After several podcasts were recorded in front of a live audience at PodCamp Ohio, I hosted a panel with most of the podcast hosts as we discuss our equipment and workflow for live-podcasting.

Live podcasts at PodCamp Ohio

Podcasting equipment used among the hosts

Podcasting software used among the hosts

Why podcast live?

  • Improves mic-presence
  • Builds community and allows the community to contribute to the show
  • Encourages better preproduction resulting in a better flow when you record
  • Can encourage you against spending too much time in postproduction
  • Scheduling a regular live show creates accountability
  • Committing to a schedule results in consistent release schedule and thus more episodes

General answers on podcasting

  • Editing takes a lot of time, avoid it by honing your on-camera skills. Stop saying, “we'll fix that in post”!
  • One episode per week seems the sweet spot for subscribers
  • Use the mixer's equalizer settings to enhance your audio as it's recorded instead of postprocessing
  • Releasing video seems to promote your podcast a lot more, but still offer an audio edition and remember to maintain a context for the audio-only subscribers
  • Video podcasts require a lot more bandwidth, use a provider like Blip.tv or Libsyn so you don't crash your own server
  • Apple TV and Google TV may drastically increase the demand for video content, look at what NetFlix is doing by being on nearly all high-end media devices
  • Use Blip.tv or TubeMogul to upload your video media once and distribute it in various formats

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If you're feeling overwhelmed thinking you need to buy all of the equipment we mentioned, go listen to my episode “The Bare Minimums” to learn how you can podcast super-cheap.

I'd love to know how you podcast live or what kind of hardware and software you use.

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As an award-winning podcaster, Daniel J. Lewis gives you the guts and teaches you the tools to launch and improve your own podcasts for sharing your passions and finding success. Daniel creates resources for podcasters, such as the SEO for Podcasters and Zoom H6 for Podcasters courses, the Social Subscribe & Follow Icons plugin for WordPress, the My Podcast Reviews global-review aggregator, and the Podcasters' Society membership for podcasters. As a recognized authority and influencer in the podcasting industry, Daniel speaks on podcasting and hosts his own podcast about how to podcast. Daniel's other podcasts, a clean-comedy podcast, and the #1 unofficial podcast for ABC's hit drama Once Upon a Time, have also been nominated for multiple awards. Daniel and his son live near Cincinnati.
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Jeff Roney
Jeff Roney
13 years ago

This is very cool, Daniel. Ding! Star for the day. 🙂

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