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 question you had to ask badly first
Suzi Nou asks every question twice. The mumbled version comes first—halting, imprecise, feeling its way toward the thing she actually wants to know. Her trainees watch the polished episodes and think she’s naturally articulate. They’re studying a magic trick without knowing there’s a trick. The gap between the unedited self and the edited self isn’t… more →
What happens when nothing’s in the way
Julie Angel arrived at podcasting from documentary filmmaking, where constraints aren’t problems—they’re architecture. She points to a film where removing all restrictions nearly broke the filmmaker. But not every limitation is a gift in disguise. You can’t always tell in advance which constraints are doing the creative heavy lifting and which ones are genuinely in… more →
What would happen if you stayed
Mandell Conway sits down to write, produces something in twenty minutes, and feels spent. But he’s starting to wonder what exists on the other side of that first wave of depletion. The third or fourth piece—what might happen? The resistance that signals interesting work ahead feels identical to genuine exhaustion. Most podcasters never get to… 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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