QPN Pod: Queer Podcasters' Network Podcast

QPN Pod: Queer Podcasters' Network Podcast

The podcast version of the Queer Podcasters' Network, based in London but supporting queer podcasters all over the world. Together we rise. A mixture of one-minute tips and tricks for better podcasting, and occasional recordings of our live events, for the benefit of those who couldn't make it at the time. For more information email hello@queerpod.net or follow @QueerPodNet on Twitter. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/queerpodnet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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December 22, 2020 1 min

You have all the tools you need to get started, even if you don't. In fact, especially if you don't.

QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

SUBMIT YOUR OWN SHORT: Share your wisdom with the rest of the Network - record your tip (1 minute or less!) and email to hello@queerpod.net


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You've made a list of great guests you'd love to have on the show, but are worried you might seema. little small-fry for them. How do you convince them you're legit, and worth their time?


QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

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December 15, 2020 59 secs

Finding the best time to start your podcast is always difficult. Here's the best guide available on starting your podcast and improving your craft.

QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

SUBMIT YOUR OWN SHORT: Share your wisdom with the rest of the Network - record your tip (1 minute or less!) and email to hello@queerpod.net


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December 8, 2020 1 min

Sir Terry Wogan, veteran broadcaster and generally beloved figure of the BBC, had a tip for making all of his millions of listeners feel like they were part of a very intimate group. It'll help you with your podcasting, too.

QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

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December 1, 2020 1 min

Asking friends and loved ones for constructive feedback isn't easy - they'll probably just say nice things out of a desire to not hurt your feelings. With that in mind, here's a good way to get around that and find out what they REALLY think. And you don't even have to bug their houses or pretend to be someone else.

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November 24, 2020 1 min

Here's a two-step guide to being a famous podcaster, and why it shouldn't matter as much as doing something you love.


QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

SUBMIT YOUR OWN SHORT: Share your wisdom with the rest of the Network - record your tip (1 minute or less!) and email to hello@queerpod.net


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November 17, 2020 1 min

Make your show notes useful - write as much as you can (This bit you're reading now is your show notes, btw.). Preferably about 300 words per episode, which seems like quite a lot, but you can always have a good chunk of that be your boilerplate, that is to say, the same on every episode, just copy & pasted form a word doc. QPN's episode boilerplate is:


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November 10, 2020 1 min

A pet peeve mostly, this one, but there's a learning behind it: Edit your audio properly, out of respect for your audience and their time. Don't leave stuff in because it makes you sound 'scrappy' or 'rolling with whatever happens'.

QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

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November 5, 2020 1 min

Using any amount of commercial music isn't worth the risk to your podcast as a whole. Not even a little tiny snippet. Instead, use PodSafe music (music that's Safe for Podcasts).

Or pay a musician to create something bespoke. Either way, don't try to get away with using a Kylie song as your opening music.


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October 28, 2020 1 min

Stick to the point of your podcast as much as you can - and don't confuse your podcast's audience with people who are keen to hear about every aspect of your life. Get out of your own way, and make the podcast you're supposed to be making.


QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

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October 20, 2020 1 min

Respect your audience enough to not fill their earholes with drivel. If deadline day is fast approaching and you have nothing to say, say nothing. Simple, really.


QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

SUBMIT YOUR OWN SHORT: Share your wisdom with the rest of the Network - record your tip (1 minute or less!) and email to hello@queerpod.net


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October 13, 2020 1 min

The distance between thinking about the thing and doing the thing should always be as short as possible. Anything that gets in the way is likely to stop you forming the habits and the good practise that you want. So, keep your equipment together, keep it set up if you can, and find ways to ensure that the journey from "I should record an episode now" to pressing Record is as short and effortless as possible.


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October 7, 2020 1 min

(I'm sorry it came to this.)

Don't eat or drink near a microphone. Seriously.


QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

SUBMIT YOUR OWN SHORT: Share your wisdom with the rest of the Network - record your tip (1 minute or less!) and email to hello@queerpod.net


For more information, keep an eye on twitter.com/queerpodnet or subscribe to our mailing list at quee...

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September 29, 2020 1 min

Seriously. Just do a quick Google. It's not hard.


QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

SUBMIT YOUR OWN SHORT: Share your wisdom with the rest of the Network - record your tip (1 minute or less!) and email to hello@queerpod.net


For more information, keep an eye on twitter.com/queerpodnet or subscribe to our mailing list at queerpodnet.substack.com.

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September 22, 2020 1 min

When it comes to timing, there's something you should know...


QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

SUBMIT YOUR OWN SHORT: Share your wisdom with the rest of the Network - record your tip (1 minute or less!) and email to hello@queerpod.net


For more information, keep an eye on twitter.com/queerpodnet or subscribe to our mailing list at queerpodnet.substack...

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September 15, 2020 54 secs

As long as it needs to be, and not a second longer.


QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

SUBMIT YOUR OWN SHORT: Share your wisdom with the rest of the Network - record your tip (1 minute or less!) and email to hello@queerpod.net


For more information, keep an eye on twitter.com/queerpodnet or subscribe to our mailing list at queerpodnet.substack.com.

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September 8, 2020 1 min

Writing to be read aloud is very different to writing for the page.

QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

SUBMIT YOUR OWN SHORT: Share your wisdom with the rest of the Network - record your tip (1 minute or less!) and email to hello@queerpod.net


For more information, keep an eye on twitter.com/queerpodnet or subscribe to our mailing list at queerpodnet.substa...

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Freelance Journalist and all-round lovely person Andy Wasley led a workshop earlier this year all about improving your interview technique. Here's the edited highlights for those who couldn't make it, or have forgotten.


More Queer Podcast Network events will follow, subject to Government advice and the world not ending again. For more information, keep an eye on twitter.com/queerpodnet or subscribe to our mailing list at queerpo...

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August 25, 2020 1 min

Cut the slurpy, gakky, squelchy, slobbery noises from your podcast. Your audience will thank you. Or, at least, they might keep listening.


QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

SUBMIT YOUR OWN SHORT: Share your wisdom with the rest of the Network - record your tip (1 minute or less!) and email to hello@queerpod.net


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August 18, 2020 1 min

Make sure the name of your podcast says something about the content so that people searching for podcasts like yours can find it easily. (Seems obvious, but it's remarkably easy to mess up.)


QPN Shorts are quick-and-dirty 1-minute episodes containing tips and tricks to help you be a better podcaster.

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