PFD Companion Podcast: S4E11 – The Art of the Interview

Tee and Chuck share their 30+ years of advice, experience, and expertise about what to do (and not to do) regarding podcast interviews. We also have some fun stories to share.

Apologies for a few of audio dropouts in this episode. Internet, ‘nuf said.

Topics

  • Intro & banter
  • Interviewing and being interviewed
  • Canned and Wildcard questions
  • Research leads to better interviews
  • It’s all about them
  • Notes about editing
  • Being a good host and guest
  • Tips as a guest
  • Tips as a host
  • Ethical editing
  • Requests and rejections
  • Technical Tips
  • Being technically considerate
  • Our dream guests
  • Inspriation from “Frost Nixon”
  • Professional and personal
  • Outro

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PFD Companion Podcast: S4E10 – Before you hit the record button

Tee and Chuck talk about the many things to consider about starting your podcast adventure aside from the hardware and software.

Topics

  • Introduction
  • Pick a topic and identify your audience
  • Differentiating yourself
  • Standing behind your own voice
  • Promoting and business cards
  • Outline vs. script
  • Adjusting your tone based on topic
  • The caution of a scripted podcast
  • The challenge of unscripted
  • The role of a facilitator

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PFD Companion Podcast: S4E09 – Podcasting on the go

Tee and Chuck discuss what it takes to record “on the road”. When you’re not in the studio, what are the challenges to getting clean audio and how can you address them?

Topics

  • Introduction
  • Environment
  • Sidebar: Edward James Olmos
  • How much ambience do you want?
  • Tee’s story about the break room
  • Mitigating background noise with the mic
  • Monitor your recording session with headphones
  • Using a pre-amp and the set up cost
  • What is your objective and how to haul your equipment
  • Digital recorders
  • Have a backup plan
  • Hearing yourself on delay
  • Tee’s story about “the break room”
  • Addressing “the break room” scenario
  • Tee’s story about the International Spy Museum
  • Backup plan specifics
  • RF interference
  • Addressing transitions
  • Adjusting your workflow
  • Don’t let your lack of studio inhibit your creativity
  • Tee’s predictions
  • Closing

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  • Website https://podcastingfordummies.com
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PFD Companion Podcast: S4E08 – Building Your Podcast Workstation

So many choices, options, and prices – which software is right for your? Tee and Chuck help you sort through what you need to do audio editing for your podcast.

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