Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes rings in the new year by interviewing Chris Christensen of The Amateur Traveler podcast. Products mentioned include: Zoom H4 Audio-Technica AT853rx (Discontinued but still widely available) Marantz PMD660 Amadeus Pro GarageBand (Part of the iLife package...new version expected soon) Show notes for this edition of Behind the Scenes as well as previous shows can be found at http://www.btscast.com. Copyright 2007 Craig Patchett. My link disclaimer: While I can guarantee all content on godcast.org to be family-safe I can make no such guarantees for content linked to outside the site. The initial page that I'm linking you to should be fine but other than that, as always on the web, proceed with caution!

"Behind the Scenes" celebrates its second anniversary with a short clip from BTS #1 and a retrospective on the podcasting's successes and failures over the past two years. Products mentioned include: Griffin iTalk (The link is to the iTalk Pro, which unlike the original iTalk offers CD-quality recording) Zoom H4 Studio Projects LSD2 My link disclaimer: While I can guarantee all content on godcast.org to be family-safe I can make no such guarantees for content linked to outside the site. The initial page that I'm linking you to should be fine but other than that, as always on the web, proceed with caution!

This is the second of a series of three editions of Behind the Scenes featuring exclusive interviews with various high profile podcasters at the 2006 Podcast Expo. In this edition I talk about the transition from audio to video in podcasting with: Brian Clark from Grape Radio Cali Lewis from GeekBrief.TV Joanne Colan from Rocketboom Kip Epps from NBC and yourLA My link disclaimer: While I can guarantee all content on godcast.org to be family-safe I can make no such guarantees for content linked to outside the site. The initial page that I'm linking you to should be fine but other than that, as always on the web, proceed with caution!

This is the second of a series of three editions of Behind the Scenes featuring exclusive interviews with various high profile podcasters at the 2006 Podcast Expo. In this edition I talk about the mechanics of podcasting, from recording to promotion: Paul Figgiani from Gigavox Media, The.Point, and Podcast Rigs Brian Ibbott from Coverville Jason Van Orden from Promoting Your Podcast Robbie Trencheny from Teen Podcasters Network My link disclaimer: While I can guarantee all content on godcast.org to be family-safe I can make no such guarantees for content linked to outside the site. The initial page that I'm linking you to should be fine but other than that, as always on the web, proceed with caution!

As promised, this is the first of a series of three editions of "Behind the Scenes" featuring exclusive interviews with various podcasters at the 2006 Podcast Expo. In this edition I talk about some of the more philosophical aspects of podcasting with: Dave Slusher from Evil Genius Chronicles Charley & Carol Warady from Israelisms Fr. Rodderick from The Catholic Insider My link disclaimer: While I can guarantee all content on godcast.org to be family-safe I can make no such guarantees for content linked to outside the site. The initial page that I'm linking you to should be fine but other than that, as always on the web, proceed with caution!

The second annual Podcast Expo is over and you've probably already heard all the details from other shows and forums so in this edition I'm going to focus on the top three products I saw at the show and which every podcaster should be aware of. In future shows I'll have some additional interviews I did at the Podcast Expo, including Joanne Colan from Rocket Boom, Fr. Roderick from Catholic Insider, Brian Ibbott from Coverville, and several others. In addition, future editions of Behind the Scenes will be taking a look at how to build a podcast from the ground up using my new show, What's On! as a model. Enjoy! Products mentioned in this show: Zoom H4 GigaVox Levelator iMorphosis PodcastLink My link disclaimer: While I can guarantee all content on godcast.org to be family-safe I can make no such guarantees for content linked to outside the site. The initial page that I'm linking you to should be fine but other than that, as always on the web, proceed with caution!

As podcasters all over the world count down the days until this year's Podcast Expo, Orange County's podcasters take a moment to reflect on their experience at last year's Expo and their expectations for this year's. Enjoy!

Two editions of Behind the Scenes in the same month? Incredible! This one features an interview with members of the San Diego Podcasters regarding the past, present, and future of podcasting. Interviewees are (in order of appearance): Adam Christianson, The MacCast Fran Adams Debra Simpson, Digital Diva Moments, North San Diego County Business Happenings Sydney Salt Corby Kennard, The Horror Show Barbara Adams My link disclaimer: While I can guarantee all content on godcast.org to be family-safe I can make no such guarantees for content linked to outside the site. The initial page that I'm linking you to should be fine but other than that, as always on the web, proceed with caution!

What?! Yes, Behind the Scenes is back after a long spring/summer vacation. I'm still trying to decide what format the show will take but in the meantime here is my updated perspective on video podcasts. (This show was recorded earlier this summer.) Here are the links referred to in the show: BTS #23: The Merits and Limitations of Video Podcasting Discussion on Video Resolution My link disclaimer: While I can guarantee all content on godcast.org to be family-safe I can make no such guarantees for content linked to outside the site. The initial page that I'm linking you to should be fine but other than that, as always on the web, proceed with caution!

Time for a few reviews, including a new noise-cancelling headset mic for doing shows during the commute to and from work (such as this one) along with a couple of iPod accessories that will be of interest to any podcaster (or iPod owner for that matter). Enjoy! Show correction: The retail price of the ETY-COM headset is $70, not $80. Here are the show notes for this show: 00:00Intro 01:18Plantronics .audio 70 02:58TheBoom 03:43ETY-COM 04:59QuietSpot Boom 08:20RadioShack Multimedia Headset Y-Cable 10:20iTrip 14:05radio SHARK 17:24Wrapup/outro My link disclaimer: While I can guarantee all content on godcast.org to be family-safe I can make no such guarantees for content linked to outside the site. The initial page that I'm linking you to should be fine but other than that, as always on the web, proceed with caution!

Every so often I get requests asking where to find the MP3 for "We don't need no stinkin' transmitters," so here it is again. This is a short, 192Mbps parody of the "We don't need no stinkin' badges" line originally from the movie The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and later made famous in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles and by John Belushi's killer bee in Saturday Night Live. You can see and hear the original and its variations here: http://www.darryl.com/badges I did it for kicks one night a while ago and thought it was an appropriate battle cry for podcasters! Feel free to use this as you see fit in your own podcast. This work is dedicated to the Public Domain. No Stinkin' Transmitters Craig Patchett -->

14 months/25 shows vs. 13 months/122 shows! For this 25th anniversary edition of Behind the Scenes I interview Rob Walch, host of Podcast411. Listen in and find out why Rob's struggle with poor sound quality ended up saving the life of another show. (Plus much, much more!)