Content Creation Podcast Tips

Yeah, so for me, Ijust wanted to add onthat in terms of realizingdifferences or similarities,I think for me it's not.Looking at it that way, it'sneither positive or negativeor anything like that, but Ithink one thing that you'vetaught me, I think maybe some ofthe questions you've probed mewith recently is thepattern recognition.When you look at somebodywho's successful,what patterns doyou see in them?And then break thatdown into a formula,because I'm doingthat a lot recentlywhere I'm getting a lotmore hands on in the contenthere at the future.So I'm doing a lot of studyingon some of these other contentcreators, for instance,Casey neistat, it's like,who's very good at blogging?So I look at that andI break down well.He does the same thingevery single video.And what is thatformula, and can Iteach that to otherpeople because I'mresponsible for leadingthe content team?Same thing with other eithercreators or storytellers.I look at their content.I break it down.What is the pattern here?How do they tell their story?What kind of footagedo they show?Because it's just a formula.Same with Gary V.He has four thingsto say like you say all thetime, which is work harder.I grew up in athird world country.You need to hustle harder.Like, I don't know, he hasfour things to say and mobile.Mobile?right, exactly.So there's not much to it.If you look at alot of these people,they're just very consistent.They're very good atdelivering that thing,but they're notdoing a whole lot.They're just doingit very consistentlyand doing it in their flavor.So, you know, as I observedsome of these successful people,I look at their patterns.I try and emulate and adoptthe ones that feel right to me.And just like BruceLee, I take what'srelevant and then shared whatdoesn't feel relevant to me.So and I keep iteratingon that process.So that patternrecognition is veryhelpful in terms ofdeveloping your skillsand developing things that youfeel like can help you grow.So that I just wantedto add on that.Beautiful thanks, Matthew.And we won't take you awayfrom your rock climbing.If you want to do that, justkeep on line and climb away.That's where he's at.That's what it looks like.I don't know.Maybe it's his house, ok?And then Lucymoves up and then Idon't know whoever elsewants to say something.Go ahead.So like Matthew said,taking what fits with you?For me, at least,I find that it'slike, it's likea missing puzzle.And the more I see peopledoing certain things thatcould fit my puzzle,I start adopting them.Tonight, the A list iswho us are like that,recognizing patternsand things that peopledo that we kind of get.I don't know whatit is, but I thinkit's gut feeling whenyou feel that thisis the next step for you.I think this is very important.Perfect OK.Thanks Thank you.And was there anothervoice in therethat wanted to add to this?Um, I had a question,but I'm not sureif there was someone else.Go ahead, it's.So this is somethingI was thinkingabout when I was workingon the video challenge is.How would you suggest goingabout finding kind of your coremessage like yourlife experiencesand how they all do sum upinto distilling them down?Like how would you do thator how do you do that?OK.Good question, Rachel.I think the way thatyou do this isn't it'snot some kind of magic formula.If you go back and watchthe early videos of anyof these people who haveproduced content online,you'll see they'reactually quite bad.They don't know who they areand they're just doing stuff.And then they find their voice.Something clicks, right?So it's going to take 10, 15,20, 100 videos before you'relike, oh, that's whothe world sees of me,and that's theperson I want to be.And then you just startto become that person.But I think we all coulduse a little practicein becoming better storytellersto try to think, OK,so your introduction video isa good one because you're goingto say your story, you're goingto say, like, here's who I am,I'm going to revealmyself to the world.So they can see me.They can see whoI am, they can seewho my parents were,where I've come from,my tribe, if you will.This is my lens intothe world and justdo it from a storytellingpoint of viewand forget that you'retrying to make a point.I think that wouldbe the first thing.And then as you dothis, over time,you're going to startto feel like, oh,that clicked, that resonated.A lot of times the guyswill ask me, Chris,what are we doingat this small venue?Why are you doinga workshop here?Don't you want to do it in abig venue in front of hundredsof people instead of 30?And I tell them I'm workingon new material man.I'm willing to testsome things out on themlike a stand up comic does.And I'm going to see what sticksand what sticks and resonateswith people.I'm like, OK, I'm goingto keep developing that.And