You’re running an interview based podcast with just one interview that lasts the entire length of your podcast. A question – how long should your podcast interview be? As a radio producer, who has edited and produced thousands of interviews – not to say I know any better than others, more over to share what…
If you record content for your podcast never put it out as is, always edit before you publish. I was so close to being sacked. Sat there in the programme managers office. Her tapping her fingers on the table top. This after her holiday was interrupted by a phone call from the lead presenter on…
Unleash the power of the presenter in your podcast. In Episode 10 of Radio Skills for Podcasters Kevin walks through key presentation techniques you can adopt for you as a podcast presenter. Anyone can pick up a microphone. Anyone can be a presenter. Not everyone can do it well. Some excel at it. What is…
I read this rather worrying article on life hacker. I say worrying because of a comment and instruction that followed the article and not the article itself. Even more so because the author of the agreed totally! Arggh. It advised on what not to do with you podcast. It followed an article that explained how…
I’ve been working with a podcaster on getting to know their listener, its one of things I’ve done for many years in radio and now Podcast. An interesting parable came up when talking with my better half. She said that at work they have a new head chef in their restaurant and he makes a…
Series One Episode 09: Defamation Staying Safe with Libel and Slander and keeping what you say legal from Radio Skills for Podcasters. Kevin looks at Defamation, libel and slander with advice of how to keep the right side of civil law with your podcast content. In this episode Kevin shares his knowledge around civil law…
Series One: Episode 8 of Radio Skills for Podcasters – Learn To Edit Interviews Like A Pro For Your Podcast. In this episode Kevin talks through the key points of creating wining interviews within your podcast episodes. Key Points Always edit you interview, change it, make it flow – never put it out as it was recorded…
This post is just to say a huge thank you to the RSP listeners for reviewing and rating the Radio Skills for Podcasters Podcast on iTunes and lifting it into New and Noteworthy. I am utterly bowled over! Amazing reviews below… It is really appreciated. Find out why we’re featured in new and noteworthy by…
Spotify recently announced that they’d like the podcasts on their platform to be 12 to 15 minutes in duration. Why does the duration of your podcast matter? It’s something I have often debated and one of the reasons Radio Skills for Podcasters podcasts are between 10 and 15 minutes. Why – in simple terms they…
Copyright music in your podcast? A few years back I was asked to cost a price for producing a podcast for Jazz FM with Robbie Vincent. I was Robbie’s producer at the time and we wanted to create a Sunday Morning Soul Podcast with some seasonal specials. I was convinced we could do it. I was…