I’ve been less than enamored with podcasting since its inception. I’m hip to the concept and can’t wait for it to mature, but the current execution sucks rocks. I’m not interested in listening to you babble. If you’ve got something to say, spit it out and move along. If not, hit the stop button. Most podcasts—on either the pro or the am side of things—don’t get this and struggle to fill the silence with useless crap. To be expected, I suppose.
My buddy Mike O’Connor has started doing two podcasts that break this mold and are truly captivating. Mikey’s an old radio geek from the community radio days so I shouldn’t be surprised that the “Community Podcasting” portion of his Sex and Podcasting empire is stellar.
“Virtual Beer” is the other side of Sex and Podcasting and focuses on tech conversations with the Twin Cities digerati. It’s just as good.
Mike’s also got some solid advice on the equipment side of things. Here’s my hint for the day: If you’re serious about podcasting and can’t do anything else, buy a set of real microphones.
Hey Michael,
I’m always a little startled when I realize that people are actually listening to those thingys.
I think podcasting’s a lot like the Internet was back in 1992. Pretty geeky. Pretty rough around the edges. Pretty unapproachable by normal people.
But it’s also like the 1992 Internet in that it’s really disruptive. It’s amazing how fast the mainstream media has reacted (heck, when Limbaugh started podcasting last week I about fell off my perch).
My goal is to get the community broadcasters to take note—and get their stuff out there in podcasts as well as their stations. I’ll leave the scramble for Huge Fortunes to others. <grin>
Thanks for the kind words.
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