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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