Show #34: More interviewing secrets; plus, how to produce your podcast in less than an hour

In this 14-minute podcast, you’ll hear more interviewing secrets (some from listeners) plus my insider tips on producing a podcast in less than an hour. Here are the show notes:
00:01 Intro and welcome
01:14 Follow-up to Trafcom News Podcast 33
01:30 Comments related to topics at hand
01:38 Dave Williams asks about shoutouts and podcast production time
02:20 Are shoutouts a holdover from radio-station identification?
02:24 Shoutout from Dave Traynor of the Daily Upload blog
03:44 Interview secrets: John Trosko comments about written questions; not sounding corporate
04:42 Tom Keefe comments: begin interview with brief summary or main goals; start with really simple questions to put subject at ease
05:50 Paull Young comments: not always interviewee who is nervous!
06:12 Daryl Cognito comments: thanks for link to Camp ASCCA; how they’ve used audio and video on a shoestring
06:43 More interviewing secrets: how to deal with a pompous blowhard or someone who’s just not very helpful
08:15 Try to keep subject on track but remember politics
08:30 Dave Williams aka The Reluctant Podcaster; hesitant because of time commitment; my tips for streamlining podcast production
09:10 Use time wisely; think about podcast when you’re doing something else; always carry a notebook
09:30 Do make notes but don’t write a detailed script
09:45 Write the podcast in your head; writers will find this a familiar technique
10:01 Don’t try to be perfect
10:50 Don’t use lots of sound effects
11:02 Keep your show short in the first place
11:21 Show notes take longer than an hour, but they’re important!
11:49 Two opportunities: A free Webinar called Podcast 101 for Communicators, plus the Podcast Bootcamp for Communicators
13:00 Look for Trafcom News Podcast on blubrry.com
13:15 Where to send comments: Trafcom AT gmail.com, Trafcom News Podcast page; phone 646-403-8020
13:45 Outro; theme music is “Beneath Your Surface” by the Elisabeth Lohninger Quartet from the Podsafe Music Network