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 part you can’t prepare for
Most interview prep assumes the good material is already inside your guest, waiting to be reached. Corey Schlosser-Hall argues for emergence: something genuinely new gets built between two people. If he is right, the best moment in your episode is unreachable by any question, because it did not exist when you wrote it. Every prepared… more →
From the archives: Denys Allen
Historians follow the people who owned things. Genealogists follow everyone else. In Pennsylvania that means working against the state itself: rugged terrain that splintered counties into intricate boundaries, records scattered across denominations, documents surviving only in fragments. Denys Allen finds ordinary life inside them. William Penn’s founding principles built the diversity, and the diversity is… more →
Below the Words
We prepare for conversations by sharpening our questions. Matthew Word Bain points underneath the words, where two nervous systems quietly regulate each other. Before anyone parses a sentence, the body runs an older check: is this safe? The melody of your voice answers it, not the cleverness of your questions. The real preparation may be… 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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