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Rant and a record — the format of these podcasts
Updated: 2005-04-09 11:29:17
Description: I’m thinking that the format of podcasts can take many forms. Listen to this one to learn about my views on format, why I like the 10-minute “rant and a record” idea, plus the obligatory tweaking of the broadcast industry... 8.3 m...more...

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Remotes — Taking it to the streets
Updated: 2005-04-09 11:35:03
Description: Podcasting, especially community podcasting, is all about letting people tell their own stories. In order to do that, you gotta go to them. This will undoubtedly be a recurring theme. In this one, listen to a few general thoughts about remotes, plus...more...

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All the words you CAN say in a podcast, even if you can't on the radio…
Updated: 2005-04-10 23:24:32
Description: Radio is a shared space, like a city park, and there are rules governing your behavior there. Podcasting space is also shared, but it's an interactive place that you choose to enter -- so the rules are different. Download the podcast, or......more...

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Voice style — Why you don't need to talk like a radio DJ
Updated: 2005-04-11 18:43:41
Description: Community podcasting is about real people telling their own stories, in their own voices. A little about the history of why radio people talk the way they do, and why you don't need to. Download the podcast, or... Listen to it as a stream ...more...

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Podcasts as an organizing tool — in your community or your company
Updated: 2005-04-13 01:12:27
Description: Audio is a great way to communicate. Very rich, all kinds of subtle things happen that don't in the written word, and are Too Hard in video. Here are some thoughts on how podcasting is a great way to reach a community, even inside your own com...more...

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Community access — access for whom, the listener or the story teller?
Updated: 2005-04-14 20:03:57
Description: Podcasting solves a big problem that plagues community radio stations -- the eternal balancing act between providing access to the airwaves for all while at the same time providing an audience. A little controversial on the music selection for th...more...

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Advertising and podcasting
Updated: 2005-04-18 21:13:01
Description: In the words of Elmer Fudd, be vewwy vewwy careful... Advertising leads to choices you may wish you hadn't made later on. It's one of the reasons that "Public" broadcasting is in the fix it's in today. And the nice thing is, communi...more...

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Podcasting — free of internal politics
Updated: 2005-04-20 21:01:54
Description: Internal politics is an inevitable part of any community radio station. There are all sorts of reasons why -- and podcasting neatly avoids most of them. Of course, sometimes politics is a creative force that drives the content to new places, but fo...more...

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Podcast about podcasts as comments in podcasts (pretty recursive, huh?)
Updated: 2005-04-30 21:19:58
Description: Adam Curry's got a new "Strategy 'cast" out, and it triggered an idea. Why not build podcasting sites so that the comments to podcasts are podcasts? Buncha interesting software widgets would have to get built, and there's some etique...more...

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Farewell — the end of Sex and Podcasting
Updated: 2005-10-29 20:39:08
Description: Yup. I've decided to wrap up Sex and Podcasting and move on. I should have done this about a month ago, but hey, who'sperfect? As I said back then, I've run out of things to say about community podcasting. I've decided to do a new podcast rather ...more...

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Rural entrepreneurship - a lot harder than sex and podcasting
Updated: 2005-10-17 17:48:56
Description: I love living in the country and would quite like to start a business here so that I could earn my living in the country as well. But the infrastructure that an entrepreneur needs (a local business community, smart people, local capital) has drained...more...

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Sex and Podcasting takes a look at Peak Oil — a modern day ghost story
Updated: 2005-10-08 21:42:58
Description: Once upon a time I was appointed by the mayor of St Paul to head a commission to take a look at the Y2k problem. I met a lot of interesting people, and one of the most interesting groups were folks characterized as “Doomers” — thos...more...

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Hollywood investing — better stick with sex and podcasting
Updated: 2005-10-02 15:59:22
Description: A guy named Joseph Medawar got visited by the FBI last week for allegedly bilking people out of $5.5 million for a television show supposedly endorsed by President Bush. Hucksters like this are always of interest to me as a few of them have walked o...more...

