This is a recording I did of a talk with LA Podcasters about their shows, the art of podcasting, and the elements of a must-listen podcast.

SHOW NOTES

5:12 - Lance Anderson talks about how he approaches podcasting as an artist.

5:47 - Anderson talks about how many listeners there are of his podcast "Verge of the Fringe" 

 6:09 - Anderson discusses the timelessness of his stories.

6:23 - Eric Schwartzman makes the distinction between a news program and a featured program. 

7:17 - Grant Baciocco talks about his show with Doug Price, "The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd."

7:50 - Schwartzman talks about how most podcasts are consumed. 

8:34 - Anderson talks about how to listen to podcasts.

8:52 - Schwartzman discusses the different ways to distribute electronic media over the internet.

10:16 - Baciocco and Doug Price share the voices of their shows.

11:15 - Baciocco talks about the fans of the show. 

12:13 - Anderson talks about how often he is at the LA Podcast Studio.

13:33 - Dan Klass talks about how podcasts makes your program available to a potentially large audience

13:53 - Klass talks about his podcast "The Bitterest Pill"

14:25 - Klass mentions the countries of where his listeners live.

15:08 - Klass talks about what makes a great podcast and how his podcast has been so successful: "...I work very hard at being very honest and dealing with things on a very human level."

16:19 - Klass discusses the irony of his show: "...there's something about being so finite in the subject matter and so brutally honest about it that it becomes more universal."

17:32 - Klass talks about the human element of podcasting.

18:45 - Schwartzman talks about Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's book, Finding Flow and his renewed sense of optimism for the culture of celebrity.

22:14 - Anderson talks about who should podcast.

22:51 - Klass talks about how podcasts create communities: "there's an audience out there for anyone who's talking passionately...create the podcast and they will be able to find you.

23:35 - Anderson on whether podcasts are media or art.

24:10 - Klass talks about companies podcasting. 

25:05 - Klass on whether there is an audience for any subject of a podcast.

26:00 - Tim Coyne talks about his podcast, "The Hollywood Podcast."

28:08 - Coyne gives a logline for his show. 

28:28 - Coyne talks about whether podcasting is helping him in finding a romantic relationship. 

32:03 - Steven from Pink Mafia Radio talks about whether podcasting helps with relationships. 

33:19 - Howard Leff, a freelancer for a column appearing in The Los Angeles Times in the Calender Weekend section, talks about considering podcasting and what he envisions his podcast to be about. 

34:18 - Leff talks about writing for the Los Angeles Times.

35:08 - Leff shares his opinion about the Los Angeles Times. 35:35 - Schwartzman discusses whether podcasters should be concerned that they may not have an audience.

37:13 - Tres Jefes discusses his podcast

38:07 - Jefes talks about whether he thinks he will have advertisers for his podcast.