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Obligatory mention for the No Agenda podcast [1], by the "father of podcasting" Adam Curry and tech broadcaster John C. Dvorak. They have an interesting model i

Obligatory mention for the No Agenda podcast [1], by the "father of podcasting" Adam Curry and tech broadcaster John C. Dvorak. They have an interesting model in being 100% listener supported, with no advertisers or sponsors, and yet still managing to make a living off their show, putting out 2 shows every week (today show #832): "Their funding model is strictly listener supported, and it's working. The premise being that keeping outside influences away from content development gives listeners untainted news, opinion and entertainment... they refer to it as a "value-for-value" proposition -- listen to the show, if you get something worthwhile from it make a donation. This model should change the face of podcasting. More and more independent podcasters will probably take note of this new model, and they should. Open, unsullied content creation and delivery should be the goal of everyone in the media -- a free exchange of ideas, opinions and content is the cornerstone of a free internet and a free society. Podcasting has always been a medium searching for a successful funding model. Curry was a pioneer in getting podcasters to band together to try and attract funding from advertisers and sponsors. Curry started a couple of companies to support this model -- he would probably be the first to admit that the main-stream media model is not the best one for podcasting... but his constant tinkering and experimentation with the medium he created is starting to pay off. Curry and Dvorak may be the first "professional" podcasters to make a living doing a show that is truly independent, insightful and listener supported." [1] http://www.noagendashow.com/ http://www.noagendashow.com/ [2] http://www.examiner.com/article/no-agenda-makes-podcasting-relevant-and-profitable http://www.examiner.com/article/no-agenda-makes-podcasting-r...

lurkinggrue 10y ago
I can respect that show but man I can't sit though it. Dvorak just grates on me and Adam is a bit too conspiracy centered for me. They are being successful though and that's really cool to see narrow programming do well for a specific audience.
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trvr 10y ago
I suspect that Adam and John don't need the money they make from the podcast to pay their bills, so I'm not really sure what "it's working" means to them. The article you linked to doesn't mention any specifics.
- teekert 10y ago
  Maybe Dvorak doesn't need it but Curry blew all his money from the MTV days I believe. He is not exactly living a glamorous life. I like the show, the model seems to work although the newsletter is constantly pushing people for more donations. Their wording makes it seem like they are on the edge of being sustainable all the time. This could be true of course. If you take the time to listen to them longer , > 10 podcasts or so your start to pick up on the type of thinking they have, it really can be refreshing and No Agenda should certainly be part of a healthy news diet, as they call it. By the way, strange to see nobody mention TWIT, I enjoy it every week, they seem to do very well. Also, the Jupiter Broadcasting network (Linux Action Show, Linux Unplugged, Unfilter, etc) is an absolute joy to listen to. Very motivated team that exists by doing ads and using patreon. They prefer not to use ads and gladly take donation but I think they hit a nice balance. My app of choice is Pocket Casts, works very well. Oh, I also used to be a fan of Linux Outlaws, they had a fan made foss app that integrated with Indenti.ca (foss twitter clone based on status.net), you could automagically chat using a hashtag unique to the current episode. That was a nice experience and worth using the app for.

lurkinggrue 10y ago

I can respect that show but man I can't sit though it. Dvorak just grates on me and Adam is a bit too conspiracy centered for me. They are being successful though and that's really cool to see narrow programming do well for a specific audience.

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trvr 10y ago

I suspect that Adam and John don't need the money they make from the podcast to pay their bills, so I'm not really sure what "it's working" means to them. The article you linked to doesn't mention any specifics.

teekert 10y ago
Maybe Dvorak doesn't need it but Curry blew all his money from the MTV days I believe. He is not exactly living a glamorous life. I like the show, the model seems to work although the newsletter is constantly pushing people for more donations. Their wording makes it seem like they are on the edge of being sustainable all the time. This could be true of course. If you take the time to listen to them longer , > 10 podcasts or so your start to pick up on the type of thinking they have, it really can be refreshing and No Agenda should certainly be part of a healthy news diet, as they call it. By the way, strange to see nobody mention TWIT, I enjoy it every week, they seem to do very well. Also, the Jupiter Broadcasting network (Linux Action Show, Linux Unplugged, Unfilter, etc) is an absolute joy to listen to. Very motivated team that exists by doing ads and using patreon. They prefer not to use ads and gladly take donation but I think they hit a nice balance. My app of choice is Pocket Casts, works very well. Oh, I also used to be a fan of Linux Outlaws, they had a fan made foss app that integrated with Indenti.ca (foss twitter clone based on status.net), you could automagically chat using a hashtag unique to the current episode. That was a nice experience and worth using the app for.