over the years and I think it is 140/year.
Discourse also seems to be more modern.

 

[Kid]

This forum uses Xenforo ... it has improved over the years and I think it is 140/year.
Discourse also seems to be more modern.

FLF using Xenforo is much better than anything i visited that used discourse.
So i would stay away from discourse.