KN@PPSTER: Thanks For Asking! Podcast, episode 3

OK, everything seemed to go well for except for a couple of things: I didn't see any listeners listed while I was recording, then as I was hitting "end room" I saw the top of what looked like a listener list with its top cut off at the very bottom of the window. My bad -- I'll try adjusting the display or paging down next time. Also, listening back thru, I hear some audio crackling. I don't know if that was my headset, my connection, or wind, etc. but I'll try to get that figure out. Anyway, here is the direct link (I do wish they had an embed function). :

https://callin.com/link/lxDQlrUsEW

If you prefer to listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, it seems like the lag time for that is usually 24 hours or so.

Thanks For Asking! Podcast Today at Noon Eastern

I'm sticking with Callin for at least one more try to get past my own competence issues and their growing pains. If everything goes right, the show will kick off at noon Eastern time today, here:

https://callin.com/link/kgKEgAcvMZ

Here are the questions I've got teed up from this month's Thanks For Asking! thread:

THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

But there's still time to get your question in, preferably by 11:30am or so.

If nobody bites, I'll take questions live and/or just answer whatever unasked questions I feel like answering.

If Callin 1) works well and 2) gets participation, I'll stick with it.

I find it preferable to Twitter Spaces, even though Twitter obviously has a larger user base, because for the moment Twitter makes it a pain in the ass to download/edit/convert/publish Spaces audio to other formats/platforms.

If I continue to have problems with Callin, I'm considering Zoom, which I suspect most people have used at this point.

"See" you at noon!

And, We Have a Podcast!

 It's Episode 1 For Real of KN@PPSTER: Thanks For Asking!

Everything is not right ... yet. Charlie at Callin made some helpful suggestions. Reinstalling the app on my phone made it possible for me to find the recording and post it. It's based on the first of the month Thanks For Asking! thread ... or at least the questions that were there as of last Friday. I'm having trouble getting into the site to do some editing from desktop. I'll keep trying. And I may do another episode with the questions that have shown up since I recorded this episode.

If I can get things to work right, it's my opinion that Callin is a better option than Twitter Spaces, since it's available at venues other than Twitter (downloading Twitter Spaces audio is a pain in the ass; converting/editing it an additional one -- I may still give it a try, though).

Anyway, here it is.

Well, This is Embarrassing (Podcast reschedule!)

I accidentally set up today's episode of KN@PPSTER: Thanks For Asking! for 11pm instead of 11am, and then wondered why nobody was there when I got started.

I've rescheduled it for about 15 minutes from now (11:30am Eastern), if you're interested in "attending" -- LINK.

Reminder: Live Podcast Tomorrow

Don't miss tomorrow's episode of KN@PPSTER: Thanks for Asking! on Callin -- 11am Eastern.

Got a question? Ask me anything (yes, anything) in the monthly Thanks for Asking! blog thread, or "call in" to the podcast (you'll need the Callin app for Android or iPhone to call, but you should be able to listen from a regular computer).

Well, Folks, Looks Like We've Got a Podcast!

Here's the "soft launch" episode. More on why it's a link rather than an embed below.

My Opinion:

I thought it went pretty well. I like the "call in" format that allows me to easily talk with other people. In previous contexts, doing an interview with someone and then editing it into a podcast was kind of a pain in the ass. Callin gives me tools for editing right on my phone (maybe on my computer, too -- haven't tried that). The sound quality seems decent. Etc.

The "soft launch" episode did morph into more of a free-wheeling discussion with Joel Schlosberg and Paul Stanton than just an "ask me anything" bit. I was fine with that, but I'm going to have questions for y'all below that include it.

I'm calling this a success.

BUT: There doesn't seem to be any obvious functionality for just embedding the show (or individual episodes) here at the blog. That's something I'd like to have. It may be possible once the thing has syndicated to Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify, though.

Your Opinions:

I'd love for you to sound off in the comments below this post, hopefully with the following questions in mind:

1. Well, how did you like it overall?
2. How do you feel about the platform? Were you able to easily access the live room, etc., or was it complicated enough that you just decided to wait for the finished product?
3. How do you feel about the format? Is it OK if "ask me anything" goes off the rails into something else, or should I crack down on that and maybe do a different podcast for the non-Q&A stuff?

Thanks For Asking! -- AMA Podcast Soft Launch

All right folks, this thing is on for Friday at 11am Eastern Daylight Time, and I guess we'll see how it goes.

The usual Thanks For Asking! rules, as modified for doing it podcast-style, to get us started:

• Ask me anything (yes, anything) in the comments below this post;
• If you get your question in by Friday morning, 10am or so, I'll try to answer it on the podcast; BUT
• This is also a "live call-in show." I'm hopeful that the Callin system allows me to let guests talk on the fly, as opposed to only being able to have scheduled/invited guests on. If that's the case, and you get on Callin, I'll be glad to take and answer your question live.

So far as I can tell, the only way for me to figure out how the Callin system works is to actually use it, so I'll be learning at the same time as you.

Hopefully it will work the way I'd like it to work. If not, well, back to the drawing board.

Hopefully some people will be interested enough to make it worth doing. If not, well, back to the drawing board.

See ... er, hear ... you then!