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LeeHammmm
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Mon Feb 25, 2019 8:38 am

The Podcasts


By Liam Abalos



Table of Contents

What is a Podcast
Different categories
What you need to get started
General tips for Podcasting


What is a Podcast


A podcast is a term coined from combining the two words "iPod" and "broadcast". You can think of a podcast as simply a radio show that's on demand. There's no need to tune in on a specific frequency at just the right time to catch the show; it's always there for you to enjoy. Podcasts can be published on a number of sites simultaneously allowing anyone to view them from any source. The accessibility is what makes podcasting different than radio. When you miss a radio show, you miss it for good, unless you had recorded it just in case. With a podcast, all the episodes are automatically backed up to be viewed at any time.


Different Categories



  • Interview
  • Non/Fictional Storytelling
  • Panelling
  • Duo Commentary/Conversational



What you need to get started


The Essentials:

  • Microphone
  • Computer

These are 100% necessary in order to have a functioning podcast solely because of how a podcast works. If you don't have a microphone, you can't record your own voice. If you don't have a computer to upload your podcast, you can't get it out to the public.

Peripherals:

  • Voice editing software
    Audacity
    Adobe Audition
  • A specific type of mic
    USB or XLR
    Condenser or Dynamic
  • Audio Interface
  • Mixer
  • Pop filter/windscreen
  • Headphones
  • Mic stands/shock mount



General tips for Podcasting


Listing some tips for what you need to know for Podcasting.

With your podcast, your ultimate goal is to get your message out there to as many people as possible. Therefore, you want to grow your audience as much as possible, and when growing is no longer feasible, to retain your current members and maintain the community. A good way to prove stability when you're starting out is to determine how often you'll be releasing episodes. There's no issue with changing it up later down the road, but the most important thing is to be as consistent as possible. When you say that an episode will be out every 2 weeks, make sure it's out every two weeks. Preferably, even on the same day. If you do decide to release episodes more frequently or less frequent, inform your audience and stick to the new schedule, don't get lazy or overzealous. It doesn't matter how often you provide your content, it matters more if you miss a release date.

Professionalism is something worth striving for. Regardless of what genre you may be - quirky, informative, conversational, debate style -  you can be professional in some aspect of your work. Prep time can be incredibly rewarding. Have a general script of what you're going to be talking about. Know the subject matter and while tangents are fine, stray from having them be too familiar in your podcast. If you're interviewing a person, prepare questions before hand that, hopefully, can also lead to natural conversation. If it's a fictional storytelling experience, most definitely write out an almost word-for-word script of the story. Treat it like a movie or a TV show. There should be plot and character development, a thesis to each episode, and heartfelt or humorous moments. While you're free to talk about whatever you want and however you want, especially in a case like in an interview, it's always helpful to have something to fall back on to steer the conversation if you get lost along the way or if the discussion is getting stale.

The most common biggest "fear" of podcasting is trying to appear as natural as possible. Where this fails is due to a lack of self confidence is the host of the show. It's important to understand that you won't be perfect in your first episode. You may not even reach anywhere near perfection in the 10th episode. What is important is growing your confidence and ability while striving for excellence. If you put in the conscious effort of trying to get better, trying to speak with more poise, and being a better host, overtime you'll begin to develop the habits that make you a good host and the experience to nullify being self conscious. It's most definitely weird hearing your own voice in electronic form and you of all people will be the most critical when it comes to critique, but that only means you can try to figure out the best way to make yourself feel more comfortable - and when you're calm and collected, your guests follow suit.

The last tidbit of being new to podcasting is sticking with it. Every new person will feel like their podcast isn't going anywhere or that they're just wasting their time. And every successful host will tell you to endure. Gaining traction doesn't happen overnight, you need to put in the work to gain an audience, especially the more infrequent your podcast occurs. This advice isn't exclusive to podcasting, it's to everything in life. You won't become an instant success in YouTube if you plan for long term growth without good content, an NBA level talent in basketball without practicing shooting, dribbling, and defense, or the next Eminem if you don't know how to write lyrics to the beat of a song. You need to face  the adversities that come with creating a new podcast: the lack of an initial audience, potentially low quality, difficulty in finding something to talk about or someone to talk with, etc. If you're serious about hosting a good podcast, you'll put in the work to make sure you don't have to worry about this and ensure you're releasing episodes that meet your standards.

Expect an example podcast episode in the near future


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Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:13 am

Case Study - WiP

I'll be creating my own podcast in the same vein as Welcome to Night Vale or Limetown, a fictional story in the presentation of a documentary or live radio. I'll be changing how my podcast is presented to suit a more modern day world as of now, such as a Twitch Streamer or YouTuber. My thought processes of how I'll be creating the structure and ideas for the podcast will be documented here. Analysis of where I got my ideas from and how they are related to other podcasts or sources will be provided.

Studying Welcome to Night Vale
Analysis from an article to aid in my endeavors:

  • Fiction aims for the audience to empathize and relate to the characters:

    • Especially true in a setting vastly different than ours, when we don’t share that, make the character’s
      emotions real and believable enough so that the audience has that to latch onto


  • Unfamiliar as familiar, familiar as unfamiliar:

    • Five-headed dragon, faceless old woman = good in Night Vale
    • Carnival with cotton candy and roller coasters = bad in Night Vale


  • Learn to see the familiarity in the weirdness:

    • Audience will get used to how the world functions
    • At first it’s completely bonkers, but eventually as more and more time goes by it becomes an integral part of the story


  • Have the audience understand the rules that govern the universe:

    • In Night Vale it’s understanding that it’s a police state: Secret-yet-menacing government agency, City Council, Glow Cloud, Angels, Community radio station management has never been seen
    • There’s a way things work, and we need to establish those limits so the audience can immerse themselves into a universe that makes sense


  • To make a weird universe coherent, it’s about the people in it and the way they interact:

    • The characterization and world building
    • The nuances of prejudice and oppression, “If you’re going to have a metaphor for actual prejudice in your piece of fiction, you better not have it be illustrated by straight white males as the victim”
    • Contains political discussions that tailor to the universe of Night Vale: rights of non-corporeal beings, supernatural beings, discussions of whether death should be a meritocracy or not, not at the cost of representing actually marginalized individuals


  • Night Vale is a hopeful show:

    1. Story inter cut with weird interludes
    2. Looming catastrophe
    3. Music break with the weather
    4. Blessed post weather section (blissful, somewhat peaceful ending)



My World Building Elements

  • Light fantasy elements

    • Fictional beings


  • Takes place in modern day Earth with exceptions

    • Scientific anomalies
    • Differences in social and cultural aspects


  • Everything is legal to an extent

    • Contraband
    • Drugs and alcohol
    • Ways of obtaining power
    • The world isn't inherently evil or malicious, there is just no morality placed on what we perceive as bad



Potential topics I may want to address

  • A world in which natural selection and evolution is brought back into humans

    • Due to having everything be legal


  • The hand holding the power switches constantly

    • Struggle for power in the world between world leaders and governments


  • Commentary on social media of today

    • How everyone wants to be a star and puts up there life up on social media for the world to see
    • YouTube
    • Twitch
    • Twitter
    • Instagram


  • People want to display their life on social media and at the end of the day sit back and watch it unfold as a satisfied audience member

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