Start Your Podcast NOW with Paul the Podcast Guy
71 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsStart Your Podcast NOW. There's nothing stopping you... other than knowing where to start. That's where I come in. I'm Paul the Podcast Guy, and every Tuesday I'll break down a different aspect of Podcasting and help you get on your way. Why? Because everyone deserves a voice.
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Start Your Podcast NOW - NPR Encourages Student Podcasters
February 11, 2020 12:00 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MBWatch the video in the link below. NPR puts on a Student Podcast Challenge, a competition for school aged kids to create amazing podcasts. And they really are awesome. I'm talking about it this week because YOU can take inspiration and start creating your own podcasts with some simple tips. https://www.npr.org/2020/02/06/801648840/on-the-hunt-for-great-sound-a-student-podcast-challenge-video-guide
Start Your Podcast NOW - Overcast App Lets People Skip Your Intro
February 04, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 7.06 MBGood news! You can skip long, boring produced intros on your favorite podcasts with the Overcast app! Bad News! People can skip YOUR intro. Read about it here: https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/02/overcast-can-skip-podcast-intros/
Start Your Podcast NOW - Admit Your Mistakes
January 28, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 6.65 MBLet's start by not spreading misinformation in our podcasts. Since we're recording, there's no reason NOT to stop, look up the facts, and start recording again. And if you DO spread misinformation, own up to it. The video I reference in the podcast is Doug DeMuro's review of the Mitsubishi Eclipse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgqHq6WjD8s&t=1085s
Start Your Podcast NOW - Your Cables Matter
January 21, 2020 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBYou don't need to spend 60 bucks on a Monster Cable when a 20 dollar Kirlin cable does just as good of a job. But cable quality DOES matter and today I talk about why.
Start Your Podcast NOW - Respecting People You Think Are Idiots
January 14, 2020 13:00 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBWatch the documentary Behind the Curve. It's about flat earthers. and it doesn't mock them. This is an important object lesson for us podcasters on how to respect people who believe something we think is insane. Because all of us have our own flat earth we believe in! It could be that we think wearing our lucky socks will cause our favorite sports team to win, that antibiotics will work on a virus, or Walt Disney cryogenically froze himself.
Start Your Podcast NOW - Simple Things to Make Better Podcasts
January 07, 2020 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBThere are simple things you could be doing to help you make better podcasts. The problem is, they're hard.
Start Your Podcast NOW - The Rodecaster Pro
December 31, 2019 13:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBI don't often do gear reviews, but this is one piece of gear that I can't recommend highly enough. 4 mic channels, a bluetooth channel, a phone channel, hot keys, built in effects and processing, an SD card for computerless recording... it's seriously the best piece of podcasting gear to come out in over a decade.
Start Your Podcast NOW - Sacrificing for your Podcast
December 24, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBWhat are you willing to give up to make your podcast happen? Money? Time? TV shows you like? Sleep? Family activities? Friends? Yeah, podcasts don't just happen, other stuff has to go away. What will you give up?
Start Your Podcast NOW - Music Vs. Podcasts
December 17, 2019 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBYou've probably heard the unending chorus shouting that more people are listening to podcasts than ever. This is true. The side effect is that fewer people are listening to music. This WILL affect podcasts in strange ways, which I talk about in today's episode! Today's topic came from this excellent Rolling Stone article titled, Are Podcasts Threatening the Growth of the Music Industry? https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/podcasts-destroying-music-businesss-potential-growth...
Start Your Podcast NOW - Tips on Live Podcasting
December 10, 2019 12:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBAt some point you'll have to do a live podcast. How will you face it? I give you tips in today's episode!
Start Your Podcast NOW - Telling stories about your family
December 03, 2019 12:00 - 6 minutes - 5.73 MBI'm not telling you not to tell stories about your family on your podcast. I'm just strongly recommending you don't and providing a list of reasons why.