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Sex, podcasting and… deer hunting?
Updated: 2005-09-24 16:04:20
Description: This is the first show since I’ve given myself permission to drift a little ways away from the “community podcasting” topic. Hunting season is starting here in Western Wisconsin and I thought I’d share a few observations. He...more...

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A Sex and Podcasting "sampler" show
Updated: 2005-05-01 17:28:00
Description: This is a show aimed at people who are just trying to get a feel for what Sex and Podcasting is all about. This show features four or five summaries ofthe big themes in the series, plus representative snippets of the music that I play.This show is a...more...

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Audio is a better community medium than video
Updated: 2005-05-08 19:06:30
Description: This an old argument, left over from the community radio days. Which is a better community medium, audio or video? I'm on the side of audio. I think it's easier to produce, easier to teach to other people, more involving for the listener...more...

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Community radio stations are a GREAT place to do community podcasting
Updated: 2005-05-16 20:40:19
Description: This is the “call to action” podcast for community-radio programmers, producers, staff and boardmembers. I'm lobbying that you folks could be the epicenter of community podcasting if you choose to do so — and I hope you will. ...more...

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NPR vs CPB — he who pays the piper calls the tune
Updated: 2005-05-23 18:35:28
Description: A week full of news that's interesting if you're a community podcaster. CPB slaps NPR, NPR slaps back, Cox and Clear Channel are dropping rock-format stations 'cause they're not seeing the rate of return they want, and iTunes loo...more...

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You can tell who the pioneers are — they have the arrows in their backs
Updated: 2005-05-30 17:14:20
Description: Dave Winer did a couple of great podcasts this week — the first a very personal revelation of his side of the business difficulties between him and Adam Curry and the second, which inspired this podcast, in which he does a lot of reflecting and...more...

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We've got to untether the MP3 player for podcasting to take off
Updated: 2005-06-06 19:50:15
Description: Community radio folks (and NPR types as well) are telling me podcasting is just a flash in the pan — because people don't own their iPods for very long before they stop using them and turn back to other ways of listening. That may be true...more...

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Snippets - the new form a media in a mix and remix world
Updated: 2005-06-13 20:37:41
Description: I read a great article this week that got me thinking about the format of this show. Snippets. It's all about snippets. Media becomes little short bits that we (the audience) mix and twiddle to meet our own needs. There's lots more to b...more...

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CPB funding cut - a lesson to us all…
Updated: 2005-06-21 20:56:00
Description: Yep, well this is kindof a repeat. Probably a theme that will show up over and over. A sub-committee of congress-critters cut CPB's funding this week. See? If you want to be free in your speech, pay attention to where the money is coming fro...more...

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Licensed music played here
Updated: 2005-06-29 12:33:16
Description: These podcasts play music licensed by BMI. Figuring out what to do about all that was a head-scratcher for me. Listen to the podcast to find out what I learned about DMCA, Sound Exchange, Harry Fox, mechanical vs performance licensing, etc. And why I...more...

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Money! Podcasting! Podcasting and Money…
Updated: 2005-06-29 14:47:45
Description: Of course people are all excited about making a fortune in podcasting. Listen to this podcast to hear where I think the money will be made, why it won't materially influence the bulk of what happens in podcasting, and why money isn't going ...more...

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Tinkerers and do-it-yourselfers unite! Podcasting is a medium for YOU!
Updated: 2005-06-29 14:50:25
Description: Why do we DO this podcasting stuff anyway??? All kinds of reasons, but one is 'cause it's fun to make stuff.Gad there are a lot of fun projects to do in the podcasting realm. Audio widgets to tinker with, software to write, lotsa stuff to f...more...

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Welcome iTunes folks — this week is a watershed
Updated: 2005-06-30 02:51:01
Description: Wow. iTunes added podcasting yesterday and Sex and Podcasting is rockin'! So this is a special mid-week version of the podcast to say “boy howdy” and summarize what this nothing-about-sex podcast is all about. S&P went from a...more...

