Trafcom News Podcast

Show #59: A chat with Shel Holtz about his new podcasting book; plus Podcasters Across Borders 2007

If you’re interested in podcasting, particularly in podcasting for business, you’ll want to hear this interview with my podcasting hero, Shel Holtz, co-author (with Neville Hobson) of How to Do Everything with Podcasting, just published by Osborne. Shel and Neville host one of the best podcasts out there, For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report.

I chatted with Shel at a geek dinner in Toronto in late June. Plus, you’ll hear a few tidbits about Podcasters Across Borders 2007, recently held in Kingston, Ontario.

The whole podcast is a just 26 minutes. Please listen and then let me know what you think!
You can download the show right here or subscribe through iTunes.

Here are the show notes:
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00:01 Intro and welcome; the interview with Shel Holtz, co-author (with Neville Hobson) of How to Do Everything with Podcasting; see the accompanying Web site too
11:45 Quick interviews from Podcasters Across Borders 2007 (PAB2007): Chris Penn of the Financial Aid Podcast and Bryan Person of the NewCommRoad Podcast; also a shout-out to Mitch Joel and Podcamp Boston2
16:05 Kudos to Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche and their partners Andrea Ross and Cathy Bobkowicz for doing such a great job with PAB2007. For more about PAB2007, see the blog posts by Joe Thornley and Mitch Joel. Listen to the Canadian Podcast Buffet too.
17:00 Tod Maffin’s “Idea to Air” workshop at PAB2007
17:19 Webinar Wisdom podcast: The place to learn about using Webinars as a marketing tool
18:33 Comment from MY NORTHERNMOST LISTENER Francis Wooby about text-to-speech
21:26 Comment from Hugh McGuire about text-to-speech
21:26 Comment from Tina Hansen about text-to-speech (she’s the one who started this whole thread)
25:00 Where to send comments: email to donna@trafcom.com, call the comment line at 206-338-4200 or post a message to the Trafcom News Podcast blog
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Theme music is “Beneath Your Surface” by the Elisabeth Lohninger Quartet from the Podsafe Music Network

Show #54: Free public-domain audio books from LibriVox: an interview with founder Hugh McGuire

Free audio books online? A way for newcomers to learn about podcasting? And a possible entry point for voiceover artists? Learn this and more in an interview with Hugh McGuire, founder of LibriVox. You can download the show right here or subscribe through iTunes.

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Here are the show notes:

00:01 Intro and welcome
01:00 About today’s guest, Hugh McGuire, founder of LibriVox
02:20 Interview with Hugh: the origins of LibriVox; the concept of volunteer readers; the availability of multiple versions of these public-domain books; how LibriVox is a good place for budding voiceover artists and podcasters to learn; the potential broader applications of this type of project.
19:27 Sign up for my Webinar: Podcasting 101 for Communicators and Marketers, April 24, 2 p.m.
20:53 Comment from Scott Monty regarding internal and external blogs
21:45 Where to send comments: email to trafcom AT gmail.com, call the comment line at 206-338-4200 or post a message to the Trafcom News Podcast blog
Look for the Trafcom News Podcast on Blubrry.com
Theme music is “Beneath Your Surface” by the Elisabeth Lohninger Quartet from the Podsafe Music Network.