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Poll Question: What do you think? Post a reply too if you have any ideas. | Total Votes: | 38 | 1. I would definitely listen to an Urbex Podcast | 23 | 60.53 % |
| 2. I would definitely listen and contribute my stories to an Urbex Podcast | 15 | 39.47 % |
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Abby Normal
Location: Las Vegas Gender: Female Total Likes: 845 likes
| | | | Re: Urbex Podcast? < Reply # 14 on 2/8/2016 9:42 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I like the idea of a podcast, but UE is such a visual activity it seems a shame not to have a video component to share with your audience as well. That said, it does change the direction of your project significantly. Some of my favorite "podcasts" are vlogs with a few guys chatting together about their adventures. It gives the audience a feeling of participation that audio only doesn't give. I would suggest that you sit down and develop a list of 15 or 20 episodes with an outline of each episode. If you have an issue creating that list, you may find yourself running out of episode ideas once you get the first few recorded. You might also want to sit down with a couple of your friends and record a few test podcasts to see how they come out. I'd also set up a couple of cell phones to capture video of your tests. That way you can get a feel for audio only vs audio/video of the exact same session. I'm currently messing around with the idea of an "Outdoor Adventure" video series. I've gathered a few video cameras, microphones, video and audio editing software. I've shot some underground test footage and am trying to put together a basic episode so I can get my head around lighting, audio, editing, voiceover, and production. A proof of concept so to speak. As part of the project I have created outlines for about 20 episodes varying from mine exploring, motorcycle touring, camping, outdoor cooking, gear reviews, and interviews with interesting members of each activity. I think once I get over hating the sound of my voice on audio, it might come together. Of course my advice is worth exactly what you had to pay for it. Whatever your choice of format, I'd suggest that you go for it! Good luck with it! Abby
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| kenfagerdotcom
Location: Madison, WI Gender: Male Total Likes: 458 likes
American Urbex... yeah. That was me.
| | | | Re: Urbex Podcast? < Reply # 16 on 2/9/2016 5:06 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I made the American Urbex Podcast that ran for 28 episodes. It started as an experiment and I really got into it for a while. I tried a few different things along the way. The nice thing about podcasts is you can change the format up to whatever you feel like. Want to do a story episode? Do it. Interview time? Great. 5 minute short update? Your followers will appreciate it. An hour long episode debate? Go for it. What I discovered from the listener metrics is that I couldn't anticipate what would connect with users. Some of the more popular episodes were the straight story episodes where I narrated my website posts verbatim. People loved it. I highly recommend using LibSyn by the way. They have a $5/mo. basic plan, but the $7/mo. came with listener metrics. It was worth it. Another thing to do is come up with a name for your podcast. Then see if the domain, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, YouTube, and other social media pages are going to be available. You're going to want to register all of them. Believe it or not someone else grabbed American Urbex on YouTube before I thought of getting to it. It doesn't show up in iTunes anymore because I stopped paying for LibSyn, but all the episodes are archived here. https://www.youtub...ericanUrbexPodcast Best of luck.
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| | | Re: Urbex Podcast? < Reply # 18 on 2/9/2016 8:14 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I would look to other specialty pursuit/occupation podcasts for evidence of the kinds of worthwhile discussions you could potentially have with this, that would transcend the "30 minutes of footsteps in an empty building" notions expressed above. Two that spring to mind that I listen to are Scriptnotes - "A podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters" (and many non-screenwriters like myself, as it's really about creating and communicating narrative, and the business of creating and communicating narrative) Good Beer Hunting - "Interviews with founders, brewers, aficionados, and keepers of the craft from all walks of life." The two have quite different default structures - a Scriptnotes episode usually is a discussion between the two hosts about several different topics, while Good Beer Hunting is almost always a single interview/conversation by the host with a guest or couple of guests. What they share is a consistent interest and willingness to talk critically about their subject craft, about relevant news/events/trends, and about the value of this craft both to participants and to the wider audience that consumes it. They both provide very lucid, critical and occasionally revelatory observations that are based on deep practitioner knowledge of the subject but are also accessible to a wider range of listeners. Because of its substantial overlaps with a range of urban conditions, interests and issues, I think you could definitely do something similarly interesting with urban exploration. It would take a real desire to ask some different questions and talk reflexively about aspects of the activity that are usually taken for granted by practitioners. Saying things that everyone agrees with and already knows implicitly does not make for good radio -- episode after episode of asking someone "why do you explore?" and getting the same rote, locker room answer back about what it feels like to be in a wrecked building isn't going to be worth the investment of time. But if you can get into some of the real points of inflection, contradiction and opportunity that arise from urban exploration, and provide timely discussion of emergent events from around the worldwide community and the wider built environment (for an extreme example of the latter, see the range of topics that get written up on the website BLDGBLOG), I think that could deliver a truly valuable service. It would help if you've got a good radio voice too. I listen to a couple of podcasts with less-practiced, more 'nerd'/'fan' voices, but it definitely takes more of a commitment on my part as a listener to sit through those.
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