this went flat here andpeople got confused here.So I need to fix thatpart or get rid of it.I need to make it clear.So you'll find out as youstart to tell your story moreand more who you aresupposed to be comes out.It sounds like a weirdthing like we actuallyhave to work at revealingourselves to the world.And my theory on this is becausewe've been so carefully managedthroughout our life, fromour parents to the schoolsthat we went to behave acertain way in polite society.We've kind of filteredout who we are.Right?and if you just letthat person out,if that personmakes you happy, youwant to have the courageto let that person outto reveal yourselfas who you are.So a lot of times peoplestruggle with this.For example, if I had troubleswith money or my careeror save my wife and Iare not getting alongand it's just really bad.Most of us would just try tohide that stuff because wedon't want people to judge us.We're not ready tolook at in a way thatmakes us feel weak or lesspowerful than the way we'dlike to be perceived.And that's one of the biggestproblems with social media.You only share the good stuff.And then there's the hardwork, and then there'sthe low points.And I like that about theway that Bonnie shares thingson her social media feed.She has bad days.She has days that she struggles.She has days whereshe doubts herself,and I think it'swonderful to read.And I think that's whyher message resonateswith so many people.Now she has some 70,000plus followers on Instagram,which is not a giant numberfor social media influence yet.She's able to leverage thatfor real money for sponsorsand get opportunitiespresented to her because peopleget enrolled in reading herstory and they'd like that.They say, I see youand I connect with you.And I think you would make agreat ambassador for our brand.So, Rachel, starttelling your story,and I want to do abetter job of that too,because I am by nature, a veryprivate person and the guysat the office, they've beenpushing me like, when are wegoing to do your three, six, 5or not your three, six, five?I'm sorry, you're 24 daysor 24 hours in your life.When do we get to see you?And I'm like, OK, OK, I'mgoing to work on that.And I know I've beenholding it back.I don't know what'swrong with me.I don't know why.I'm not ready to show everybody.My personal life.I don't know.But I know thatthat's holding us backfrom hitting a certain growthbecause every day a new videopops up and there's thisbald Asian guy who tellsyou what to do with your life.You don't know muchabout me, right?You just don't.Hey, Chris, never figure outlike how to initiate that.I would love to know because Ican't figure out how to start.Like I write itup and everything.But just sharing it partjust makes me want, ok?Is that what it does?It just feels right.OK, I know what we can do.You guys, I know what we can do.A challenge is coming up.A challenge is coming up.All right.So when you revealyourself to the worldand you know this and thepermanence of the internet,it's just a reallystrange concept, right?You can't imposesomething because onceit goes out, even a tweet thatyou delete some fools alreadycaptured that it's game over.So here's what I'm goingto do within the safetyof this amazing group.You guys are all goingto record a little video.I want you to guys do it today,so you have I'll say you have24 hours to find your courage.So for some people, it's3 o'clock in the morning.Yeah, go to sleep first.Don't do this when you'resuper, super tired, ok?You have 24 hours from thebroadcast of this thingto record a quick video thatyou can use your smartphoneand just introduceyourself to the world.I want you to start withyour story like who I am now.I want to put some timeconstraints on this.I want you to do thisin under 1 minute.You have 1 minute.So here's the beautiful thing.You can sit there and say,I'm going to write this down,I'm going to figureit out, I'm goingto use all these clever props.Don't do that.All you do is holdyour phone up.Record it for 1 minuteand watch your time.You'll realize a minute isa fricking really long time.When you're conscious of thetime that you're using now,the first try, itcould be garbage.And expect it to be garbage.Usually, by the thirdtry, you actuallyhave something that'ssomewhat coherent.The first one is just,like awkward and weird.The second one, you're beatingyourself up over it like thisis stupid.Why are you so dumb?Why can't you saywhat's on your mind?Take a deep breath.Go again and keep doing this.It doesn't matterif it's the 27th trythe one that you get right.That's the one that you share.And here's the weird thingeverybody thinks, oh, you were.That was your first try.That was amazing.Yeah, it was not my first try.Yeah, of course not.Right?that's how you do it.OK people think, look,somebody