Podcast?

[Stef]

I was thinking of starting a podcast. Would any of you know how to go about doing it and setting it up? Maybe a YTtalk podcast?! lol

But, yeah, it's just something I wanted to do along with YouTube.

 

[JTAphotographs]

Depends what kind of podcast that you would like to do... Video or Audio. It would be a lot easier to do a lengthy audio podcast than a video podcast. My preference is to listen to a much longer audio podcast because they can be funny and be good listening material whilst I am doing some work. I would also recommend doing it with other people (not on your own) because there are less chances for mind-blanks and the conversation can keep on going - it is more interesting. Try doing one with your friends because you'd probably feel more comfortable when doing it.

 

[Stef]

But, how would I go about actually starting one? What program/website do I use?

 

[JTAphotographs]

ah.. I see what you mean...

You can download quite a few free audio recording software for computers - I would recommend 'Audacity' its basic, but does the job of recording voice. Tbh, you don't really need too much to start this off apart from the software, and a mic - depending on your price range you can choose. For a microphone for a podcast, i would recommend the Blue Snowball mic; or if you don't have the money for this, just go for something like a USB microphone.

 

[Stef]

Cool. So, I already have a good mic and software. Now, let's say I already recorded a podcast, what are the steps to get it 'out there'? Sorry, if these are really basic, dumb questions. I know nothing about this, but I know I've seen some people put them up on iTunes. Is SoundCloud an option?

 

[JTAphotographs]

iTunes would work but that (I believe) has a lengthy application process
You can obviously use YouTube and yttalk to promote it; I would also recommend getting it out there on as many social networking sites as possible