Category: Samples
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New Podcast: The Puzzle Podcast
I’d like to officially announce my newest podcasting endeavor: The Puzzle Podcast. I’m co-hosting this short weekly show of brainteasers with David Leschinsky, the owner of Eureka Puzzles, a popular puzzle and game store in Brookline, Massachusetts. The premise is simple: we pick a puzzle type for the week, explain how it works and do…
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Recording Phone Interviews With Skype
A while ago, I wrote a post where I said that using Skype for interviews was a bad idea. I still stand by the premise of that piece – that Skype-to-Skype connections should not be used in most situations – but a few things have happened in the last few months to change my mind…
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Proper Microphone Placement
Plenty of podcasters go out and buy fancy microphones, only to use them improperly. This can be discouraging, especailly when they hear good recordings made with the same equipment and wonder what they are doing wrong. I’ve been told a number of times that the sound quality of my podcasts rivals that of NPR. Yet,…