Start Your Podcast NOW - Avoid the Cliche
November 26, 2019 12:00 - 8 minutes - 7.76 MBCreative writers avoid cliches. No, not like the plague, that's a cliche. I go over why you should never put cliches in you podcasts! There's an excellent article from ProWritingAid that has a list of cliches you can start NOT using today: https://prowritingaid.com/art/21/List-of-Clich%C3%A9s.aspx
Start Your Podcast NOW - What Gear Do You NEED?
November 19, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBDon't go overboard. Don't research forever. Don't get decision paralysis. Just get what you need and get started! Today I give three levels of podcast gear: low cost, mid grade, high cost.
Start Your Podcast NOW - Treating Guests Properly
November 12, 2019 12:00 - 6 minutes - 5.84 MBDon't blindside guests, don't keep them waiting, don't lie to them... it's pretty simple advice. Just listen!
Start Your Podcast NOW - Spotify Podcast Listening is Booming
November 05, 2019 16:46 - 6 minutes - 6.1 MBSpotify podcast listening has increased exponentially! I talk about the positives and possible future pitfalls this increase means for you. Great article on this topic from The Motley Fool: https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/10/31/spotifys-podcast-success-is-almost-too-good-to-be.aspx
Start Your Podcast NOW - How To Start Your Podcast
October 29, 2019 11:00 - 6 minutes - 5.98 MBHow does your podcast actually begin? What do you say? Is music important? What are the guidelines? I help you with all that stuff in today's episode.
Start Your Podcast NOW - Where to List Your Podcast
October 22, 2019 12:00 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBUploading your podcast to the Big 5 is a good idea. What are the Big 5 when it comes to uploading your podcast? 1. iTunes/Apple Podcasts 2. Spotify 3. Google Play Music 4. Stitcher 5. TuneIn I'll go over how to do that in today's episode! Here's the main article I got today's info: https://www.podcastinsights.com/podcast-distribution-guide/ List of free video editing software (if you upload to Youtube): https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-free-video-editing-software/
Start Your Podcast NOW - My First(ish) Podcast Ever!
October 15, 2019 11:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBI wanted to set the Wayback Machine to 2014 to take you to the first podcast I'd ever done! Except that one has a copyright strike against it despite getting permission from the artist himself to use the music. So I'm taking you to the second podcast I've ever done! I interviewed blues artist Wayne Sharp for the Blues Society of Northwest Florida in this particular episode. Ya see, I used to be their MC and offered to do this podcast as part of my duties. It was a lot of fun and well worth...
Start Your Podcast NOW - Lessons From Silent Film
October 08, 2019 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12 MBSounds weird, right? Silent film is a great study in body language and acting. You need to be aware of what your body is doing at all times! Here are a few films you can watch right now: Charlie Chaplin's Gold Rush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8v79UCDq6I Fritz Lang's Metropolis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I9FD21k7Cs FW Murnau's Nosferatu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC6jFoYm3xs
Start Your Podcast NOW - Make Content or Fade Away
October 01, 2019 11:00 - 5 minutes - 4.6 MBDid you notice I didn't do a podcast last week? Probably not. That's the way it goes in this business and I'm talking about this to illustrate a point. Make content or people will forget about you.
Start Your Podcast NOW - Don't Make Clickbait Titles
September 17, 2019 11:00 - 7 minutes - 6.55 MBI couldn't even do a clickbait title for today's episode. Not even a joking one. I explain why this is a dastardly practice and you should never EVER do it. I also mentioned this video on Youtube you must watch featuring Tyler Hoover of Hoovie's Garage and Doug DeMuro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3bp8Yk59AQ&t=5s
Start Your Podcast NOW - Storytelling, a "How To"
September 10, 2019 11:00 - 8 minutes - 8.1 MBIf you're a podcaster, you're a storyteller. Make sure you tell good stories. The Pond 5 blog had a great examination of the 6 things every story must have: https://blog.pond5.com/6477-storytelling-101-the-6-elements-of-every-complete-narrative/
Start Your Podcast NOW - Recording in Nature
September 03, 2019 11:00 - 9 minutes - 9.1 MBYou'll have to do it at some point. You'll have to record outside or in a noisy environment. How do you address it?
