Pledge Break: A Classic Doctor Who (and history!) Podcast

[James Holloway]

So I started a podcast. It's about classic Doctor Who, specifically but not exclusively as it relates to history. It's called Pledge Breal. and you can find it at this link here.


My cohost and I are old fans of the show and have related but generally-non-overlapping areas of nerdery, but one thing neither of us really know about is the podcast genre itself. I feel like I'm improving in technical terms (the mixing on episode 3 is better, for instance), but I'm sure there are still things missing. Comments, criticism, etc. warmly welcomed.


And of course if this isn't the right forum for a podcast, please do let me know!

[Flamekebab]

I just opened it up and skipped through the first and latest episodes and have a techy recommendation to make - if possible record your audio locally and then glue the two files together after the fact (rather than recording the massively compressed VoIP stream). After the very clear intro music the change in audio quality was extremely jarring!

[Jubal]

On an admin note, here is fine, we also have a Doctor Who section which it might fit better in?

[James Holloway]

I just opened it up and skipped through the first and latest episodes and have a techy recommendation to make - if possible record your audio locally and then glue the two files together after the fact (rather than recording the massively compressed VoIP stream). After the very clear intro music the change in audio quality was extremely jarring!

You are the second person to recommend this to me, and I will definitely give it a try. The only thing I can say is that we're currently recorded pretty far in advance of what we're putting out, so don't expect the change to be immediate! Unless we pre-empt episode 5 for a yet-to-be-recorded holiday special, that is.


I really do appreciate the feedback, by the way -- one of the reasons I started doing this was just to learn how.

[James Holloway]

On an admin note, here is fine, we also have a Doctor Who section which it might fit better in?

Whichever you think is best! I will go peruse that forum.

[Jubal]

I'll leave it here for now, purely because it's more likely to get seen here on a higher-level forum

Also, topic title changed to reflect actual content of thread.

I'll try and get round to having a listen soon, currently flailing around reading about demon pigs for an essay (no really). There's not much in the DW forum, alas - like much of the site at the moment it needs a bit more love. :/

[James Holloway]

Well, when you do get around to listening, there'll be another episode for you to ... enjoy?


http://pledgebreak.libsyn.com/pledge-break-episode-four-the-masque-of-mandragora

[James Holloway]

We've just completed our first seven-episode season, and we're now on iTunes if you like that sort of thing:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/pledge-break/id1071711213