3 Things
This series features accomplished podcasters & audio storytellers talking about what three elements new podcasters should focus on. Specifically, we unpack the podcasting mindset, the skills needed and the technology to capture the story.
There is a lot to rich content here. Enjoy listening.
“Do something else. Do something new.”
Alice Hasters is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author, social critic and podcaster. She is the author of the book Was weiße Menschen nicht über Rassismus hören wollen, aber wissen sollten (What White People Don't Want to Hear about Racism but Should Know Anyway). Alice hosts the podcast Feuer & Brot with her long time friend Maxi Häcke, and from 2020 to 2022, she moderated the podcast Einhundert, broadcast on Deutschlandfunk Nova.
Here in this piece Alice encourages us to overestimate our skills when starting out and prepare well for every episode. She also reminds us of the power of a good story, told in a skillful way.
“Meet yourself through your own voice.”
Podcast wisdom offered by Gohar Sharoyan, podcast teacher at University of Luxembourg: tapping into innate passion, radical listening & finding the storyteller inside of us. So very important and so nicely explained here by Gohar, a former student at The Berlin School of Podcasting.
“I wanted to do that as well.”
In just 2 minutes in 45 seconds Yannic explains the central importance of listening, experimentation and becoming a familiar friend with your editing software. He also celebrates the magic of music in podcasting.
I have been connecting with experienced podcasters to ask what mindset, skills and technologies they would concentrate on if they were starting out in the podcasting world. In this newsletter I share the advice offered by Yannic Hannebohn, a reporter, audio producer and media consultant living in Berlin. Yannic is a very important person to me because he taught me how to make my first production and I consider him a mentor.
“Please don’t give a duck”
Here in just 3 minutes Mario Rueda, a.k.a. Mizter Rad, explains the central importance of 1) “not giving a “duck” about what other people think!" 2) being structured and articulate and 3) creating efficiencies along the production process chain.
I have been connecting with experienced podcasters to ask what mindset, skills and technologies they would concentrate on if they were starting out in the podcasting world. Here I share the advice offered by Mario Rueda is an entrepreneur, podcaster and creative, connective soul. Make sure to check out his podcast, The Mizter Rad Show which is all about the future of humanity.