Ep.50 - Speedpodding in 3-minutes or less

Tim and Kyle experiment with short podcast formats by creating a 10-minute podcast created by chaining three, 3-minute episodes together.

Episode at a Glance

• Tim and Kyle experiment with the shortcast format by speedpodding the show!
• Tim talks about how 3-minutes or less podcasts are not worth it for 90-percent of niches
• Kyle talks about who benefits from the 3-minute format and how it could work for your niche
• Yup! Tim and Kyle do not agree on speedpodding. It happens, folks!
• Podwrecked secretly celebrates a milestone by reaching episode #50

Big Thoughts from this Episode

"In a 30-minute podcast, every minute matters. In a 3-minute podcast, every second matters."
-- Timothy Kimo Brien

"Compressed storytelling can work for the audience with a short attention span. But 3-minutes is a lot of work."
-- Kyle M. Bondo

Required Reading

• Eartime Word of the Day: Shortcast
• Chaux: 'most consumption will be 3 minute episodes'
• How long should a podcast be?
• Why short-form podcasts are about to explode
• Technology: Hypercatcher - Podcast Bookmarks
• Short Audio Drama Example: Two-Minute Danger Theater
• Short Podcast Host Example: Trebble.fm - Daily shortcast hosting
• 7 Best Alexa Flash Briefing Options & How To Start Listening Now
• Create My Voice - Turnkey custom-built voice apps
• What is a Shortcast?

Short Podcasts Worth Listening To

• For A Bad Time, Call
• The Daily Refresh with John Lee Dumas
• Podnews Daily
• The Bongino Brief
• 60-Second Science
• Naval
• Grammar Girl
• Two-Minute Danger Theater
• This Day in History Class
• Brain Training Podcast
• A Very Fatal Murder
• Professor Buzzkill History Podcast
• Robot or Not?

Episode Photo Credit

• Photo by Rahul Shanbhag on Unsplash

Podwrecked Salvage (Dawg) Team

A Big Thank You to our Podwrecked Salvage Team (Guests and Patreon Subscribers) and Friends of the Show:

• Cliff from Glockaholics Anonymous
• Mathew from The Podcast Consultant
• Dave from The School of Podcasting
• Ross from LiveStream Universe
• Joe from Super Joe Pardo
• Terri from EventYak

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Oracles of FXBG

• Tim "POD-stradamus" Brien and Kyle "Yo-da-POD" Bondo keep making predictions!

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