Start Your Podcast NOW - Podcast Horror Stories
August 27, 2019 11:00 - 8 minutes - 7.56 MBStuff happens. Stuff that can derail your podcasting and keep you from being the success you can be! Learn from these stories! Link to Quartz article I mentioned: https://qz.com/1683460/what-happens-to-your-itunes-account-when-apple-says-youve-committed-fraud/
Start Your Podcast NOW - Selling Out
August 20, 2019 12:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBYour favorite artist has "sold out"? Let's unpack why that makes us angry and why we shouldn't be.
Start Your Podcast NOW - When it's hard to love your baby
August 13, 2019 11:00 - 5 minutes - 1.25 MBEveryone who has a baby has gotten frustrated with their baby. And a lot of us have even had the feeling that we dislike or even hate our baby. It's a common thought and it doesn't mean the person who has that thought actually hates their baby or would ever harm them. But it is tough to think you're the only one who has those thoughts or that they're shameful. On the contrary, it's only once those feelings are faced that you can really deal with them and show your child how to handle anger, ...
Start Your Podcast NOW - Podcastin' sick.
August 06, 2019 11:00 - 2 minutes - 620 KBSo I went to Napa Valley with my wife, daughter, and my parents. On the second day I got food poisoning. I think I threw up so much I was puking food other people had eaten. I cried. I moaned in pain while lying on the floor. And I still managed to record a few minutes of material and upload it for you. You're welcome.
Start Your Podcast NOW - The Phone Episode
July 30, 2019 11:00 - 9 minutes - 16.7 MBPop quiz, hot shot, you're on the road or just lazy and you have to do your podcast with nothing more than your cell phone. What do you do? You... just... record with your cell phone. This week's episode was recorded entirely on my phone. I even used my phone to post it. Yes, it's possible.
Start Your Podcast NOW - Keep Good Habits
July 23, 2019 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.26 MBYou may have let some good habits lapse, like backing up your audio files or having a checklist before you start recording. Stop it. Or... start... it... again. Not sure how to phrase that. In any case, the point is, keep good habits! This week's Podcast Roulette: Tales From the Pit, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT8yzjyr0x8&list=PLghELjfG88YH3qEuYUYdKzjrg6hZGhs9l
Start Your Podcast NOW - Podcasting when you don't feel like it.
July 16, 2019 11:00 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBI'm tired. I don't feel like podcasting today. But I do it. I heard a fan-freaking-tastic bit of advice on writer's block that was directly applicable to this problem. I heard it in the Small Beans podcast hosted by Michael Swaim (former writer for Cracked.com), where he was joined by fellow former Cracked alum, Dan O'Brien. They talked about the depression they felt after pouring themselves into Cracked only to still watch the site fail. Listen to that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/...
Start Your Podcast NOW - Free Stuff For Podcasters!
July 09, 2019 11:00 - 8 minutes - 7.85 MBStuff that's free that I talk about: 1. Audacity: https://www.audacityteam.org/ 2. Pro Tools First: https://www.avid.com/pro-tools-first 3. Zoom: https://zoom.us/ 4. Media.io 5. Your own clothing for soundproofing (no link, and you should be terrified if I offer you one). 6. Your Phone (I... have no link for that either) 7. Audionautix: https://audionautix.com/index.php 8. Freesound.org 9. Pexels.com
Start Your Podcast NOW - The Deepest Lines
July 02, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBToday's different. The normal format is ignored. I jump right into analyzing 3 different lines from 2 movies and a song. I only focus on one line each, but they are the lines that jumped out at me and had meaning far beyond the context of their original works. Join me as I delve into the Deepest Lines. Line Sources: 1. Bottle Shock 2. Inglourious Basterds 3. Alice In Chains' Your Decision
Start Your Podcast NOW - Interviewing Tips
June 25, 2019 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.96 MBYour listeners expect the best from your interviews, and that's what this podcast will help you do. 7 tips to keep in mind! Today's podcast roulette: Oprah's Master Class, the episode where she interviews Barbara Walters, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/barbara-walters/id1401057414?i=1000434656182
Start Your Podcast NOW - The Difference Between a Character and Propaganda
June 18, 2019 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBThis one's for the creatives making a fictionalized podcast, but the lessons today can really apply to all of us. Write characters, not propaganda. Listen to find out what I mean. Today's Podcast Roulette: Cynical Reviews on Youtube. Start with the one on Braveheart!
