It's here! The first podcast episode of The Format. This conversation is with my friend and fellow podcast producer based in Durham, North Carolina, Angela Hollowell. Angela owns Rootful Media and hosts The Honey and Hustle Podcast. We talk about crafting an engaging interview, managing guest expectations, tech tools we are loving and using podcasting to disseminate information and build communities.
In order of mention:
Why Raleigh? Podcast
The World Changing Podcast
Creative Architects - Castos
The Ground Up Show
The Zane Lowe Interview Series
St. Augustine’s University
Zapier
Notion AI
Aston
The Colin and Samir show
Patreon
Airbnb
Red Hat Podcast
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Frontier RTP
Phil Freelon
Descript
Outine:
- What got us into podcasting
- What new tools we have been using that we love
- Interviews techniques
- Balancing guest comfort/happiness with the quality of the show - pros and cons of sending drafts or episode for review
- Show formats/styles
- Editing styles/process
- Youtube and spotify SEO
- Video podcasting versus non-video podcasting
- 38:06 took a while for angela to realize Honey & Hustle was a podcast and to start releasing it on spotify etc
- What aspects of our work so far we are most proud of
- Scratching that creative itch vs. making a living - why we love podcasting
- Patreon and other creator platforms
- The future of podcasting - What is a "successful" podcast
- The width versus the depth of your reach
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