002 Podcast at BBC Stuart Thomas Head of Programmes BBC England PODCAST PRODUCERS PODCAST with Neil Mossey

Podcast Producers share experiences to help everyone start their own podcast, and keep going.

This is the chat which kick started the Podcast Producers Podcast:
Stuart Thomas, Head of Programmes BBC England, with his insight on launching a podcast at the BBC - MULTI STORY.

"A collection of surprising stories from around the country, presented and produced by Becca Bryers."
MULTI STORY link here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06m8h7g

FOLLOW STUART THOMAS HERE: https://twitter.com/stuartthomas

This was a chat over a coffee that didn't stop, so I asked Stuart if it would be okay to record our chat on my phone. I'm sorry about the sound quality, but I wanted to share this to help you get your podcast started too.

In this episode, (which you can also watch here on YouTube) Stuart talks us through
- the number of levels on which a podcast title has to work (as a spoken phrase... text in a logo... as a URL... as something descriptive but unique and which hasn't already been taken...)
- titling podcast episodes
- and some of the decisions made during the editing process.
What length should a podcast be?

He also talks about the podcast production landscape, and some of his favourite podcast series.

Here's the article I mention: 12% of podcasts don't get past the first episode
https://blog.pacific-content.com/podcast-success-a-long-game-fd6522b72752

Please leave a comment to say hi -- it would be great to hear from anyone watching this! Also if you have any questions, I'd be happy to help.

Full episode for download as audio podcast, and transcript here:
https://podcastproducerspodcast.blogspot.com/2018/12/002-podcast-at-bbc-stuart-thomas-head.html

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All the episodes of The PODCAST PRODUCERS PODCAST PLAYLIST are on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtZM4-pHDwPm5cAImrfo1IB70PUcJbMlV

Podcasts mentioned in this episode:
THE TOBOLOWSKY FILES
http://stephentobolowsky.com/the-tobolowsky-files/
THE WEST WING WEEKLY
https://thewestwingweekly.com/
THIS AMERICAN LIFE
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/
RADIOLAB
https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab
SLOW BURN
https://slate.com/slow-burn
SONG EXPLODER
http://songexploder.net/
HERE'S THE THING, WITH ALEC BALDWIN
https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/heresthething
TWENTY THOUSAND HERTZ
https://www.20k.org/

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