Adventures in Podcasting

While on her break way from base, Pilar ponders on the nature of podcasts as "personal chronicles". I hadn’t planned a show for this week, but I made an effort to keep to a regular schedule. I’m actually not at home, so the audio will sound different and the set up is not as comfortable. The trigger for jumping behind the microphone was listening to Daniel Aragay in Haciendo el Sueco , w...

Marisa Eikenberry is the co-host of Long Distance Work Life . Marisa is the web developer at the Kevin Eikenberry group , and she has been editing their podcasts Remarkable Leadership since 2016 and Talk Like a Leader since 2019. Marisa goes into detail of how these shows are recorded, her process with the hosts and the differences working between shows, talking about how much editing she does for...

In today's episode, Pilar shares her process in creating a 3 part episode 300 for the 21st Century Work Life podcast. This is another solo episode, but I've started interviewing again. And I have you, the listeners to thank for this. In voicing in the last episode my inability or reluctance, to reach out to podcasters I wanted to talk to, I realised how silly that was, so I reached out t...

In today's episode, Pilar shares some of what she's learned from the first three interviews for this show, and how she's getting on with episode 300 of the 21st Century Work Life podcast. Plus ,she's got a book recommendation for you.  I'm pausing the interviews, but will be recording more in June.  But I think I'll have enough adventures of my own for at least anothe...

Bernie J Mitchell is currently the host of Tech London and Coworking Values , but he's hosted many other shows before. In this episode, he talks to Pilar about using podcasting to find your voice, and giving voice to others. (And we even have an owl say hello.) Bernie started podcasting because he loved listening to podcasts and was also a fan of talk radio. He set up his first show and thoug...

Myriam Hadnes is the host of the Workshops Work podcast, where she talks to guests about facilitation and collaboration. We also talk about the role the podcast has taken in developing her business and community, sponsor breaks and how she uses a visual map to guide people into her show.  Workshops Work was part of her business communication, and a year and a half into her podcast, she actually ch...

Yay, episode 20 and I'm celebrating by bringing in my first guest, Craig Wealand, host of Aprender Inglés con Reza y Craig , a podcast that teaches English as a foreign language. I co-hosted En clave de podcast with Craig, and we learned loads, about podcasting and about the podcast-sphere in Spain, where Craig is based.  Craig's show is aimed at mainly Spanish speakers with an intermedi...

In today's episode, Pilar talks about meeting listeners, recording and tech problems xxx and I've shared a couple of things that are happening outside the English-speaking market. The other day I went for lunch with my friend Pinar, who has a podcast in Turkish and has recently received some great feedback from listeners, asking her when she was going to release more episodes. She felt g...

If you want to hear from me (Pilar) in between episodes, you can sign up to the Adventures in Podcasting newsletter here: https://www.adventuresinpodcasting.com/newsletter/ I recently interviewed an "unsolicited guest" for the 21st Century Work Life podcast, who was also the founder of a product.  As a podcaster, you might want to check it out, it's a way of communicating via video,...

 Just finished editing the bumper episode of Gastronostalgia which incorporates the 4 episodes from the month, plus the aperitif. The episode is  1.5hrs long (!) and it took me about 2.5hrs to put together, including editing of the aperitif. This show is hosted on Buzzsprout (affiliate link) and I have a max. of 3hours in my plan. But Gastronostalgia is hosted in Anchor, which is free, with no lim...

My first 2 recordings this year have been with co-hosts, which is great, so today's episode is about that. But first, some updates from the industry and myself 01.35 Spotify has introduced ratings. This blog post by Anchor explains how it works and has some suggestions of how to make the best of it. Podcast ratings on Spotify: An easy way to make a good first impression—and draw in new listen...

Pilar talks about some of her adventures when recording and editing an episode, as well as a more holistic decision she made about content. The 2nd part of the episode covers the 4th part of episode production: consolidation. You can now sign up to the newsletter here: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/y9r4k6 Mis-adventures in recording I talk about a recent problem with the tech rec...