made this commenton our YouTube video.17 oh, two video OK.Chris, you seem really natural.This seems like really easy.I know it's highly edited,but that was nothing.There was nothing naturalabout that video whatsoever.That's the farthestfrom the truth.We had to do 15 takesrecord over 4 days.You know, I'm sweating.I'm like, dude, becausesomebody telling me offhere because this is gross.And then shoot this part again.And then I say stupid things.I'm like, oh, who's that person?And then, you know, and Aaronincludes some of the bloopers,if you will.And that's why it feels natural,because I just I don't knowwhat to say after that point.And then after each take,I'll run over to the guy.So how was that?OK, let's try that again, andlet's do it like this, right?And so we're doingover and over again.And it seemed like,yeah, I did it in a day.It did not do that a day.I have that suit andthat tie and that shirtat the office every day like,OK, we have to do this again.I got to put it onand go out and do it.There's even a clip that I'mnot going to share with you.I'm doing thisinside the bathroomand Mathew walks inand Pees in the back.We cut that out becausethat was a little crazy.So there's all kinds ofstupid stuff that happens,and it's OK to give yourselfpermission to do this.I did hear somethingreally interesting,and I think I heardit on Seth Godinbecause I'm preparingfor him whenhe comes on the show inNovember that he says rightevery day, whether or not.You ever sharethat with anybody?It's good, goodpractice to journal.And it's also a goodway to kind of reflecton what's happened inthe previous 24 hours.So as you can see, I'm startingto make a more deliberatepractice to writesomething I'm notreally super comfortable doing.And just like my advice toyou and how to do video work,it's the same.Here's how I write.I'm like, I'm really fired up.I just start writingand I don't think I justkeep writing, right?I don't care about grammar.I don't know ifthe quote is right.I'm like, quote here.I just write that andjust keep writing.The point of writing to meis to get to the finish line.Don't edit whileyou're working, you'llget stuck in findingthe perfect phrasing.OK, let me take a deep breathand I look at it again.I'm like, Oh my god,what did I write?And I start to fix a few things,and then I'm like, I'm done.I got to send this outbecause in my draftsfolder are like six poststhat nobody has seen.And I look at that that'sreally selfish of mebecause I'm sitting hereconcerned about how I'm goingto look to the world if theythink I'm a horrible writer,if I don't have aconstruct sentencesor if I misquote somebody,but something in therecan be the onepiece of informationthat somebody on theinternet is lookingfor that helps them to make apositive change in their life.And because of my ownego self-centeredness,I'm going to hold on to it.So I have to just get over that.So, yeah, the writingis full of mistakes.There's all kinds offunny things in it.I know that.And they're like the grammarNazi will come out at me.It's like, dude,I'm like, yeah, OK,so how many articleshave you written today?What have you done tohelp your fellow person?Thank you for that.I'll fix it, but just relaxbecause we're not necessarilylooking for perfection here.We're just looking for progress.Ok?that's somethingmy business coachwould say to me all the time.So many people measuretheir self-worthand how close to perfectionthe finished productis to their imaginationversus saying, you know what?24 hours ago I didn't do this.I'm taking this step it.Maybe it's not as big of astep forward as I'd like,but it's at least movingforward in the directionwhere I want to go.And that's the key.All right.So you work.I'm glad you turn your camera.You have an awesome look, dude.You're you're already going tobe there for somebody, somebodywho shares your story.Growing up in the innercity, on the East coast,trying to make itin life, havingthis unusual unconventionaleducational paththat's going to resonatewith so many people.We need more diversevoices in the world,and I'm sure peopleare going to wantto hear what you have to say.Thank you, thank you.Yeah, and you have a littleone somewhere, right?Yeah, they're all inthis the whole time.Oh my God.OK, so you have the wholestory, your whole storyto tell the world, man.Thank you, thank you.Sorry OK, so now I'mgoing to give youguys a little incentive here.Maybe you guys thinkthis is punishmentand not incentive is if youguys get your hosting game on,if you figure out how tocarry yourself, how to speakand how to becharismatic on camera.I would love to doa semi-regular panelwith the pro group onour YouTube channel.To give you guys exposure tolet people know who you are.Right now, I'm not sayingthat I can guaranteeany positive results,but that