Sometimes, that sense of unease never goes away despite the passion you have for your podcast. Sometimes, hosts encounter rookie jitters that fade with time and experience. See you next week!” What is the current state of your podcast hosting skills?ĭo you sound nervous or stiff on the podcast? Is your voice robotic as you read the script you’ve so lovingly prepared for the episode? “On today’s episode, we’ll review Frozen II. It would be difficult, for example, to sustain any kind of review podcast if you were the only one reviewing the book. If, however, your podcast is political in nature or a pop culture – books, movies, TV, music – review show, you’ll definitely need at least one co-host because these topics, by definition, require disagreement, insight, even vitriol to make the podcast interesting for listeners. If your topic is, for example, the history of old, rare stamps, your podcast can flourish with a single host because that one person can keep the podcast interesting with a revolving door of factual information on the topic. Having two people talking within a 10 or 15-minute time span could be too frenetic.
So if your podcast is short, then a single host may be preferable. Each of these podcasts has a single host and for 10 minutes minus the ads, the hosts seem to keep listeners’ interests. The Quick Dirty Tips people have built a mini-podcast empire (Nutrition Diva, Grammar Girl, Savvy Psychologist, etc.) on circa 10-minute podcasts on very specific topics that are packed with factual information. Let’s look at the factors that can help you make a decision about a co-host. So how does a new podcaster make that critical decision? At other times, co-hosted podcasts are wildly popular. Sometimes, single-host podcasts are highly successful. This dilemma goes often unresolved by new podcasters who become paralyzed by conflicting information. The Rewatchables discusses established movies with multiple people talking and the mash-up of voices seems to work.Īfter several days of research, you have not been able to answer the question: Should I have a co-host? The Deciding Factors Political podcasts like Pod Save America and Slate’s Political Gabfest have multiple co-hosts that serve up morsels of insight that just make their shows so popular with so many listeners. Safe For Work has a man and woman who co-host and their chemistry is evident throughout the podcast. You go through your podcast playlist again and now look for podcasts with multiple hosts and do a sample listen of those episodes. You ask yourself: Can I do that? Can my voice keep the interest of listeners for 40 minutes?
He voice exudes passion his words convey knowledge about chart history and his narrative builds toward a dramatic climax. Slate’s Hit Parade with Chris Molanphy typically has that single voice talking about music on the Billboard charts for about an hour an episode. You listen to single-host podcasts that do not have guests. The interaction between the host and the guest being interviewed creates interest and enables another voice to impart information that listeners did not know, knew but did believe or were skeptical of its efficacy. On Problem Solvers, it’s an entrepreneur and on Something You Should Know, it’s typically an author. On Sweating The Small Stuff, it’s probably a scientist. On Freakonomics, it could be an economist. More often than not, these single-host podcasts spend an episode interviewing a guest on the podcast. After listening again to these podcasts, you realize these single-host podcasts maintain your interest throughout an episode with just one host.Īnd then you notice something else. You check out single-host successful podcasts like Freakonomics, Hidden Brain, Sweating The Small Stuff, Something You Should Know, and Problem Solvers. Then you blast off into the podcast universe to evaluate one host versus a co-host or even a panel of hosts. Would the podcast be better served to have another voice to spice up the narrative and have someone to bounce ideas off of? As we listen with a critical – sometimes hypercritical – ear to our own podcast, we worry about the possible monotony of only one voice. That question is asked by thousands of new and experienced podcasters every day. But after that self-loathing dissipates, you focus in on the timbre of the podcast and ask yourself, “Do I need a co-host?” You sit back and just listen to your podcast and, of course, hate how your voice sounds.
Finally, your girlfriend got tired of listening to your “plans” for your podcast and went all Shia Labeouf on you, screaming, “just do it.” It took a lot of work to complete just the first episode – the planning, then the agonizing, then more planning, then more agonizing. You’ve just finished that first episode of your brand-new podcast.
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