As I share my recent adventures in editing episodes, I hope there will be plenty for you to take away. In this episode, I talk about why I make  certain editing choices, the minimum you need to learn if you want to edit yourself, or the different ways in which you can work with an editor. There are even some real-time examples recorded as I went along. I've started a new format for the co-hos...

In this episode I cover a few updates and then cover some updates that all have to do with Recording. I hope you can learn something from them. I've signed up to Storyblocks to access sound effects. I've also added 21st Century Work Life and Management Café to the Virtual not Distant Facebook page. At the moment, only US-based listeners can listen through the mobile app. The 21st CWL pod...

In this episode, I talk about my latest adventures in podcasting and share what you need to think about when preparing your episodes.  Gastronostalgia is going well, we've recorded our weekly episodes until mid January 2022, which is such a great (and unusual) feeling! We also released our first episode with a "full menu". We've incorporated an "apperitif", as listene...

Today I share what's involved in the podcast episode production process: from having an idea to appearing in listeners' ears.   Facebook continues to play strong in audio, with an "audio hub", which includes not just podcasts, but also "rooms". This is one space to look out for, thinking about different ways in which us audio people can find new audiences. Much of thi...

Even though I've been trying to keep these episodes short, the last episode was 30 minutes long. I'd like to keep them short as a challenge for myself, and also, because there are so many shows out there that you might want to check out quite a few! Today I'll talk through my adventures, with reference to 3 pieces of news: - Did you know that  YouTube is hiring its first executive f...

In today's episode, I talk about NaPodPoMo, what it means to improve your voice as a podcast host, as well as industry and my own updates. To start with, an inspiring tweet I came across on my feed , it's in Spanish, so here is the translation.  "A podcast is more than a distribution format - it has to do with your narrative, with your business, and above all with the ability to com...

In this episode, I talk about how great it is that listeners feel more like old acquaintances than strangers when you first meet them, and how developing relationships with listeners is one of the unexpected benefits of podcasting. (I'd love to hear from you by the way: here's my contact page .) I've started working on Gastronostalgia - working with a co-host is hard work, as you de...

Today's episode is packed with news, and a little bit of commentary too! Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence Your own influence as host Using music to cover your difficult edits Amazon Music's helpful email Zencastr Introducing Smart Filters: Remove Long Pauses Samsung's new app I'm particularly happy to see this one: Head of Podcasts at the Prison Radio Associa...

In today’s show, I follow up on some things I brought up in last week’s episode, specifically, I’ll talk a bit about show notes and I’m also going to talk about knowing the terms and conditions of the services you’re using. I’ll also talk about a small experiment I’m doing with Buzzsprout (affiliate link), the platform where I’m hosting this show. My own adventures: editing episode from a live con...

In this episode, I explain why I have Buzzsprout as my media host, and how long it took for the show to appear in Apple Podcasts and other podcast apps. (Hint, not long at all!) Beware of allowing your podcast host to submit directly to Apple, as you might lose control of your show. Best to do this through https://podcastsconnect.apple.com/ I now need to start publishing the episodes (through an e...

Pilar talks shares how she decides how much to edit her own speech. And, what about guest interviews? How much should you edit them and what do you do if you don't think a guest interview is fit for your show? Looking for a podcast media host? Give Buzzsprout a try. (affiliate link)

In this episode Pilar shares her own set up, providing (hopefully) some ideas on how to set up your recording space, as well as a quick overview of the episode production process.  She mentions the Rode-NT USB microphone, Auphonic , and Buzzsprout (links 1 & 3 are affiliate links). 

In this episode: why the best way to decide how much to niche down and what angle to take with your podcast is to start, and see where your show and your listeners take you and why we shouldn't call a piece of audio a "podcast". Pilar also has some advice for recording with guests, and on using Zoom for recording your podcast.