Writing and Producing for thePodcast and Net Market

Me

• Podcasting since 2006• Over 12 original tales• Featured in WSJ,

Guardian, BBC Radio 4 Blog

• Writer at heart, podcaster by force

What Are Podcasts?

Podcast Readers

Finding New Podcasts

What Do You Hear on Podcasts?

Not Your Grandma’s Radio Drama!

Modern Audio Drama

Making a Podcast

Components

• Computer – Mac or PC• Mic – Your internal mic ain’t gonna cut it• Content – Callers? Actors? Music?• Distribution – Website, RSS enclosure, iTunes

Turning Content into a Podcast

• MP3 is really the way to go. No AAC B#$!@#• Data is cheap. 160kbps CBR, or 180kbps VBR • ID3 Data – Describe your podcast and give it

art!• File naming – Consistency and digits for older

MP3 players, i.e. mypodcast001.mp3

Turning Content into a Podcast

Getting it out there...

Options for Writers

• Plenty of people want content• Fiction? Nonfiction? Interview?• Start listening and figure out what kind of

show your writing would fit on

So You Wanna Make a Radio Drama?

• Writing, writing, writing• Plan twice, record once• Production – Studio, live, remote, location• Mix and master• Distribute!

Studio Recording

Live Shows

Remote Recording

Location Recording