TL;DR: how do you #podcast?
My super nerdy kid has decided she wants to spend the rest of her hot summer break creating a podcast in which she teaches parents how to help their elementary aged #kids with #school.
She's all in. First episode recorded, eps 2-4 sketched out.
What comes next?? How do you go from recording to #podcasting? Not looking to make money! Just trying to support her efforts to find her true calling and save other kids from their clueless parents.
What are the most fool proof audio editing tools? I will pay for easy.
What information goes with a podcast? How much do you reveal about yourself?
And...where do they live??
If you want to remain within the #fediverse, you can try @funkwhale for audio or @peertube for video...
Visit their sites to find a potential server..
These can also be self hosted (relatively) easily using something like @yunohost 👍
@DrTCombs I’m about a year into hosting my own podcast and have been learning and doing for church for a couple of additional years. I’d happily jump on a call or video chat to help answer any question you have. DM me if interested.
I’ve got to make the v2 of this article as I’ve both simplified some things and learned new stuff, but you might find this helpful: https://www.volunteertechnologist.com/blog/how-its-made-v1/
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@DrTCombs I am not a podcaster, but I am generally super nerdy so I will do my best to answer. Multi-post answer incoming because of character limits:
1. I can't give strong recommendations, but Audacity (free) is often used by people starting out.
2. You can be about as anonymous as you want. There might be a little blurb about the host on a website, but usually you just distribute short teasers or descriptions as show notes for a specific episode.
@rowdypixel
Super nerds unite! Thank you
@rowdypixel @DrTCombs Fun fact: Audacity is also used by pros, both Welcome to Night Vale and The Magnus Archives use it.
There's two parts to distributing a podcast. The hosting and the feed which gets updated when you add a new episode. This feed can be submitted to different distribution channels (Apple Music, Spotify, etc) and those distribution channels will then know when you have new episodes.
Spotify has an all-in-one solution where they will host and create this feed on their servers. This is totally free and probably one of the easier ways to get started.
You may hit TOS issues with a lot of services due to her age, but if that happens I would be happy to set up something on my server for free. I already pay for far more storage/bandwidth than I need so it has no marginal cost to me to enable her to explore her interests. It will take a little time to set up because I don't do any podcasting.
That's about all I've got from the nerd side of posting. If you end up with specific questions let me know and I'll do my best to answer
@rowdypixel
This is really, really helpful, Dan!! I'll let you know what we learn as we go, and might well hit you up on that hosting offer if we can figure out the logistics
@DrTCombs if you are using iPhone, iPad or Mac, you might want to use Garage Band instead of Audacity, because it's easy to add audio effects there. But Audacity is not just free but also open source, so it's definitely worth checking out too!
@DrTCombs I have never podcasted, but I have recorded audio for training offered by a company headquartered in a tower in downtown Raleigh. Audacity did everything I needed and more.
I mean there's every chance she wakes up tomorrow and has zero interest in this anymore.
But there's an equally good chance she comes down to breakfast with a dozen handwritten episode scripts.
I gotta be prepared.