Podcast Content

There are lots of arguments about how well produced podcasts need to be to keep their listeners. Look at Adam Curry's show, the Daily Source Code for example. Now One Aging Geek doesn't happen to like the way Adam moves from room to room and plays with his new equipment - but I do, I love it, in fact that is why I listen.

I'm not looking for the same production values as radio, I want a personal experience out of it and when Adam is toying with his equipment he is doing the things that I do, so I can relate to that.

When I want good production values I listen to the Steve Wright show on BBC Radio 2, and I am not saying that good production values aren't welcome in podcasting - just that they are not essential to the enjoyment of the experience if the content is really what you are looking for. Heck Russell Holliman records his entire podcast on a Treo 600 smartphone - it doesn't get any less "production values" than that.