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# Learning to Podcast: Week of March 2nd
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/learning-to-podcast-week-of-march-2nd/
- Published: 2024-03-02T17:49:18.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-02T20:27:06.000Z
- Description: foibles and lessons
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: instabram, #u-bg-feature-image, #u-color-text-light

here are some lessons i learned in my first week of setting up a podcast.

## Notes, Formats, Struggling with Script Pacing

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some meta work including setting up a template for each recorded section and insider baseball

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the versions are \~clockwise. (with interspersed notes to myself post recording)

i started w super high level, wasn't dense enough and i flubbed a lot of words. i tried word for word, delivery was too boring/forced. i moved to bullets but detailed, but went *too* detailed, and they were hard to read. finally settled on bullets that aren't dense, but flow into each other so i'm never "winging it". hard balance to strike, still very wip

## Philosophy

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## Riverside

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recorded first test in riverside. meh, i think id rather use obs.

## Scene Transitions

this solo podcast has three sections: lessons, commentary, and philosophy. im learning to use obs to switch between them

0:00 

/0:20 

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## Microphone

i did a lot of research and was just planning on using airpods for now, but i buckled and picked up a shure mv7\. 

but here's me testing my mic on my iphone

0:00 

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1× 

## Ghost Podcast

i want to replicate [transistor private sub fn](https://support.transistor.fm/en/article/what-are-private-podcast-subscribers-12lzzka/?ref=bramadams.dev) in ghost, and attach it to the current member ids. this comes after i record a few episodes and reach a level of quality that im comfortable splitting in half

[ChatGPTA conversational AI system that listens, learns, and challenges![](https://cdn.oaistatic.com/_next/static/media/apple-touch-icon.59f2e898.png)![](https://cdn.oaistatic.com/_next/static/media/chatgpt-share-og.49cbbffe.png)](https://chat.openai.com/share/73d19c7a-251b-4a68-a97a-c558076f171b?ref=bramadams.dev)

ghost rss private podcast is ideally the way i want to go. following a sam harris making sense model where first half of ep is free, and second half is for paid subs

### Playing with Format

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