Due to unforeseen logistical and technical complications, the Solo Podcast I participated in a few weeks ago won’t be released for several months. We will be recording a 2nd session to finish the podcast since one of the guests (me) was quite longwinded. After that session, the host will do his backend production magic and put it into his release schedule.
When I realized it wouldn’t be coming out for a while, I was disappointed. After all, I had told my friends and family about this and was looking forward to listening to it. I’m curious to see if others find it the least bit interesting or helpful. I wonder if I sound like Kermit the Frog, Fozzy Bear or just an asshole.
So much for my 15 minutes of fame. It appears that it will be delayed.
The podcast took a direction I hadn’t expected. Without revealing any details, I can say that it was an intense, emotional experience for me that I haven’t had in quite a while. I discovered some things about myself that week that had been obscured.
As for podcasting, I’m fully convinced that I should never create one for numerous reasons.
- I would run out of topics to discuss.
- I’d be compelled to find guests, coordinate schedules and diligently run interviews .
- The back-end production matters – a lot. Even my limited exposure to the technical side showed me that there’s a lot of work to make a podcast listenable.
Most importantly, I like to write, draw, read , workout and spend time with my dogs. I have no burning mission, financial motivation or career aspirations to do a podcast. Without that, it would peter out very quickly.
I wouldn’t mind being a podcast guest again though. As long as I have something to contribute, I think it would be a fun learning experience.