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I'd say so; when I travel I load up a bunch of software related podcasts to consume the time since I don't really listen to radio. To me it seems many people sa

I'd say so; when I travel I load up a bunch of software related podcasts to consume the time since I don't really listen to radio. To me it seems many people say 'lets start a podcast!!!' then their first episode they realize they need content to talk about. More power to them for doing a podcast, but I will say many times I'm just listening to people ramble about personal stuff or whatever. Good content tends to take some serious prep, I guess is my takeaway

ghaff 7y ago
I'm not sure it necessarily needs serious prep but it does need some amount of prep/planning and discipline not to go off the rails. Interview shows can be good even when they at least come across as casual conversation about some specific topic. However, I'd agree that a lot of podcasts have way too much random chit-chat for my taste.
- moocowtruck 7y ago
  I guess I did exaggerate the serious prep a bit, but I guess I used that term because with my current schedule it would be tough to fit in. Every time I do a developer workshop at work I want to do my best, but dang it takes me a good month of my spare time to get something I feel is worthy of consuming someone else's time. I just have a difficult time thinking how I'd do a weekly podcast and keep it interesting on topic! But I'm sure there are plenty of people better at this than I am hehe.. At the end of the day though I'm probably happier people keep producing even if I don't consume it all, just nice to know its there
  - ghaff 7y ago
    Weekly is pretty frequent. I aim for about every 2 weeks and am happy with 3. I find that, by finding interesting guests who can improvise and speak off the cuff, doing some prep, and keeping things to about 20 minutes it's doable. Then, it's also sort of part of my day job so spending an hour or so per week on it isn't a big deal.

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I'd say so; when I travel I load up a bunch of software related podcasts to consume the time since I don't really listen to radio. To me it seems many people sa

by moocowtruck 7y ago

ghaff 7y ago
I'm not sure it necessarily needs serious prep but it does need some amount of prep/planning and discipline not to go off the rails. Interview shows can be good even when they at least come across as casual conversation about some specific topic. However, I'd agree that a lot of podcasts have way too much random chit-chat for my taste.
- moocowtruck 7y ago
  I guess I did exaggerate the serious prep a bit, but I guess I used that term because with my current schedule it would be tough to fit in. Every time I do a developer workshop at work I want to do my best, but dang it takes me a good month of my spare time to get something I feel is worthy of consuming someone else's time. I just have a difficult time thinking how I'd do a weekly podcast and keep it interesting on topic! But I'm sure there are plenty of people better at this than I am hehe.. At the end of the day though I'm probably happier people keep producing even if I don't consume it all, just nice to know its there
  - ghaff 7y ago
    Weekly is pretty frequent. I aim for about every 2 weeks and am happy with 3. I find that, by finding interesting guests who can improvise and speak off the cuff, doing some prep, and keeping things to about 20 minutes it's doable. Then, it's also sort of part of my day job so spending an hour or so per week on it isn't a big deal.