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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What the ending was for
Kira Higgs made a ten-episode podcast and stopped—not because she ran out of ideas, but because ten was the number she chose before recording the first one. The finite container enabled a depth that open-ended shows rarely sustain. She never became ‘a podcaster’ in the identity sense. She was someone who made a podcast. The… more →
The generosity that wasn’t
Danny Bauer preferred longer episodes—going deep felt like generosity. Then analytics revealed most listeners were checking out at the forty-percent mark. The depth he was pursuing wasn’t reaching the people it was supposedly for. His adjustment required separating what felt like generosity from what actually functioned as generosity. How much of what we believe serves… more →
What you find when the visuals disappear
Scott Edward Smith was forced into audio when Covid shut down every stage. Stripping away the visual didn’t weaken his craft—it sharpened it. When you can’t rely on a raised eyebrow or a gesture, every word has to do more work. Podcasters who treat audio as video’s understudy miss what the constraint actually offers: a… more →
About
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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