Start Your Podcast NOW - Tips on Performance Anxiety!
June 11, 2019 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.3 MBPerforming in front of a live studio audience is tough. I give you tips today on how to face that sea of people! Great books on the subject: The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and Talk Like Ted by Carmine Gallo Today's Podcast Roulette: Gangster Capitalism. Listen here: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cadence13/gangster-capitalism
Start Your Podcast NOW - They're Fixing Sonic The Hedgehog
June 04, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBYou ever make something and everyone hates it so you redo it? Now imagine you spent nearly a hundred million dollars making that thing. How would you feel? Yeah. Well, Paramount is having to redesign Sonic the Hedgehog after every living thing on Earth hated his appearance. What lessons can we take away as creative types who make stuff for people to enjoy? That's what we talk about today! The Sonic Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvvZaBf9QQI&t=81s Podcast Roulette today is Ta...
Start Your Podcast NOW - It's a Bug's Mic
May 28, 2019 12:00 - 5 minutes - 5 MBNew tech is always fun to talk about. This week, I go over a new kind of microphone I just read about that could change EVERYTHING. At least everything with how we use mics. Researchers figured out how to make mics that sense sound the way bugs do and they could revolutionize voice commands and "in the field" recordings. The article: https://www.insidescience.org/news/researchers-mimic-biology-make-better-buggy-microphone Today's Podcast Roulette: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/pineapp...
Start Your Podcast NOW - Spotify Gives Podcasts Their Due
May 21, 2019 11:00 - 5 minutes - 4.85 MBSo, this is a short one this week, but it's important! Spotify, in addition to be spending hundreds of millions of dollars on podcasts are going to change how you see them in your Spotify app. It's good news, trust me! Article from The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/17/18629274/spotify-podcast-library-redesign-music This week's Podcast Roulette: Make Speidi Famous Again, https://www.podcastone.com/make-speidi-famous-again
Start Your Podcast NOW - Google Gonna Help Find You Podcasts!
May 14, 2019 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.66 MBGood news, everyone! Podcasts are going to begin being indexed in Google searches, which will make podcasts MUCH easier to find. AND you'll be able to listen to them directly from your Google search. AND you'll be able to bookmark them for later listening. There's more to it than that, of course, you'll just have to listen to today's podcast, of course! Tech Crunch article I mentioned: https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/google-search-will-offer-better-news-coverage-and-soon-support-for-podc...
Start Your Podcast NOW - The Disastrous Launch of Luminary
May 07, 2019 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBOh, boy, where to start with Luminary's awful launch... I suppose listening to this podcast. Luminary wanted to be the Netflix of Podcasts, but at this rate it's looking like it's gonna be the Gizmondo of Podcasts. If you don't get that reference, Google Gizmondo. It was a fascinating trainwreck of a device. Meantime, here are some great articles going over the problems of Luminary: From The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/25/18515840/luminary-podcast-startup-proxy-server-show-taked...
Start Your Podcast NOW - Spoiler Alert!
