I know this podcast isn’t anything revolutionary. I have my returning listeners and am slowly working to expand my audience along with the content I offer each week. One interesting trend I’ve noticed with each episode is a growing number of people requesting a particular guest on an upcoming podcast. Sure, compared to most of my guests, 3 or 4 people asking for a featured interview isn’t too monumental, but there has been a noticeable trend of people asking for “Phoenix”. It’s time I give into the demands of the listeners. Co-host of the Post Game Report, Marc Washington is my guest this week. You might know him as Phoenix410. If you don’t know him, you’re in for a treat and if you do know him, then prepare for a side of “The Mallet” that you have never heard before. And will likely never hear again.
I’m going back to the Diabetes Online Community for Episode 20 of Just Talking. As mentioned yesterday, my guest is Haidee Merritt. She’s on twitter – @BirdWingPress. She has a book – One Lump or Two?. And she makes sweet lamps, they can be found over here. Last year I purchased her book and whenever I get a coffee table in my own place I look forward to having it featured there for my future house guests. I always enjoy having a member of the DOC on my podcast, even if we’ve never spoken before, there’s always that one ice breaker that I know will never fail. This time around we got to start with her book and go from there.
Fun fact: my first official episode of the Post Game Report featured Rob Workman (@theDCD) and all of his shenanigans. If you’ve listened to any episodes of The Gamers Garage then you can imagine how that might be a rather shocking experience. Thankfully that episode didn’t scar me too badly and I gave Rob an invitationt to come on my podcast. I learned a lot this week about the passion and energy required to be a video games journalist and ultimately what it takes to pursue your goals. You’re in for a treat.
It takes a lot of time and energy to build up a reputation that can be channeled with a single word. I don’t want to extend the hyperbole to drawing a similarity to names like Prince or Madonna, but if you know anything about video game podcasts, you know who Godfree is. I made sure to get in contact with Godfree well after Community Vibes 5 was over. As you will hear, he was a busy man over the past few months.
Along with posting links to each new episode of Just Talking here and on the my personal blog (http://tobesugarfree.com) I have also been posting episodes over at The Gamers Garage. Gamers Garage overlord Crash gave me an opportunity to expand my audience. As a small token of appreciation I brought Crash on for this week’s episode of Just Talking. He’s been involved in podcasting for a long, long time. Any time I have the opportunity to sit down with a veteran of the podcast genre, believe me, I am taking notes. If you have any interest in podcasting, you should too.
It’s been a while since I put up some unique content on this blog that didn’t involve linking to an mp3 file. Sorry. My bad. I figure if I’m going to come back with something it needs to be good. I decided to break down how I edit my podcast. From raw .wav file to published mp3, I will highlight the steps I take to get to the final product. I’ve included some screenshots to help paint a clearer picture. All of the editing is done using Audacity. If you use a different program the specific steps might be different, but the theory should still hold.
As a podcaster, assuming I can call myself one, I have developed a specific ear for what I like and don’t like in a podcast. Now that I know what goes on behind the scenes, I have a better appreciation for the higher quality podcasts available. One such podcast that I highly recommend is Talkingship. I have been fortunate enough to have appeared on a few of their Game Club episodes and this week I brought on one of the hosts, Aaron (aka Jitterbug) to wax poetic for an hour and some change.
When I describe the American Dream 2.0, naturally it revolves around something involving the Internet. In one specific case, my former fake boss at Talking About Games, Jay Van Beveren took his experience as Editor in Chief and turned it into a job opportunity within the video game industry. Making the rare but coveted transition from outsider to made man, there was a lot to talk about this week when Jay came on my podcast. An episode like this is a particular joy because I know that finding 10 minute tangents are expected and we can just as easily find our way back on topic without missing a beat.
Every week I grace this small slice of the Internet with a rather lengthy post about a random video game topic of my choosing. What you don’t see along with the blood, sweat and tears is the man behind the proper grammar. Spoiler Alert – It’s not me. Each one of my submissions is analyzed with a fine tooth comb by my fake boss at Talking About Games, Larry. Larry is the Editor in Chief of Talking About Games. He makes sure the text you read on that site has all kinds of sentence structure and other kinds of grammatical goodness. It’s not easy, but I’m glad he’s around to keep all of the writing staff in check…and in good standing with the MLA.
A while back I had written about my fun with cupcakes and monuments in our Nation’s Capital. Despite my inherent social awkwardness, eventually I managed to hold a conversation with someone that lasted longer than a two-word response and somehow brought up the fact that I had a podcast of my own. This was particularly interesting to one of the people I had met, David Hale (@lostonroute66). A couple months and a few dropped skype calls later, David came on for this week’s Just Talking to play Buzzword Bingo with me. For the record, David had nothing to do with the show title, but after listening to this podcast you will agree with my choice. We talk about a number of ways social media plays an impact with how the US Government does what they do, particularly the National Library of Medicine. After recording and editing this podcast, I have a new appreciation for the potential of the role social media will play in our future, hopefully you will to.
Wri-log-caster’s Note: The views expressed by David on this podcast do not reflect that of the Department of Health and Human Services or any other government agency.
