In this season finale our host Andrew Keith Walker records a show live in one take, running through the summary of season 1 and previewing the subject for season 2 - which is live streaming and moving your podcasting set-up to the next level. We'll be talking about workflow, streamlining your process, learning how to present a streamed show and dealing with the surprises you can get from live shows and live interviews.
Plus - because this is the last HTBAPG show of 2021 - we also wish you a really early Merry Christmas. There. We did it. Yup. For real. Wow. Merry Christmas and see you in 2022.
This week Andrew has been forgetting his mic craft and moving around too much - so he's doing a refresher on how to get better results from your mic - getting it the right distance from your face, how to breathe, and how to noise gate out any issues.
This week we're doing a live presentation tune-up special workshop with podcaster and Andrew's new best buddy Gary Tickle from EMPWRD.Radio. Together, they work through a series of fun exercises to develop control of the 4 Ps of podcast presenting - Pitch Power Pace and Pause. Don't miss it - and don't forget to visit our LinkedIn Page to download the workshop so you can try it yourself at home.
This week Andrew adds his 2p into the debate over which is better - podcast or webinar.
Well, one is a really effective way to:
The other is a webinar.
In this show Andrew Keith Walker talks about the 5 tips and tricks he uses to make interview guests feel relaxed and deal with their nerves. It's all about using positive psychology to put people at their ease, which means they can give their answers and sound more authentic.
It's not just about getting a great interview, it's about avoiding that embarrassing moment when a guest stops speaking and feigns death to escape from the interview once they realise Andrew isn't putting on an act, he really is determined to show them the Lego Death Star he keeps in the recording studio whether they like it or not. (It is a first edition with the original Emperor Palpatine mini-figure though, so fair play to him).
This week Andrew Keith Walker talks about editing and why it's essential to make your show more engaging and fit more content into your runtime. Plus, he deliberately left loads of mistakes in this show for comic effect, but just in case you think it just sloppy editing, it was totally on purpose. No, for real. That's what he told us. We didn't argue with him at the time because he was blind drunk and brandishing a Samson Q2 XLR mic, then he passed out. But we think it was deliberate. Or at least we are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt because it's his company. Save us. Working here is a living hell.
This week Andrew explains 5 simple podcast hosting hacks to make yourself sound more Authentic. He also explains what authentic means when it comes to presenting skills and hosting a show. Also he talks about how to be a more authentic guest in interviews as well. The five tips are:
Does any of that make sense? He thinks so. We weren't so sure until we finished the episode. But it did then.
This week our regular host Andrew Keith Walker has been replaced by a younger, more competent model called Avery Trotter. Avery is the first graduate of the How To Be A Podcast Genius course, and in just 48 hrs has gone from a mild mannered intellectual sixth-form work experience student to a cocky smart-arse with awesome editing and mastering skills who has written and produced this hilarious sketch show almost entirely on his own. Andrew pretends to be happy about it, but deep down he's livid and horribly jealous. No really, he's on the edge because everyone here much prefers Avery and wants Andrew to leave so Avery can replace him full time. For real.
This week Andrew Keith Walker sets himself an impossible challenge - he records some really awful noisy audio of himself and tries to clean it up and master it to improve the quality. Can he use EQs, compressors, de-essers, de-reverbs, noise gates and limiters to turn a messy clip into something half decent? Find out in the show. Plus thoughts about how to approach producing a show where you can't always control the quality of the audio. This one is actually quite good. I mean, the others were good, but this one has a "hmmmm wow" element to it as you hear all the stuff going on behind the scenes. At least, that's what Andrew told us to write, honestly, some of the team in the shed were a bit meh about it. But, you know, they got fired so. Whatever.
This week Andrew Keith Walker talks about approaches to recording shows, covering the kit, platforms, different recording philosophies, how to get your levels right and lots of useful practical stuff like that. This week we're also going make the description of the show shorter because it seems like every week we just yada yada yada and nobody reads it anyway except you. You are awesome. Thanks so much. Wow. You look great today. No seriously, has anyone told you that? You really do. You're special. It's great we're together like this. Call me.
