Took longer than planned, but I finally put out episode one of the still-unnamed podcast. The experience overall was a ton of fun, but I cannot overstate the amount of work stringing together just 30 minutes of audio. Being able to simply sit down and talk about goals with a friend of mine and know afterward the conversation could be listened to by anyone was pretty cool.
Kicking off the potential series with a subject I’ve gathered info on for years and years. Through both personal experience and research, I dug up as much as I could about goals. Both setting them and sticking to them. The piece that I hope adds some flavor is the idea that the guest I have doesn’t know anything about the subject at hand. As mentioned in the episode, I have some research and notes prepared, but my guest has no idea what conversation will entail. Even if I don’t continue this at all, the experience was definitely a good one.
While the recording process was the especially fun part, the editing process was a mixture of hard work and learning. I knew a fair amount about the editing software, as I used it to edit a video I made a while back on a trip home. The major learning I did was recognizing all the mistakes made in the recording process. During recording, it felt like I was just talking and carrying on a normal conversation, but while listening over again, there were weird pauses and a ton of verbal pauses (uhhhs and ummms). I hope to take that knowledge and apply some of the basics of public speed classes I’ve taken in the past to try and make the next session (and ultimately the editing process) a lot smoother.
The amount of work that goes into making even a short piece of audio entertainment, education, news, etc. is an incredible amount of work. I give a ton of credit to every podcaster out there. I couldn’t imagine the work that goes into shows that are made daily. My frame of reference is a fraction of what others put into their shows as well. My guest was a friend of mine so I didn’t need much work in contacting him, the audio was pretty straightforward without any introduction or transitions throughout, and the research I did was relatively small compared to others who compile sources from all over and comb thru it meticulously. Next time you listen to a well-produced show, give them a rating on whatever platform you listen on, they deserve that minute of your time.
Overall, the experience has been fun so far. I really hope to apply some of the lessons learned in episode one to try and make the next one even better. I’m not going to make any bold promises like last time, so keep your eyes peeled for another post over the next few days. Thanks for reading, and especially thanks if you gave episode one a listen! Let me know what you thought of the episode, or if you have any ideas for names, in case I make this thing last longer than a couple shows.
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