1. Podcast Production
2/23/2011
Julieta Kusnir
Julieta@kpfa.org

2. Introductions!
Name
Organization
One reason you’re here
Share your favorite podcast or radio program

3. What is a podcast?

4. What is a podcast?
• A podcast is an audio or video file
that can be downloaded and
listened to at any time
• POD- stands for Playable on
Demand
• Typically podcasts have one host
or theme and can be subscribed
to easily
• Downloading vs. streaming

5. Why are they so popular?
• The number one reason given for
podcast consumption was time-
shifting--the ability to get content
whenever the consumer desires.
• Specific content, appeal to niche
audiences

6. How do people listen to podcasts?
80 percent of people listen on their
computer as opposed to on a
mobile devices*
POD casts do not need to be
listened to on ipods, and
generally are not
Almost half of all adults own an iPod
or other mp3 player, but these
are still most popular with 74%
of adults ages 18-34*
* Princeton Survey Research
Associates International for the
Pew Research Center’s Internet
& American Life Project

7. Podcasts are now prevalent in
every field

10. What are the main ways health
promoters use podcasts?
• Speakers
• Providing an archive of an event
• Tutorials
• Coursecasting
• Public service announcements

11. First person storytelling

12. Roundtable or talk show format

13. Speech or lecture

14. Documentary format

15. Features

16. Public Service Announcements

17. What works well?

18. Get to know your recorder
http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h1

19. Gathering GOOD Sound

20. A bad recording is nearly
impossible to fix in the editing
process.

21. What type of format should YOU
use?

22. When do you use audio or video?

23. ELEMENTS IN A STRONG
PODCAST?

24. Using Audacity
http://multimedia.journalism.berk
eley.edu/tutorials/audacity/
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index
.php?title=Tutorials

25. Main tools to use when editing:
• Making cuts
• Fades
• Adding music or additional tracks
• Volume control
• Converting format

28. When editing:
Avoid Hyper editing, can sound
choppy
Let people breathe, don’t take out,
breaths

29. Tools
Zoom tool lets you get a closer look
Selection tool highlight what you want to delete
Envelope tool makes blue lines appear and you can change the
volume on the whole track

30. https://vspace.vassar.edu/babailey/so
und-training03-
editing.mov?uniq=ksdeie

31. Download lame mp3 encoder
Under "For Audacity on Windows", left-click the link "Lame v3.98.3 for
Audacity on Windows.exe" and save the file anywhere on your computer. Do
not right-click the link to the .exe file. Double-click "Lame v3.98.3 for
Audacity on Windows.exe" to launch it

32. Tagging your audio

33. Getting it out there

34. Subscribing to podcasts

36. Creative commons

37. Uploading to your site
If you can send an attachment with your email,
you can upload a podcast

38. Recording equipment

40. Additional resources:
Transom.org
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Tutorials
http://www.guidesandtutorials.com/audacity-tutorial.html
http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.html
http://www.oralhistory.org/technology/recording_levels/

41. Thank you!
Please be in touch with any questions!
Julieta@kpfa.org