peoplewho have come onour show thus farhave been able to increasetheir profile and awarenessto a larger community.And in a way, I thinkthey're taking away our fans,but it's fine.I'll live.It'll be all right becauseBonnie's got her own tribe nowand then people.Well, Melinda said this.I'm like, you knowwhat you mean?Melinda said this.Yeah, OK, whatever.So, all right, let's move onand let somebody else havesomething I want to say.OK, hold on.I just realized that Andrewalready put up a video.Oh my god, he's fast.Congratulationswho's that, andrew?Yeah OK.Awesome awesome.OK David.Yes I want to say something.Fire away, man.Yeah really quick, OK.So I think you say anything.Look at this.Got their videogame on right now.Look at that shallowdepth of field.Look at that.You know what?I wish I had a little.I need to make alittle icon, you guys.It's like a gold star on top ofa trophy, on top of something,you know, and then eachand every one of you guysthat makes that switch.I'm going to just add space.All right.Go on, please.All right.I think it all has to do withperspective regarding yourselfand your own selfimage because I neverthought about lookingat somebody actuallykind of like distillingthem and learning from them.I always compare myselfto them and how I am,you know, how can I getfrom here to there level?But it wasn't from, oh,I want to learn somethingbecause I don't know yet.It's more like, oh,they're better than me,so I have to get to that level.And that limited me a lotbecause I would alwayshave this bar so high thatI can't even enrich it,and that would be sodiscouraging to me.And once I let go ofthat, once I said,like, OK, what I do is great.It's not best, but what I dois great, and what I can dois even greater if I putmore time into it, obviously.But I think that limitedme from learning.And what I learned in thepast weeks is that I actuallyhad a lot of peopledidn't know how to learnor forgot how to learnbecause I look at my nephew.He doesn't reallyset goals, does he?He's like two years old.He doesn't look like plays.He plays with stuff.He he sees something,he monitors it off like,what does that do?And I now learn that I haveto force myself to learn thatconstantly, like becauseit's not something thatcomes naturallyto me, and I learnthat I need to become morechildish than I am actually.Because the more.I am a child, the moreI can play with stuff.Regardless, how, how itfeels, how it sounds.Yeah, I want to getbetter, and I justwant to like, play around likethis setup has been aroundfor like a week ormore a month, I say,and it's been likeshifting and changingbecause I want to playwith whatever I have.But it wasn't thecase before, so.Yeah so you'relearning from peoplewho aren't aware of therules that are objectivesand don't really care if theymake a mistake because they'renot even aware ofwhat a mistake is.And you saidtwo-year-old nephew,and you're like, hey, why am Iholding this stuff so precious?Go ahead and play.I love that.Now I do want to say something.Here's the magic you guys.You need to learn how to lookinto the barrel of the lens.A lot of you guys won't makeeye contact with the lens.He's like, oh, look,I just have one.You even see your eyes, dude.Come on.I know it's reallytough for all of usbecause that's a machine that'snot a face, that's a machine.And we want to connect withat least eyes somewhere.So sometimes it helpsif you cut out a pictureand you put it over the lensand people have done this right.So you kind of rightwhere the lens goesand then you justput a face that youfeel like it's friendly.It can be the face of a dog.It could be your mom.It could be a cousin or friend.Anybody just put it right there.So that you can learnto look into the lens.It's super awkward because we'relooking for visual feedback.We're trained to look for that.So the camera, thelens is not emote.All right, and thenwe're distractedbecause skypes over hereor whatever assumes there.Yeah, yeah, like right here.Yeah see, now you're lookingand now you're looking,and I can see thattwinkle in your eyeand it feels like we'regoing to make a connection.OK, let's keep going.All right.All right.Radhika, did you wantto say something?Now, are you good?Lucy, you got it.OK OK, fantastic.I quickly.I love the fact thatloki, we are allgetting lessons on camerapresents from Chris.That's amazing.We started likea video like how?Like a lens?You're lighting setups?I love it.Thank you.That's right.You're welcome.You're welcome.And then you're alwayswaiting at the endwith a psychologicalangle, right?You let us knowwhat we're doing.Ok?professor of psychology.I don't even know whathe does anymore now.Just like, you're that guy.See, where's where's rachel?The world will tell youwhat they want you to be.They really will.Even though he's like,I'm not