Tag: Podcasting

Help Wanted

I have written previously about wanting to launch a podcast. I love old time radio shows and the idea of podcasting regularly. I would love to have a variety show where I discuss things that I find fascinating, or have guests on to talk about what is interesting to them. My current wish is to start with 12 episodes, one per month, and if successful, ramp up into something more frequent.

Currently that desire is strong, but the ability is lacking. I need about $350 to purchase podcasting equipment, and I don’t have that available. I started a GoFundMe to raise the funds. For each donor, I would be able to have a shout out “This episode brought to you by….” To date, however, I have no donations.

It looks like I will not be able to pursue podcasting at this time. It remains a dream of mine. Some day I will be able to buy a microphone and the other bits and bobs necessary, and when that day comes I will launch The RedBeard Podcast. For now, though, that will be on hold. I will leave the GoFundMe up for the rest of the year, just in hopes that someone might come along.

This is ok. Not every dream is meant to be lived, and not every endeavor is successful. I have plenty of creative outlets, and things I can achieve, and I will throw my effort in those directions. I am still working on my book of poetry; I am still enjoying toy photography, painting, and writing. Podcasting may never come, or it will come lately. I am excited for the future no matter what.

Thanks for following along on this journey, and I hope you keep following for whatever is next.

The RedBeard Podcast

I have talked before about my desire to start a podcast. You can read about that here and here.

I am eager to begin, and the first step is acquiring the equipment that I need so that I can set it up and get practicing to work out the kinks and find a good workflow.

Unfortunately, my family has been hit with a ton of unexpected and expected expenses as of late, from car to pet to medical to pet medical. I simply don’t have any extra. So I got the idea to start a GoFundMe to cover the cost of the microphone, boom arm, shock mount, pop filters, and anything else I need to get up and running. Fortunately, I can use my existing Mac Mini and GarageBand for the actual recording and editing of the podcast, but the equipment is where I need to outlay funds.

After some research and help from my brother who has podcasted before, I think I am going to purchase a Blue Yeti microphone. I might even get ambitious and make a little booth out of foam and whatnot to deaden sound, but that will come after I’ve recorded a few practice episodes to check sound and background noise.

I already have a few topics selected, a few guests I want to ask to be a part of future episodes, and a few ideas for the year ahead. I am planning, if funded, to release 12 episodes in 2022, one per month. Should I be able to do that, I will then see about 2023 and beyond.

If you want to hear my podcast, and have a hand in helping me get started, I will thank all of my donors in the podcast in a “brought to you by” segment.

I am excited to get started podcasting. Won’t you help me?