What Goes Into a Podcast?

+ Posted by Josh Hallett on 02.15.05 // 09:33 PM

After listening to the lastest For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report yesterday, I e-mailed Neville Hobson to ask how much time it takes he and Shel Holtz to produce the podcasts. Here is what Neville had to say:

Re prep, in the days prior to a show we each spend about an hour in total looking, checking re things we'll talk about. Exchange a couple of emails, etc. Then, we do the show. We're now sufficiently polished that we just connect up on Skype and do it. No rehearsals now! Once the recording is done, it takes Shel about 30 mins to do things like check the recording quality, upload the MP3 to the podcast blog, prep the feed with the RSS enclosure and get that ready.

The real time consuming bit is doing the show notes. As Shel does all the hard tech work in doing the actual recording, I do the show notes. Each one takes a good 90 minutes or more to do as I listen to the complete recording in order to capture every blog, website, etc, we mention, then get all the links to reach one. Then, post those notes on the podcast blog and then on mine. Shel then does his.

We have fun doing this!

When you visit the site you'll see how detailed the show notes are. Neville and Shel have decided to double their workload and start producing two shows per week. The next show is due this Thursday and will feature an interview with Steve Rubel.

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