There's some discussion in this group about Marc Maron. Lynn Shelton, a director who has been his girlfriend for the last year or so, has died from a blood disease. https://variety.com/2020/film/news/lynn-shelton-dies-humpday-little-fires-everywhere-mumblecore-1234608626/
On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 8:56 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Admittedly, my extended hiatus from podcasting might be influencing me a > bit, but once the initial cost/investment in recording gear is made, the > only real expense is payment to whomever hosts the podcast file. > SoundcloudPro is $15 a month. I confess, I’m envious of any podcast that > has a talent coordinator, since I genuinely despise the process of > scheduling interviews. Even my rinky-dink podcast was able to get some > decent names to appear, but other big names who in many cases have made > written commitments never came to be due to inept managers and the fact I > have no tolerance for PR people. So although I got agreements from Lisa > Loeb, Grace Slick, Debbie Gibson, and — only because I never expected a > reply — Kathy Ireland, alas those episodes exist only in my imagination > (note: in my imagination I’m now married to at least one of those women). > > Editing time seems about right. I would usually edit an episode in a > single evening. When I edited my show, most of the time was spent cutting > out lengthy pauses in conversation (while one or both of us were > contemplating questions or answers) or word vomit (errant ums and uhs) to > make the flow more listenable, or balancing the audio from the other > segments I included in each episode. Episodes where I conducted the > interview via Skype or phone took longer because I’d work hard to get the > levels right between the two sources. > > The only ads I had on my shows were for my PayPal (where I took in a > whopping $10) and the website where people can buy my books (the only book > I’ve sold in the past several years was one of my Peace Corps books, sold > to the daughter of a woman I dated when I lived overseas and wrote about in > the book... awkward). There were ways I could’ve secured sponsorship easily > (Amazon is the most common), but I never really invested any time or energy > into trying. > > I still listen to WTF, though more for specific guests than the host > (which is the opposite of hat drew me to the show initially). The Bugle > still gets weekly listens. Mo Rocca’s new podcast is well-produced, and I > find Mo to be very likable. The Infinite Monkey Cage just wrapped up > another series which I like (even though I don’t find Brian Cox to be as > likable as he thinks he is). I have not discovered any of the true-crime > shows to be to my liking, but that’s mostly because they are all as > depressing and dark as Law & Order, and I prefer podcasts with a lighter > topic and tone. For those who like audiobooks and podcasts, I recently > bought several installments of a BBC series presented by Stephen Fry called > Fry’s English Delight which are thoroughly enjoyable. For those who liked > my own podcast, it will return eventually. I conducted one interview before > my family demanded my attention, but I’m back in California and figuring > out what is the new normal for me these days. Once I do, my podcast will > return, with or without Kathy Ireland is entirely up to her PR people. > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 9:32 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Mar 13, 2019, at 9:23 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I saw this Hollywood Reporter article from 2015 that said some ads on WTF >> sell for as much as $15,000. And that was before Obama. >> >> >> Midroll says their podcast ads run from $18 to $50 (or more) per thousand >> downloads: http://www.midroll.com/podcast-advertising-faq/ >> >> To save you from doing the math, $15,000 at that $50 CPM rate would equal >> 300,000 downloads. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzMLXv1wJETkrP6%2BZeMkHXwhK3D3PrhHk02WOtP_YViog%40mail.gmail.com.
