0218 - Podcast design with Jennifer Keenahan and Allen Higgins

Welcome to Design Talk.I am Jennifer Keenahan and I am delighted to be joined by Allen Higgins from the UCD College of Business to talk about shaping and delivering a podcast.Today I have turned the tables on Allen. Usually, he’s behind the scenes directing the show. Today I want him to share what goes into planning and producing an episode.To start, Allen could you tell us a little about your background and how you came to bring podcasting into your teaching practice.Q: Let’s start with your teaching pod, Design Talk. You had this idea that you wanted to make a podcast, how did you start? Q: So, let’s say I have an idea that I want to make a podcast. How do I start? Q: What kinds of pods are there; how do you choose one? Q: Let’s talk a bit more about format. Q: How do you organise or structure your own pod? Q: What is the key to a strong interview? Q: So, sticking with interviews, how do you prepare?Q: Questions from the audience?Q: Is there anything you’d like add?Mentions, links and notes:Jennifer Keenahan (link)Mairéad O’Reilly – (link)Allen Higgins (link)Ruth Campion (link). Ruth is a game designer and 3D artistConor Reid (link). Conor hosts and produces his own award-winning arts and culture podcast, Words To That EffectSiobhán McHugh (link). Siobhán is an Irish-Australian author, podcast producer and critic, oral historian, audio documentary-maker and journalism academic.Audacity (link). Audacity is a freely available open-source DAW, a Digital Audio Workstation; a highly regarded and extremely capable software environment for audio engineering.AcknowledgementsMusic Title: Voltaic FluctuationsArtist: Ben PruntySource:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben PruntyCover Art Title: Complex collageArtist: Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.