| Week | Topics | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction & Analysis | Intro to Podcasting, History of Podcasting, What a Podcast is and How It Works, Finding Podcasts (like a producer), How to Copy a Podcast’s iTunes URL, 5 Podcasts Discussion, 5 Podcasts Analysis |
| 2 | Development/Audio Tools | Audio Related Terminology, Audio Hardware, Getting Your Voice into a Computer, Microphone Recommendations, Echo & Reverb, Production Style vs. Broadcast Style, The Audience & "Value," Getting Discovered. |
| 3 | Recording & Performance/Assembly | “Hollywood Hacks” video, Intro to Editing, Audio Software, Normalization, Compression and Noise Reduction A: Making First Person Stories Stand Out, Great Artists Steal |
| 4 | Show Structure/Editing | Super Simple Show Structure, Editing in Audacity, Editing in GarageBand |
| 5 | The Legal Stuff | Copyright, Fair Use, Creative Commons, Public Domain, Recent Infringement Cases, Resources for Royalty Free sounds, images and video |
| 6 | Mastering/Encoding & Tagging | Making Our Intro, Assembly in GarageBand, Compressing, Limiting, Mixing and Bouncing, Mastering & Auphonic, Creating/Editing ID3 Tags |
| 7 | The Blog & The Feed | Blogging, Hosting, Podcast on SquareSpace, WordPress, Where to Be and How to Get There, To YouTube or Not to YouTube? |
| 8 | Monetization | Overview, Social Media & Socializing, Guests & Guesting, Swag, Sponsors vs. Advertisers, Ad Placement, Getting a Big Deal, The Podcast Consumer (2017 Edition) |
LAST REVISED: 7-3-2018 (SUBJECT TO CHANCE)