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Where do we take this? I could use your help…
Updated: 2005-07-01 16:06:02
Description: This podcast asks a huge favor of you. I need your help in determining where to go with this Sex and Podcasting gizmo. There are enough of you in the gang now, so let's figure this out together. I whomped out another “on the couch”...more...

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Podcasting 101 - Episode 1 - Going to record a remote? What do you take?
Updated: 2005-07-03 21:04:51
Description: Da voice of da peepul has spoken — y'all thought my “how to podcast” podcasts podcasting idea sounded good. Nice grammar, huh? So I'm going to do a series. This first one is the result of my frantic packing-up to go to ...more...

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Podcasting 101 - Episode 2 - The starting point - get yourself some Audacity
Updated: 2005-07-05 11:00:00
Description: This is the first of a series of podcasts that, if you follow along, will get you to the point where you've made a podcast of your own. This episode talks about some really cool (freeware) digital audio software called Audacity. If you actuall...more...

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Podcasting 101 - Episode 3 - The basics about mics
Updated: 2005-07-08 11:00:00
Description: Another in this series of “how to do podcasts” podcasts (I'm loving the grammar possibilities). This one is the one that will get you to the point where you have a microphone, which is the all-important link between your voice and t...more...

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Podcasting 101 - Episode 4 - Recording your voice to an MP3 file
Updated: 2005-07-13 18:34:12
Description: Continuing the Podcasting 101 series. In this podcast I walk you through getting your voice into an MP3 file — the basic building block of a podcast. This is probably the hardest, geekiest one in the series, so don't be put off if at fir...more...

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Podcasting 101 - Episode 5 - Getting the MP3 file out on the Internet
Updated: 2005-07-15 21:43:59
Description: Almost done with the Podcasting 101 series - hang in there, I'll take a little break from the “how to” stuff after these are done. This one talks about moving the MP3 file you've created out to the Internet so that other people...more...

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Podcasting 101 - Episode 6 - RSS, the final ingredient for podcasting
Updated: 2005-07-17 19:01:10
Description: This is it! In this show we'll get your MP3 file all wrapped up in an RSS feed (with enclosures) and generate your first podcast.There's lively Gene Harris music for you while you do your Dilbert-style Engineer Victory Dance and celebrate ...more...

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Podcasting 101 # 7 - Ratings (subscribers and downloads)
Updated: 2005-07-20 16:06:23
Description: I'm tempted to hype this show like an infomercial… Proven techniques! Have worked for millions! But the truth is I have no clue why you're listening or how much you value these shows. This show tells you how to get your ratings, a...more...

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Podcasting 101 # 8 - Editing, a great way to improve your podcasts
Updated: 2005-07-22 23:54:30
Description: More in the “refinement of Podcasting 101″ series. This show talks a bit about WHY I edit my shows, and HOW you can do it too (if you so choose — it's debatable whether it's a good idea).The song is a return to the “...more...

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The other "community" in community podcasting
Updated: 2005-07-26 12:00:00
Description: Your fellow podcasters can help you be a lot better podcaster. This show explores the whys and hows of all that. It's not just the community you podcast TO, it's the community you podcast WITH.If you can't find a gang to hang out wit...more...

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Bandwidth — Be careful what you wish for…
Updated: 2005-07-28 00:50:00
Description: Podcasting isn't a mass medium — it is really expensive to reach a large audience. In this show we'll run through the basic math of what it costs to reach people, and explore why podcasting is much better suited to “the long ta...more...

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Getting ATTENTION is easier for us narrow-casters, here's how
Updated: 2005-08-02 15:41:22
Description: The first in a few shows about getting attention for your community podcast. We're interested in narrow-casting which gives us a huge edge. This show explores that kinda stuff. The “tip of the day” features Feedburner as a great t...more...

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More on ATTENTION, and trust — AttentionTrust.org
Updated: 2005-08-04 12:40:49
Description: With the growing awareness and focus on “attention”, what about our rights when we GIVE our attention to somebody? The folks at Attention Trust (www.attentiontrust.org) are thinking hard about this one. An especially important topic for...more...

