Podcasting Hacks

Preface

This book explores two main podcasting themes: how to listen to a podcast, and how to produce one on your own. While the majority of the book falls into the latter category, the first chapter discusses how to find great podcasts and subscribe to them without filling your hard disk.

The podcasting production chapters that follow we cover not only how to get the best sound with the lowest noise, but also how to produce a podcast that people will want to listen to because of what you say and do. These chapters also cover how to market your podcasts, how to interact with the community, and even how to get your podcasts on the radio.

Why Podcasting Hacks?

The term hacking has a bad reputation in the press. They use it to refer to someone who breaks into systems or wreaks havoc with computers as their weapon. Among people who write code, though, the term hack refers to a “quick-and-dirty” solution to a problem, or a clever way to get something done. And the term hacker is taken very much as a compliment, referring to someone as being creative, having the technical chops to get things done. The Hacks series is an attempt to reclaim the word, document the good ways people are hacking, and pass the hacker ethic of creative participation on to the uninitiated. Seeing how others approach systems and problems is often the quickest way to learn about a new technology.