Podcasting
What is podcasting?
Audio (or visual) content made available for downloading over the internet for users to listen or access in their own time. The content can be episodic or one-offs.
-Audio podcasts
-Enhanced podcasts
-Vodcasts (video podcasts)
Podcast companies:
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Examples of podcasts:
My Favorite Murder is a weekly true crime comedy podcast hosted by American comedians Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. The first episode was released in January 2016. The podcast debuted as #25 on the iTunes podcast charts and peaked at #3 on April 27, 2018. It has 19 million ratings and has updates weekly on Thursdays, minisodes on Mondays.#
WTF with Marc Maron is a weekly podcast and radio show hosted by stand-up comedian Marc Maron. The show was launched in September 2009. The show is produced by Maron's former Air America co-worker Brendan McDonald. In early 2011, the show began receiving positive press, including articles in The New York Times. There are 984 episodes and the Genre is Comedy, Interview.
The Read is a weekly pop culture podcast based in New York City. One of several podcasts affiliated with the Loud Speakers Network headlined by The Combat Jack Show, The Read is hosted by blogger Kid Fury and internet personality Crissle West. There are 250 episodes and It was released March 4, 2013, and is still running present.
You Made It Weird is a weekly comedy interview podcast, hosted by Pete Holmes. It was hosted on the Nerdist network since October 25 435 (as of January 2019). Original release: October 25, 2011 – present podcast on demand - Everybody has secret weirdness, Pete Holmes gets comedians to share theirs.
Companies that air podcasts
What are the positives of the podcast industry?
1. Podcasts make information personal-In a podcast, the content is communicated directly to you, the listener, either verbally or through video. That’s a much more intimate way of getting information than reading it from an e-mail or document.
2. Podcasts are convenient and easy to consume-Once you subscribe to a podcast feed, new podcasts are automatically downloaded to your device as soon as they are available. You can listen to them at your convenience.
3. Podcasts cut costs-Because podcasts are delivered digitally, they eliminate many costs associated with other forms of communication including postage, printing, and paper. They can also reduce meeting costs and e-mail storage costs. They are easy to archive and updating them is quick and easy.
4. Podcasting is a time-efficient form of communication.
You can listen to podcasts while you do other things at work or at home, or during your commute. Some types of meetings can be eliminated in favor of podcasts, saving time and improving productivity.
5. Podcasts are portable-Once a podcast resides on your computer, if your computer is portable, you can take the podcast with you and listen whenever or wherever you want. Or, you can transfer the podcast to a personal media player such as an iPod.
What evidence is there that podcasting is podcasting is popular?
One reason podcasts are so popular is that the format is uniquely situated to fit into our busy lives. Any topic you’re interested in? You’ll find a podcast dedicated to it. Only have fifteen minutes to spare? You’ll find a podcast that you can listen to in that time frame. Prefer stories? There are podcasts written to scratch that narrative itch. Prefer news? Nonfiction? Science? Politics? You’ll find a podcast that fits.
What sort of people listen to podcasts? Give some e.g. and scenarios as to when will be listened to
While podcasts have been around since the 1980’s when they were known as audio blogs, Apple introduced the modern version of the podcast in 2005.
In 2010, five years after Apple’s introduction, the podcast became more popular when more consumers gained access to smartphones and wifi connected devices. Now, people were listening on-the-go, not just on a computer. In June of 2012, podcasts gained more mainstream popularity when Apple
introduced the podcast only app. The conversation
about podcasts on Twitter takes a dip on the
weekends, which can lead us to believe that people
are listening to the shows during working hours or
when they are commuting to and from work. The
demographic for the general podcast conversation on
social media is mostly men over the age of 35, which aligns with the demographics of
radio consumers. That being said, each individual podcast appeals to a different audience.
Thanks to the vast library of podcasts and a wide range of demographics, these shows are increasingly important advertising opportunities for brands. Brands can now advertise to very specific audiences via podcasts
PATREON
What is the companies primary business?
Patreon is a membership platform that provides business tools for creators to run a subscription content service, with ways for artists to build relationships and provide exclusive experiences to their subscribers, or "patrons".
Patreon is popular among YouTube videographers, webcomic artists, writers, podcasters, musicians, and other categories of creators who post regularly online. It allows artists to receive funding directly from their fans, or patrons, on a recurring basis or per work of art. The company, started by musician Jack Conte and developer Sam Yam in 2013, is based in San Francisco.
In return for the service, Patreon charges a commission of 5% for each donation and 5% in transaction fees, thus allowing the creator to get 90% of the donations.
What sort of podcasts do they offer?
Examples of podcasts
Never one to shy away from getting controversial, Russell Brand’s podcast explores what’s beneath the surface in every sense, from people to ideas and history. He invites guests from different areas of expertise to chat on the program for funny yet academic discussions, often with a political focus.
“Get up close and personal with me—the one and only Snoop Dogg each week. This podcast right here is hosted by none other than me Snoop D-O-double G ya dig?!? This is nuthin but a smoked-out session Man, me and my guests speak on everything related to popular culture. No one does uncensored and uncut quite like ya boy Big Snoop.”
On Girl on Guy, actress Aisha Tyler and her guest stars rant about everything that guys love, from video games and sex to bar fights and “blowing sh*t up.” The weekly installments became a must-listen when Tyler first launched the series back in 2011, but as of January 2017, she announced that the podcast is on an indefinite hiatus. Luckily, there are 260 episodes to catch up on while we await its potential return.
The basketball legend chats weekly about current events, with topics covering world news and entertainment buzz. Of course, there’s plenty of sports talk, too—this is Shaq’s podcast, after all. Past guests have included Adam Sandler, Kim Kardashian, and Justin Bieber.