that guy.I just introducemyself that way.And now everybody pins me.And when he says everybody,he just means me unfairly.OK, now happy to be that guy.Yeah, I would love foryou to be that guy.Just weigh in now forDr. a He's on this right?I love that.So part of mypersonality and Josedid this to me unfairlyat the beginning.I'm like, you know what?I'm just going to own it.He's like, dude,you're stern Asian dad,you're the father I didn't have.And it's just like,you're just makingme accountable for everything.And it's annoying,but I need it.And he put me in that corner.And I want to be a friendly guy.I want to be the empathetic,nurturing, caring, sympatheticperson, but I can't, soI'm just going to be meand I'm just goingto be OK with that.All right.And I know it turnsoff a lot of people.It's OK.You know, my feelings wouldbe hurt if I had feelings.So that's all right.OK, let's do number 2.On the agenda list, right?Podcasting all right.OK, Bonnie, bringyourself online.This is Westworld.System report.I've got a cryingbaby, so sorry.You do.She was sitting next to me,and I saw her you talking, oh,and that made her cry.Start her, start her.You want me, please?No more of that guy, I guess.Yeah, I feel like a time towhat we just talked about.I'm like, you know what?Fuck it.I'm just going toput out something.Yeah, no intro.I was just curious.Like, how?What's the process?And I just put itup and I'm like, Ito approve something so dumb.Yeah but now I'm like, oh,great, now I need to, like,have a proper podcast.OK, let's talk aboutthe proper podcast.Anthony has done a podcast.I think a couple ofother people in the grouphave done podcasts, sothey know a thing or two.I'll share with you what I know.Let's go over thefundamentals, ok?You need some gearand you need to bein a room that doesn't have toomuch reflection off the walls.So if you don't have anymoney doing inside your caris a pretty good place,believe it or not,because cars aredesigned and engineeredto be acoustically friendly.Another good place isto do it in your closetif you have lots ofclothes, I imagineBonnie has lots ofclothes, I'm justgoing to just putthat out there.Go in your closet becausethere's a lot of soft materialsthat absorb the sound.Yeah, it's a littleghetto, but who caresif the sound quality is good?Nobody needs to know.You don't need some fancysound booth like the onethat we built, and I actuallydo most of my podcastfrom right here in this room.It's a circular room witha lot of hard surfaces,so it's not ideal,but it's goingto have to do because I'drather get the content out therethan to make it perfect.Let's talk about some hardware.The microphone.I recommend the most andyou can't totally see it,but here it is.See this one.It's the sure asgaris.m 7b microphone.It's like $300 kind ofpricey for a microphone,but if you buy theright one, it'sjust going to makeyou sound really good.And you won't have to stress outabout buying another microphonebecause I bought three already.And this is whatI'm recommending.OK, now it's mounted ontoa road articulating armand then that's justdrilled into my desk.It's like one of those lamparms where there's a springand allows me to positionthis anywhere that I want.And right now, it'sjust off to the sideand you push thisout of the way.What you do need to do,which they don't tell you,is it needs a preamp, OK,that allows the signalto reach a certain levelbecause it needs some power.And the preamp?It's like a Magic Cloudpreamp, it's like 50 bucks.It's really plug and play,you take that, you plug it in.You plug that thinginto some other wayto get inside yourcomputer, and thisis where it gets a littlebit trickier because thisis an analog microphone.And your computer'sdigital, you need an Ato D converter, an analogto digital converter,and I'm using theOnyx Black Jack.It's a 2 by 2 USBrecording interface thatallows me to take the XLRcable from that microphoneto plug it in here.And this goes intomy computer via USB.And then everybody's happy.I got some reallynice speakers here,and then this headphoneplugs into a setthat's all you really need.There's somesoftware that you'regoing to need tokind of figure outto be able topodcasting with guests.But if you just want totell stories by yourself,then you don'tneed anything else.You can use quick time to recordyour audio or Odyssey or someof these other things.Is it Odyssey or audacity?Something like that.And you can justrecord your audio.Anthony, you know,who do you use?Audacity, audacity?Thank you.It's audacity.And that's what you can use.So Anthony hasalso very great Mc.Which brand are using thisis the audio-technica.I have one.Yeah, I startedoff with a USB one.So it was just it wasbasically the same microphone.It just went directlyinto the USB jack,which is great for simplicity.But now