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I'm always bothered by un-edited podcasts. It isn't hard. I have a tiny little podcast with few listeners and still edit them all. For an hour long podcast I

by birken 9y ago

I'm always bothered by un-edited podcasts. It isn't hard. I have a tiny little podcast with few listeners and still edit them all. For an hour long podcast I can easily cut out 5 minutes worth of pauses, "ummm"s, "you know"s, talking over each other and mis-talking. Makes the podcast sound so much smoother. Probably takes me somewhere between 2-3 hours to edit a 1 hour podcast. Yes, that is a lot, but if 100 people listen to it and it saves then 5 minutes then that is well worth it. As an added plus, you and your guests sound a lot smarter.

orasis 9y ago
I like the saving others time math - nice way to think about it.
atom-morgan 9y ago
The Joe Rogan Experience is probably my favorite podcast and the unedited nature of it is one big plus. I think people over-exaggerate uhs and umms. If it's every other word, yeah. Otherwise, it's not THAT big of a deal in most cases.
- blizkreeg 9y ago
  did you listen to this one?
- birken 9y ago
  Some need it more than others. The local news is live and doesn't need editing because the people doing the broadcast are pros. Joe Rogan is an absolute pro who has been an actor, comedian, game show host, UFC commentator in addition to being an excellent and experienced radio host. He makes a 3-hour unedited podcast seem easy, where for me I don't think I could do 10 minutes smoothly even if I had it all planned out. I don't know if Joe Rogan always records in a sound studio, but in my experience having a good mic is like 75% of the battle, and being in the same room as your guest also helps minimize the interjections. In addition of course to having an extremely experienced and professional host to keep the flow. For my particular podcast my co-host and I always record remotely, but each of us record our sound locally and then I edit the streams together after the fact. You wont find many top tier podcasts that don't do this because the audio dump from skype/hangouts puts a very low ceiling on your sound quality and if you don't have separate streams then editing becomes much harder. Still though I don't want to make it sound like it is hard. It isn't. Two microphones, a couple of hours of editing in Audacity (free, open source) and you get a very good sounding podcast. You don't need a sound studio or a degree in audio engineering.
jgill 9y ago
What's your podcast by the way?

by birken 9y ago

orasis 9y ago

I like the saving others time math - nice way to think about it.

atom-morgan 9y ago

The Joe Rogan Experience is probably my favorite podcast and the unedited nature of it is one big plus. I think people over-exaggerate uhs and umms. If it's every other word, yeah. Otherwise, it's not THAT big of a deal in most cases.

blizkreeg 9y ago
did you listen to this one?
birken 9y ago
Some need it more than others. The local news is live and doesn't need editing because the people doing the broadcast are pros. Joe Rogan is an absolute pro who has been an actor, comedian, game show host, UFC commentator in addition to being an excellent and experienced radio host. He makes a 3-hour unedited podcast seem easy, where for me I don't think I could do 10 minutes smoothly even if I had it all planned out. I don't know if Joe Rogan always records in a sound studio, but in my experience having a good mic is like 75% of the battle, and being in the same room as your guest also helps minimize the interjections. In addition of course to having an extremely experienced and professional host to keep the flow. For my particular podcast my co-host and I always record remotely, but each of us record our sound locally and then I edit the streams together after the fact. You wont find many top tier podcasts that don't do this because the audio dump from skype/hangouts puts a very low ceiling on your sound quality and if you don't have separate streams then editing becomes much harder. Still though I don't want to make it sound like it is hard. It isn't. Two microphones, a couple of hours of editing in Audacity (free, open source) and you get a very good sounding podcast. You don't need a sound studio or a degree in audio engineering.

jgill 9y ago

What's your podcast by the way?