Podcast Book Club

It's a classic PBC episode this time, as we go back to our roots and discuss a podcast to see what makes it tick. Lateral with Tom Scott is a quiz podcast, which is a really underrepresented format in our opinion. So what makes it work? Why should you consider this format for your show? Will we get too hung up on the importance of points? (yes).
In this episode podcast producers Zoe Anderson and Daria Lawson, podcast production manager Elizabeth Amos, and audio engineer Alex Bennett discuss:
Making a show for a specific audience
Clips versus full episodes on Youtube
The challenges of making a video podcast
Our deep and abiding love for points
What we can learn from Lateral
Have you watched Lateral? Listened to the full episodes, or just the clips? Check out the full video episode of Lateral here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WysuFh0bNg
What should we discuss next? Who should we have on the show? Let us know:  https://twitter.com/PodBookClub 
We have video versions of these episodes! Check it out: https://youtu.be/07iqM0V-lvs
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Recorded November 2023. The news simply will not stop happening. It feels like every day we wake up, only to find that more things have occurred whilst we slept. So how do you turn all this relentless happening into a podcast? Oh, and you need to release every day, mon-fri. This episode our intrepid team of reporters is taking a look at the art of daily news podcasting, and getting to the bottom of why it's such an exciting and challenging area of podcasting to work in. 
In this episode podcast producers Jackie Lamport and Andrew Ganem are joined by podcast production manager Elizabeth Amos, audio engineer Alex Bennett, and the former deputy executive producer of Stories of Our Times James Shield. They discuss:
What makes news podcasting different from other podcasts?
What can we learn from news podcasts?
How James produced the Stories of Our Times podcast.
Following your own curiosity when making a podcast. 
The inimitable hosting style of Michael Barbaro.
They take a look at The Daily from the New York Times and Stories of Our Times from the Times of London.  

Enjoying the audio-only version? Check us out on Youtube for more visual gags, special reporter Buddy the cat, and an uninterrupted view of our beautiful faces:
https://youtu.be/KcGp7PYQDF4

Links to resources mentioned in the show:
The Daily: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736   
Stories of Our Times (now The Story): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/the-story  
NYT reporting standards: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/business/media/new-york-times-caliphate-podcast.html
Reithian values of the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/research/directors-general/john-reith 
Trust in news reporting: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/10/27/u-s-adults-under-30-now-trust-information-from-social-media-almost-as-much-as-from-national-news-outlets/ 
The Run-Up podcast: https://www.nytimes.com/column/run-up-election-podcast 

Thoughts? Feelings? A deep yet uneasy desire to connect with your fellow man? Same! Follow us and say hi: https://twitter.com/PodBookClub 

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“Can a video be a podcast?” is an all-time favourite topic of conversation amongst those of us with “RSS 4 EVA” tattooed on the base of our backs. But for all the audio purists out there it’s hard to deny that, for a growing number of people, a video can absolutely be a podcast. So what now? Is “podcast” going the way of “literally”? Another definition lost to the unending meat-grinder of modern linguistic ‘progress’? Well, we think there are a lot of really useful lessons to be learned from the increasingly long shadow cast by video podcasts and, if we play our cards right, a podcast episode to be made about it. 

In this episode podcast producers Jackie Lamport, Sam Datta-Paulin, and Erin MacIndoe Sproule are joined by podcast agency founder Harry Morton to discuss:
What is a podcast?
Can a livestream call itself a podcast?
How clean should your room be before a zoom call or video recording?
Where do you draw the line between ‘relaxed and authentic’ and ‘lazy’?
Theatre of the mind
They discuss the H3 podcast, Joe Rogan, Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal, and the ways in which video can add to and detract from a podcast. 

Do you think it’s weird that we’re discussing video in an audio only format? Waaaay ahead of you -  we’re on Youtube! Check out the video version of this podcast to enjoy a whole host of visual gags and special effects, and form a deeper (but not at all concerning!!!) parasocial relationship with your local podcasting nerds:
https://youtu.be/eAIbrAdcJQI

Links to resources mentioned in the show:
 H3 Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@H3Podcast 
 Podnews: https://podnews.net/
 Sounds Profitable: https://soundsprofitable.com/
 Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal: https://www.youtube.com/@DeepDivewithAliAbdaal 
 Podcasting 2.0 Podcast: https://podnews.net/podcast/i4ji5 
 Joe Rogan Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk?si=353aad0cec9747aa 

Thoughts? Feelings? A deep yet uneasy desire to connect with your fellow man? Same! Follow us and say hi: https://twitter.com/PodBookClub 

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We're back! And this time we're on video! Season 2 of Podcast Book Club is nearly here. In this new season we'll be covering video podcasts, trailers, history podcasts, daily news shows, and more! We'll be joined by such podcasting pros as Arielle Nissenblatt, Ian Sanders, James Shield, as well as the usual cast of characters from Lower Street.
You can join us for both audio and video episodes this season, so head over to Youtube and get subscribed! https://www.youtube.com/@Podbookclub 
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Season two of Podcast Book Club is on its way! Whilst the Lower Street team gets it ready, here’s a bonus episode in the form of a pilot. This was back when the gang of podcasting pros was first being assembled and, as such, their audio isn’t as crispy as it is now. Their first podcast review? Blowback, a podcast about American imperial misadventures.

The first series of Blowback is about the Iraq war and all of the wild events surrounding it. From British imperialism to CIA intervention, to the full-scale wars between the US, its allies, and Iraq, this series is a dizzying catalog of failures, tragedies, and incompetence.

The Podcast Book Club team sat down to discuss editing in podcast production, using external clips and media in your podcast, and the joy of the History Channel.

This episode is hosted by senior audio engineer Alex Bennett, who is joined by senior podcast producer Jackie Lamport, and podcast producer Elise Fitzsimmons.

Check out the episode of Blowback here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3BxUY7mCytGSDEAfwzcVNZ?si=8d13f927bad04c7b

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Podcast Book Club is a Lower Street Production. Lower Street provides next-level podcast production services for ambitious companies: everything from podcast strategy and creation to growth. We’ve worked with companies like BCG to develop multiple branded podcasts like Climate Vision 2050, BCG Compliance, BCG Fintech Files, and BCG In Her Element. We’ve also helped produce: Cadence Bank’s In Good Companies; HPE’s Technology Now, Zuhlke’s Data Today, Northern Trust’s The Road to Why, Zoobean’s The Reading Culture; ICR’s Welcome to the Arena and ZeroNorth’s  Navigating Zero. 

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