I run it intoan interface, whichis the Scarlet twoI to which meansthat I can run two microphonesinto it if I ever have anybodylike in my space to interviewand something and I don't know,I want to get your opinionon this or my lip syncwith my sound right now.It looks like they are OK.Well, what I neededto do that, there'sa thing called if you'redoing like video podcasting,there's a thingcalled a shark bq 100.And what it does isit adds a slight delayto your audio signal becausewhen you're using a DSLR,that signal comes into thecomputer a little bit slowerthan the sound.I guess like two things.So what it does is it allowsyou to kind of sync them up.Yeah did you buy that already?Yes yes, that's whatI have on my desk.So it's all linked up, huh?Mm-hmm OK or my lipsync to my video.Or no?They are.Oh, OK.We're all saying tough thing.Well, the reason whythat works for meis because my audio source iscoming through my DSLR camera.So in theory, should be sentwhen I use a different mic.There's a good chance it wouldbe slipped ever so slightlyand annoys some people, right?So super technical stuff.Now let's get into thecreative aspect of podcasting.Like, what the heckare you going to do?So Bonnie is on this path.She's like, hey, I just didsomething, and there it is.And I think she wrote something,perhaps on a different.Different piece ofmedia, but she's like,I never noticed how much I sayI'm or this or that, right?And you're going to startto notice your own speechpatterns.And now you haveto raise your game.It is tough unless youwant to sit there and tryto edit all thoseUMS and stoves out,which would be a nightmare.So now throughoutyour everyday life,in your normalconversation, you'regoing to have to makethe deliberate practiceto eliminate space fillers.And it's tough, butstart working on it.You can do it.Hey, Chris.Yes, I have a recommendationas far as working on that.I have a long commute everyday, a relatively long.It's about 45minutes to an hour.And what I'll do is I've got alittle voice recorder or evenmy phone, and I want totalk through something.Then I'll say it out loud.It's a lot differenthaving ideasin your head versusseeing them out loud.So while you'resaying these thingsand you're kind of in anice, private, safe space,you can work on workingout the UMS and the US.And I know that I saykind of in sort of a lot.Those are my verbal tics.And just as you do it justa little bit every day,you get accustomed tomaybe slowing down.What you're saying and beinga little bit more deliberateand it makes a difference.Good tip.I've tried torecord it in the carand I'm even moreself-conscious when I'm driving,but that's an excellent tip.I know that's how Matthewand some other peoplehave practiced and were ableto refine their public speakinggame.So that's a good tip for sure.Another tip that I'mgoing to give you here.Is to listen to a lot ofpodcasts, which is what I do.I'm listening to Ira Glasson This American Life.I'm listening toRobert Krulwich And Iforget who the otherguy's name is on Radiolab.I'm listening to invisibiliaand the guys from gimlet media,and I start to try to justmimic how they tell stories.How they take interestingpauses or speed partsup to what they say so thatthe voice isn't so monotone.So we can vary our.The way that we communicateby changing the volume of whatwe say, so if you saysomething much quieter,it comes across a different wayor you see someone much louderto draw emphasis to it.We can vary the speed,the gap in betweenin which we say things.So taking longer,more dramatic pausesmakes people pay attention.And if you say thingsreally fast without takingany kind of positive makes itfeel super, really exciting.So if you just vary the speed,the volume and the tone,that's going to give youa lot more dynamic rangeso that people canlisten to your stories.And I'm trying I'm trying, andit's hard to tell more stories.This is what really people,what people really engage with.So the betterstoryteller you are,the bigger your audienceis going to grow.And you could just practice.Tell a story about somethingremarkable that week.OK do you?Because sometimes I notice thatthe host has really good sound,but the gas hasreally horrible sound.Do you, in a sense,tell them, hey,can you use thiskind of equipmentor do you educatethem before you go on?I would do that verygently because it'smore important forme to be on the show.And I find thatsometimes even if they'recalling on a cell phone,which hasn't happened,it doesn't really matter.Some of the audio qualityis good, some of it's bad,and then there's asense of immediacy.And authenticity when thesound quality is not so good.I'd rather have them be presentand to do the call with methan not to do it.I will say a dealthat you're goingto be in a quiet roomfor you to wear a