Conversations with podcast creators.
Podtalk is short conversations with podcast creators, that are not just about podcasting… because I like to take the scenic route.
In each episode, I talk with podcast creators about their shows, experiences, what they’ve learned, what motivates them, and… well, everything related to podcasting from the indie creator’s point of view.
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The missing variable in the room
Danny Attias needed a hundred takes to record a sixty-second Christmas message alone. The fix wasn’t more practice. It was asking a colleague to join him on a Zoom call. One take, done. Talking alone into a microphone and talking to a witness are structurally different cognitive tasks. If you’ve been working on your solo… more →
From the archives: Doug Thompson
Doug Thompson treats listening as a structural commitment, not a passive posture. Surface listening picks up the words. Real listening picks up what’s underneath — what the person is actually telling you, what’s happening between the lines. Then comes improv’s first rule: yes, and. You build on what they offered rather than steering it back… more →
What the medium keeps returning you to
Tracy Bedford writes alone, records alone, edits alone. Her acting class lifts her. Her podcast doesn’t, not in the same way. Most podcasting advice asks you to develop external skills—interviewing, editing, growing an audience. None of it names what the medium structurally requires: extended hours alone with yourself. The precondition for the work isn’t a… more →
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I hope these episodes spark ideas and conversations for you, and lead to new ways of looking at this wonderful art of podcasting.
I appreciate your time and attention, and I don’t take it for granted.
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