Crafting a Narrative Podcast

On this episode of the Audience podcast, Stuart talks about creating podcasts and episodes with narratives. Narrative podcasts have their own format and their own style but are not limiting within the narrative format. Stuart explains what makes a narrative podcast different from an interview podcasts and how to craft one well. He also goes over best practices, the pros and cons, and how a narrative podcast can make you stand out in the sea of podcasts out on the internet right now.

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Today you’ll learn about:

The art of creating a narrative
Interview versus narratives

The pros of narratives versus interview formats

How to craft a narrative

Examples of podcasts with great narrative formats
Understanding your topic 
Cold opening versus a welcome section

Creating a limited series versus a biweekly or monthly schedule
Series outlines
The Bow and Arrow analogy

Resources/Links:

ObscureBall 

Descript: https://www.descript.com/ 

Castos Academy: https://academy.castos.com/ 

Castos, private podcast: http://academy.castos.com/private/ 

Castos, website: Castos.com/

Castos, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/castos  

Clubhouse video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8729ZpWpmIw