Subj : Re: podcasting
To   : Utopian Galt
From : boraxman
Date : Sat Jul 30 2022 11:37:27

 UG> If I am new to the idea of podcasting, should i just write an outline of
 UG> what  i want to talk about and just have natural conversation or should
 UG> I just write  out entirely what I want to say like a book on tape?
 UG> 

I've worked with a couple of podcasters, no one you would know.  Go halfway.

Reading from a script can sound exactly like, reading from a script...  If you can make it sound like you are not, do that.

Natural conversation, if you are doing it alone, sounds like someone just having a stream of consciousness ramble.  With others, it can lack focus.

Some people can make a script come alive, some can talk off the cuff and make it flow and be coherent.  Most can't.  One rare example where it works is Protesilaeous Stavrou's podcast, he reads his articles, but since they are dense, it feel more like an 'audiobook'.  Someone else I knew did that, but it felt just like reading an article.  In short, reading word for word text, the text better be well written and well delivered.

There are too many podcasters/YouTuber, who pick a simple topic like, say, why you shouldn't
really use the desktop to store icons/files, and ramble for 15 minutes.  These unscripted rambles are repetitive, pointless, way, way too long.  Don't do that either.

Make sure the podcast is focused, have a point, and unless you can do the unscripted conversation like Joe Rogan (I'm sure he plans quite a bit), write an outline, what you're going to say, the points you're going to cover, and budget time.

What will your podcast be on?

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