This week our host Andrew Keith Walker explains how he met the guy who invented the word Podcast and why podcasts are so big - and getting bigger - right now. Andrew began making web games back in the days when people said websites were a flash in the pan... he then started a social media news feed company when people said social media was a flash in the pan... so what about podcasts? Are they a flash in the pan? The answer is no. They aren't. But still listen to the show because it's really good. Wow. I didn't think this description through when I started writing it. Sorry.
This week Andrew Keith Walker tackles the big questions about podcasting for yourself, your brand or your organisation. Sure, you can make one, but should you? The answer is yes, no, maybe and probably. Also. Who knows. We're not going to say in the description like we did last week, you actually have to listen to the show to find out. If you have the time and the skills, podcasting is very doable, if you don't, maybe not. This description is vague. Sorry. The show is much better. No, really it is.
This week star of Season 1 - Mary Tweed - has launched her own podcast and it's brilliant. Plus Debbie is back with a 1940's economical cookbook recipe, Lani is back with a cocktail perfect for Piers Morgan, and Laura's got mushroom growing advice. There's more Nostralockdownmus, and Andrew finally admits all the sneaky tricks for shopping on Amazon when you are supposed to be in a meeting...
This week Andrew's co-host of a top 10 EU business podcast (and also the CEO of a major trade repository) joins the show to talk about life in lockdown, AI guitar amps and more... plus award winning cake designer Debbie is back with more 1940s recipes, and we launch our new series... the predictions of 1427 Suffolk prognosticator, Nostralockdownmus. Plus Andrew is counting the days until the pubs re-open...
This week Andrew is considering the Government Roadmap for ending Lockdown, Lani is mixing Mai Tai, Laura Huxtable is back with spring sunshine gardening tips and Debbie Lock is back with Poor Man's Goose from the 1940s (spoiler alert: no goose involved). Join us for some comedy, life lessons and strange stories from the Lockdown.
This week we've got more 1940s recipes from Debbie @littlebarncakes.co.uk, we've got classic cocktails from Andrew's American BFF Lani, plus comedy star of season 2 Lua Cooper gives Andrew a crash course in the world of Tinder which is something he knows nothing about but he had a bet with his wife nobody would want to date him... PLUS day drinking.
This week Andrew is dreading Lockdown Valentine's Day, but don't despair because we have an awesome1940s recipe from Debbie the Cake Lady and real life MMA fighter and train fraud investigator Harry Selby is talking about life, work, fare dodgers and his lockdown lemonade life lessons...
This week Andrew is hosting the Euroneeson Wrong Contest - a show where people compete to do bizarre Liam Neeson impersonations. Plus Andrew gets annoyed with Brexit... but not for noble or political reasons. He has a late delivery and he's tetchy.
This week audiobook star, voice actor and star of radio and TV Madeleine Brolly gives Andrew a voice coaching accent lesson - can he transform into Liam Neeson? Er... no. But it's funny. Plus we have cocktails from Verizon's Queen of VR Lani Bertino, 1940s recipes from award winning cake designer Debbie Lock and lockdown book recommendations from special needs teacher Jill Harrison... plus Andrew's son takes over the comedy bit at the beginning when Andrew has an accident.
We're back! In this new season Andrew has noticed the strange similarities between Lockdown and the Jaws movies, plus he interviews ex-city exec Laura Huxtable on ditching the rat race and becoming a gardener. Plus award winning cake designer Debbie Lock shares weird recipes from the 1940s, special needs teacher Jill Harrison recommends a good Lockdown read, VR supremo Lani Bertino shares a prohibition era cocktail and music artist Surreal8Zero makes a legendary new track out of various guest's favourite biscuit choices... DON'T MISS IT!