headsetand if you havea fancy mic, we'dlove to hear you on a fancy Mikebecause the sound quality isso important to our audience.But it's not necessary.And then some of themwill ask, OK, tell mewhat I need to getin advance of this?And they do.So a guy like Johnnycupcakes, he got prepped,he said, Chris, tellme exactly what I need.I will get it.I'll make it happen.And his crew did it for him.But oftentimes people willjust have what they have.They're notprofessional podcasters,they're not mediapeople, and so it's notgoing to be a thing that they'regoing to want to go through allthat expensive trouble.And if they're nottechnical people,it's going to be a disaster.You're going to be fightingthe technology the whole time.And I'd rather justhave a conversationnow if they're in town,that makes it a lot easier,you can say, look,come to my studio.Let's do this together.You can knock it out that way.And there's a recent episode,the last episode of the podcastthat we released like a weekago with Lillian D'amato.She had her cat doing someweird sounds in the background,but I couldn't figure outwhat the heck that was.And eventually it's like,Oh my cat, I'm like, shoot!OK I thought someone was addingsome sound effects in there.It's like, oh, it's OK.OK, fine.It is what it is.That's all right.Are you interviewingpeople, bonnie?Yeah you OK.Well, my take is more like theintrovert, their struggle storyto their triumph and how toget out of that mode and.That's my.My idea right now, so,OK, I have a tip for you.There was a filmmakerwho created this film,it's room two forseven, I believe,and it's a film abouthardcore Stanley Kubrick fansand particular the movieThe Shining room 2 for 7.I think that's the name of themovie, something like that.And the way he got aroundhis very, very limited budgetis he bought one ofthese Zoom recordersand you can buy the H one,which is under $100 I think.And he would put a memory cardin it, put batteries in itand ship it.We have FedEx tothat person's house.And he said, like, I'mgoing to interview youvia Skype or regulartelephone, but Ineed you to record theconversation with this higherquality microphone.And they did it, and thesound quality was incredible.So when they weredone, they would stopand then they would packageit up and send it back to him,and he would just senda couple of these thingsout to each person.And then that's howhe got his interviews.So your concern aboutquality, especiallyfor these introverts, thatmight be very helpful,but you're going to haveto include instructionson how to use these things.Right so that could work.Does that sound like a viablesolution for you, bonnie?Yeah thank you.OK Yeah.OK anything else aboutpodcasting or media creation?Otherwise, I want to move on.I'm not sure I hadsomething I was actuallywatching about audio list lastnight at 2:00 AM because lookat me and I. Yes, I'm sorry.I have Blue Yetiand it just sucks.I hate it.So I was looking atthe same sound be.Probably going to get that one.But the acoustics are moreimportant, apparently,than the actual themicrophone itself.And there's a video channelon YouTube called boot junkiethat I recommend.Absolutely he haslike a whole video.10 minute video how hecreated a whole boothset in 10 minutesof what he had.And he basicallyput like a cushions,the couch cushionsbehind in front of himand put a blanket ontop of them and hadaudition session likeit's not professional,but it sounded crisp.Then it had a lot of reverb.Good channel, recommendit to educate yourselfon how to actually setup the whole thing out.Yeah, if you just reminded meyou can buy an audio blanketand you coulddrape yourself, youcan drape the blanketover yourself,you're going to sweatlike a pig in there.But it will helpout a lot so youcan rig up something whereyou're not suffocatingand be able to do this.And, Chris, there'sactually one more thingI wanted people to know aboutit, and that's his website.So basically, it's the websitewhere you go, you log in.It's kind of like anaudio version of Skypewhere you can log in andit records the audio tracksfrom both people and thenyou can download themin high quality or low quality.But it still soundsgreat, and it's super easyto do a podcast that way.Yeah, I've usedancaster sometimes.Then casts are crashes, but youcan restart it pretty quickly.And what Anthonyis talking aboutis instead of getting thegarbled Skype call quality,then you get thepristine audio qualitybecause it records thenative audio from each endand it shares that with you andyou have split audio tracks.So that's a reallygood solution.Most of the time,what I have our guestsdo is record on theirend using QuickTimewhile I'm using callrecorder via Skype,and it's worked so far.So I'm getting also reallyhigh quality audio on their endas well.OK, let's move on.