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Build a Beercast

Use cheap hardware, lots of beer, and good friends to create entertaining podcasts.

Beercasting is a talk show recorded on location in a bar or pub near you. Unlike your traditional talk show, a Beercast stars regular people as the hosts—such as your friends, co-workers, and loved ones.

Every night, thousands upon thousands of interesting, and brutally honest, conversations take place. The real shame is that often we can’t even remember some of the more brilliant utterances the next morning. Beercasting’s goal is to capture those conversations and to share them with anyone who’s interested.

Beercasting has nothing to do with beer—well, not entirely. Beercasting is about the open and honest conversations held between folks. It just so happens that once a little liquor is stirred into your average chit-chat session, the floodgates are blown wide open. The beer in Beercasting refers to the most popular truth serum: beer.

How Does Beercasting Work?

Beercasting uses a simple, topic-based format that’s similar to your average TV or radio talk show. Beercasters gather in small groups of from two to four people and discuss various topics, one at a time. The main difference between Beercasting and those other talk shows is that there’s no real host; everyone’s a star in their own Beercast.

The term Beercast is used to describe the final, published conversation. To ensure that listeners get the most out of the experience, and to prevent people from rambling on for too long, each ...