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Getting ATTENTION in iTunes
Updated: 2005-08-08 20:27:27
Description: “My life on the iTunes Top 100″This one is the checklist that resulted from my (probably brief) time on the iTunes Top 100 list. The story of how S & P got there, plus the various gyrations I've used to stay there. Some day, h...more...

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How many listeners needed to hit the iTunes top 100?
Updated: 2005-08-11 12:33:05
Description: 60? 600? 6000? I've correlated my subscriptions with my position on the iTunes Top 100 and am ready to present my report. I talk about; how many subscriptions were required to get on the Top 100, how many I had when I was at my peak (35th) a...more...

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Get ATTENTION for your dangerous ideas
Updated: 2005-08-17 12:28:17
Description: If you're doing most kinds of community podcasting, iTunes works great as a means of drawing in listeners. But one of the finest traditions of citizen-media is doing shows that poke people in the eye — and if those folks happen to be big ...more...

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Sex, Podcasting, Radio and Eric
Updated: 2005-08-21 17:34:09
Description: This show is short on talking and heavier on music because I play one of my favorite tracks by Eric Clapton and it’s pretty long. In this show Sex and Podcasting takes a look at the comparison between radio and podcasting and points out that ea...more...

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Sex, numbers and a format change
Updated: 2005-08-27 17:28:38
Description: I’m tinkering with the format today. A little more music, a little less rant. In this show I’m ruminating about “the numbers” that we are using to keep score on our podcasts. Now that Adam Curry and crew have gotten Podshow...more...

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Sex, podcasting and existing communities
Updated: 2005-08-29 17:55:59
Description: Reverting to the old format, this show explores how podcasting can really enhance an existing community. Several thoughtful emails and conversations came together for this show as I explore how podcasting might help a gaming community or enhance an ...more...

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Podshow… Does that deal make sense?
Updated: 2005-09-01 20:13:13
Description: I listened to Adam and Ron’s roadshow pitches for the Podshow deal. Here’s my summary of their story. I think some of it’s right and some of it’s wrong — this podcast is about my take on the story they’re telling...more...

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Katrina - how podcasts can help a relief worker
Updated: 2005-09-03 22:16:24
Description: Radio stations of all stripes (not just community radio stations) have a very long tradition of community service when disaster strikes. I hope that podcasters will embrace that tradition, and there’s no better time than the present to get thi...more...

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Katrina - goals for podcasts
Updated: 2005-09-05 17:42:12
Description: In any endeavor, it’s good to know what your goals are. After all, it doesn’t make much difference which way you turn the wheel at the end of your driveway if you don’t know which way west is. I make my living repairing projects t...more...

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Katrina - how podcasters can help
Updated: 2005-09-05 17:47:38
Description: This is the last in this trio of podcasts about how podcasting and podcasters could help with the Katrina relief effort. I’m a hands-on type guy — I’m looking for what podcasters can DO to help. So if you’re a podcaster, thi...more...

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Katrina - How podcasts can help people get ready
Updated: 2005-09-12 18:13:17
Description: This podcast explores how podcasts could help a community get ready for a disaster like Katrina. I volunteered to be the citizen spearhead of the Y2k preparation project for my town - St Paul, MN - back in the late ’90’s. Our team relie...more...

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Katrina — multi-language podcasts
Updated: 2005-09-13 18:58:35
Description: Patrick contributed a great “how podcasts can help with a recovery effort” idea — which is to equip recovery workers with MP3 players filled with basic-info podcasts in different languages. That way, when they are out in the field,...more...

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Not just sex and podcasting
Updated: 2005-09-19 16:39:05
Description: Dang! I’ve kinda run out of things to say about community podcasting… So I’m pondering a course-change to give myself a little more wiggle room in the podcast. “Sex and Broadcasting” (the book by Lorenzo Milam that in...more...

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