April 30, 2019 11:00 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBNobody likes having some big movie spoiled before they get to see it. Don't be the one who spoils it! Maybe you have a pop culture or movie podcast. That doesn't make you exempt from the rules. Today I talk about the proper way to use the "Spoiler Alert". Today's Podcast Roulette: Spoiler Alert! Listen here: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/phoenix-radio/spoiler-alert-5
Start Your Podcast NOW - Separate FACT from FICTION in the News
April 23, 2019 11:00 - 8 minutes - 7.52 MBWith all the rumors, assumptions, and false information spreading last week after the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral dominated the news cycle, I figured it would be a good time to talk about sifting through the nonsense to find the truth in these stories as an example of how we did that back in my news radio days. Today's Podcast Roulette is Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell. Listen here: http://revisionisthistory.com/
Start Your Podcast NOW - Audio Editing Advice
April 16, 2019 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.25 MBYou have all the recording equipment you could want, great editing software, a voice of gold, the gift of gab, and the perfect podcast topic. BUT you have to edit your podcast! I give great tips on how to get awesomer at it. Today's Podcast Roulette is Til' Death Do Us Blart. Link is here: https://blart.libsyn.com/
Start Your Podcast NOW - Thinking Like a Radio Producer
April 09, 2019 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBSure, you're not making radio, I get that. But if you get the mentality of a radio producer it's going to make your podcasting go a lot smoother. Why? Because you'll be "always on", constantly preparing and researching for your show to the point where it's second nature and doesn't even feel like work. It's a nice place to be. One of the things I mention in today's show that you really need in your life is Valerie Geller's Beyond Powerful Radio. Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-...
Start Your Podcast NOW - Is This A Podcast?
April 02, 2019 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.51 MBRan across Leading Ladies, an "animated podcast" made by the Women's History Museum of Zambia, and wondered, "what the heck is an animated podcast?" I watched it, and it's great! But I don't think it's a podcast. So in today's episode I explore what the word, "podcast" means, and why it doesn't really matter what I think. But, hey! That's the nature of being someone who thinks language should be preserved more than it is and not morph so quickly. In any case, watch Leading Ladies, it's ...
Start Your Podcast NOW - Taking Care of Your Voice
March 26, 2019 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.45 MBIf you're gonna talk for a long time, you're gonna have to take care of your voice. You'll have to warm up, you'll have to get into a good posture, breathe properly, and a bunch more stuff. I talk about that stuff on today's podcast! Read this book: The Art of Voice Acting. Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Voice-Acting-Performing-Voiceover/dp/0415736978/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=FXWFMMD2NVK0QQA0QBKJ Today's Podcast Roulette: The Ben Shapiro Show, https:/...
Start Your Podcast NOW - Spotify Bought Gimlet Media
March 19, 2019 11:00 - 9 minutes - 9.03 MBSpotify buying Gimlet Media is the biggest deal podcasting has ever seen. Not in the Ron Burgundy sense of the phrase, but big as in $230 Million big. I talk about the implications of this deal and the fact that Gimlet Media has gone and unionized! Podcast Roulette: Startup (by Gimlet Media, no less), https://www.gimletmedia.com/startup.
Start Your Podcast NOW - Advertising Your Podcast
March 12, 2019 11:00 - 9 minutes - 22.6 MBYa gotta advertise your podcast. No way around that. But how?? I give you tips on this week's episode to get you started on the path to getting your podcast in front of more ears! Podcast Roulette: School of Greatness with Lewis Howe. Listen at https://lewishowes.com/blog/
Start Your Podcast NOW - New Rules from Apple Podcasts!
March 05, 2019 12:00 - 5 minutes - 5.25 MBIf your podcast is on iTunes, you got an email last week telling you about some new rules you need to follow. You know, in case you'd like your podcast to actually stay on the Apple Podcasts app. Yeah, I know I just said "iTunes", but I explain it all in this podcast. In case you never saw that email, here's what you need to know: https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/02/28/apples-new-podcast-metadata-rules-ban-episode-numbers-threaten-removal Today's Podcast Roulette: The Lawyerist. ...
Start Your Podcast NOW - Finding Time to Podcast When You Have a Newborn
February 26, 2019 12:00 - 7 minutes - 7.19 MBHere are my tips for finding time to podcast when you have a newborn. It ain't easy, but if you wanna make it happen, you gotta MAKE the time! Today's Podcast Roulette: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cool-mom-picks/spawned-with-kristen-and-liz-of-coolmompicks