Knowing there are podcasters on here I’m interested to know how this works with platforms. Podcasts are my bread and butter these days, more so than music. I do my listening on Spotify through the 15 euros or so I pay for a family subscription. Most I listen are indies done for love/enjoyment more than anything but there are also a fair few higher profile, high production value shows which catch the attention.

I imagine no money makes it’s way from Spotify (or whoever) to the creators. So is it basically free content for them to keep people like me subscribing? If correct sounds like they’ve got a good, and unfair, deal. When there’s advertising who gains? (Actually in spain where I’m listening most uk/us podcasts when they break for adverts don’t even have an advert…) Spotify etc or the creator? How does a podcast creator like Wondery to take one example fund what it does? Which doesn’t sound cheap.

But now there’s serious money being spaffed around on celebrity podcasts the likes of which I’ll never listen to. So some people are making serious money but can signing up Harry and Meghan really be worth it for Spotify?

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Since I can’t do the usual Sunday afternoon vinyl afternoons in the local cafe, I’m thinking of doing it by podcast or Youtube live or something similar. There are quite a few disabled living in the village who don’t get out on a Sunday at the best of times.

I’ve only ever downloaded podcasts or contributed to AW pods while Twang did the heavy lifting.

I am familiar with recording hardware and editing software like Audacity. But where do I start with the rest of it?

I listen to a lot of podcasts. There are the perennial favourites such as Kermode and Mayo, The Football Ramble and Danny Baker, but I have also discovered a few new ones which I find rather good and you might too.

First up is WTF with Marc Maron (http://www.wtfpod.com/). An American comedian, he interviews all manner of people in his garage (everyone from fellow comedians to Richard Linklater and St. Vincent.). Some are a bit hit and miss (and I could lose his guitar playing at the end), but on the whole they are great, informative interviews, well worth a listen.

Next we have the British equivalent, sort of, which is The Comedian’s Comedian (http://www.comedianscomedian.com/) wherein Stuart Goldsmith interviews comedians about their craft. Again very interesting stuff if you like this kind of thing.

Finally two by American comedian Greg Proops (who you may remember from Whose Line Is It Anyway). His Smartest Man In The World Podcast is savage, erudite, highly political and very funny (http://www.gregproops.com/blog/smartest-man-in-the-world-podcast/). He also does a separate Film Club podcast, where he screens a favourite film of his at a cinema in LA and talks about the film beforehand (although this frequently goes off on » Continue Reading.