Reflecting back on my first un-essay, I realized that it was too long for written the written medium. No one would've read an eight page magazine article, and making it just a straight essay format may have just made it even more boring. I'm not saying that it was bad, just that I personally would've been bored to read it. However, I'm quite interested in podcasts, and I figured that it would reasonably easy to make one if I just looked up some tutorials online on how to do the editing to make one. So with this intro out of the way, below are tips and rules to making a podcast:
It's very important to have something interesting to say. If you don't have a convincing argument of point of view, the whole thing is pointless, as it will either bore the audience or just not be worthwhile to listen to.
Another important point related to this is to just get to the point. As much as people want to listen to a one hour piece, that's very difficult for just anyone to make. It's better to have a 15 minute podcast that makes interesting points then having a one hour podcast that runs out of unique points and stories.
It's also worthwhile to remember to be yourself and make it unique. There's a definitive poignancy to a podcast that contains the full emotional spectrum and personal ideology of the singular person that's making it, as it fully allows the listener into the mind of the creator and relate to them much easier than would be otherwise possible.
But finally, and perhaps most importantly, you should always create content that you would want to listen to, because chances are if it interests you and draws you in, other people will feel the same way.
I'm honestly not sure if logistically this would work. But I would definitely love to make a podcast that is definitively my own as my second un-essay, mostly because I think the experience would be rewarding and fun, but also just because I think it would be interesting and more exciting than a straight essay.
-Luke Fanning
It's very important to have something interesting to say. If you don't have a convincing argument of point of view, the whole thing is pointless, as it will either bore the audience or just not be worthwhile to listen to.
Another important point related to this is to just get to the point. As much as people want to listen to a one hour piece, that's very difficult for just anyone to make. It's better to have a 15 minute podcast that makes interesting points then having a one hour podcast that runs out of unique points and stories.
It's also worthwhile to remember to be yourself and make it unique. There's a definitive poignancy to a podcast that contains the full emotional spectrum and personal ideology of the singular person that's making it, as it fully allows the listener into the mind of the creator and relate to them much easier than would be otherwise possible.
But finally, and perhaps most importantly, you should always create content that you would want to listen to, because chances are if it interests you and draws you in, other people will feel the same way.
I'm honestly not sure if logistically this would work. But I would definitely love to make a podcast that is definitively my own as my second un-essay, mostly because I think the experience would be rewarding and fun, but also just because I think it would be interesting and more exciting than a straight essay.
-Luke Fanning