Genre
What genre have you chosen?- A panel show
This is going to consist of a host and then a number of rotating guests and it can be an excellent way to bring new perspectives and points of view to my show.
What typical features can you put into?- It’s a great way to give your audience something different and to vary up the content so they’re constantly getting access to new opinions and perspectives.
It also takes some of the content pressure off you
When you’ve got other brains in the room, you’ve got other people to rely on for content. Yes, you need to moderate the conversation but you’re really just guiding your guests rather than having to come up with everything yourself. So my podcast will be a group discussion.
What is the audience for the podcast?
My target audience would range from 14-19, both genders
What other podcast would the audience be listening too?
-Youth Radio
Youth Radio is not only for teens, it’s also created by teens. The mission of this site is to train future broadcast journalists. Similar in approach to many public radio broadcasts, the content is made up of stories written and produced by teens across the country.
No.1
Structure & Content
How long is a regular episode of this podcast?
Every episode of this podcast would be of an estimate of 20 minutes.
What happens across the entire episode?
-It would start with a rough 30 second pre-recorded intro
-Then I’ll introduce the episode with who I’m with episode and what we will be discussing 30 second
-Before the discussion starts we will all promote the social media side E.g hashtags, Instagram & snapchats, state they will be social media opinions at the end of the episode 30 second
-we discuss the topic 17 minutes
- Refer to the audience’s social posts 1 minute
-Outro 30 seconds
Season?- This will be the third episode of the first season and the whole podcast will be 3 seasons.
Topic?- The topic that I will be covering in this episodes will be about the mind-sets of teenagers nowadays which will include knife crime and of being rich is and why.
There is not really any set narrative as I would want the podcast to be raw and not scripted.
Is the conversation guided with a sense of achieving a goal?
This conversation will overall hopefully have a positive reaction and effect from teenagers or any one who is going through what any of the topic are.
No. 2
Criteria checking
How many hosts?
In this episode their will be two other people and I talking but I am the main host.
There only promotion would for the podcast it we would do that with emails, tweets and hashtags, which is also used for how we will be interacting with the audience so we can answer their questions.
Is there a clear welcome, with the name of the programme?
There will be a clear welcome with the name of the show and who is joining me.
No. 3
Notes on 2 different podcasts
Steve Harvey motivational talks
Steve Harvey- only host as its his show
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The show doesn’t have any soundbeds or sound effects it just goes straight into it
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Steve Harvey has multiple shows & podcasts but this podcast that I have looked at are his motivational podcasts.
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This podcast doesn’t really have any structure except from he opens all of these types of podcasts by saying the same intro every podcast
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In these podcasts he doesn’t have any guests on
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Each episode is rough it between 6-9 minutes but this one is 8 minutes long and because its short there is only a quick intro and brief talk about his topic.
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It doesn’t advertise any companies or people if anything it advertising positivity and self worth
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The organisation which they belong to player FM –daily inspiration
National health stories - Never enough
National health stories - Never enough
On July 5 1948, for the first time anywhere in the world healthcare in Britain became free for all. Sally sheard reveals the characters, innovations and heroic stand offs that have shaped our NHS.
It starts with a pre recorded tape of berven’s speech talking about the start of NHS 70 years ago for a welfare state, then the host states some political facts about NHS and add various different tapes of people talking about NHS and the costs of it. Its as if she if having a debate with the old audio.
The genre is politics in the UK and it never enough to meet the needs
She is the host but she brings someone called Jeremy husk on the show to discuss the topic
A lot of pre-recorded audio of others
The podcast is 15 mins
The organisation which they belong to is BBC4
I am going to be recording my podcast on 15/03/2019 and will start to edit on the 18/03/2019. the podcast is going to be 20 mins long, therefore, we will record for over 30 minutes
Click the link below to my final podcast (audio file)-
INTRO- 2 minutes
Conversation- 7 mins
Social media comments- 1 minute
Reaction to comments- 3 minutes
Audio of politicians- 1 minute
Reaction to politicians- 4 minutes
OUTRO- 2 minutes
Evaluation:
Personally I think one of the best bit of the podcast was when Played the song black and then we started actually speaking about the song how it made us feel and other people’s opinions on it also of the edit where Xylia’s reading a Dave lyric and whilst she’s reading it the line plays at the same time. I felt like the best element in this was probably how my co-host and I were so engaged and passionate about the topics are spoken about, you could tell what we saying was genuine, nothing was awkward as the conversation flowed equally and confidently.
I think I could have improved the introduction and outro as there wasn’t really one. to me, I think a good introduction has the name of your podcast, the episode number, Host Identity – Letting the user know who you are, a catchy jingle played in every episode, an introduction summarizing the episode. I recorded some of those but I didn't even get to put them in the podcast as it wasn't up to my standard and the podcast was already long. I lastly try to export the file better as when I tried to share it I came across many technical difficulties, top the point where I had to record the audio onto my phone and send it to the audience that was giving me feedback but only about 3 minutes of content. Therefore they couldn't give me a lot of information back e.g some only thought the podcast was only about racism when it wasn't.
"Do you understand the topic of so what was it? -Yes, it was about racism."
The most challenging part was organizing a time when everyone would be available to record and pull through with it without anyone bailing last minute.
If I could redo this project I would be more organized with timing, I would get the people I’m recording with to send me their timetable for the week and literally see when everyone is free and who long for, then plan more content e.g scripts
Some of my audience had different opinions on my background music. "Having short musical interludes rather than having background music the whole way through as it distracts from the discussion" whilst others enjoyed the music "it was so relaxing to listen to, it eased the conversation"
Below are some of the results I received from the questionnaire I gave out
