The Mumbrella podcast – what do you think?
Below, you’ll see a link to the first Mumbrella podcast.
Now, to be quite honest, although I thoroughly enjoyed doing it and would hope to make it weekly, it will depend entirely on your reaction. So your feedback will be appreciated.
In this first episode, I chatted to Scott Rhodie of Zing PR and Jonathan Este of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance. So this first conversation has something of a PR and journalism flavour to it.
(A few caveats: In the first few seconds, the sound levels are a tad wobbly, so apologies for the distortion. And this one is also quite long – more than we intended – so don’t feel guilty if you don’t make it through to the end.)
My thanks go to Scott and to Jonathan for being my first guinea pigs – and also to CBS Interactive for lending us their studio.
But please, take a listen and throw me some feedback. Do you want more? What would you change? What topics would you like us to cover?
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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Great podcast. Maybe a little to long…but not because of the content:)
I’d listen to more.
Good work Tim.
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I have the audio loud and clear but no vision – I’m using a Mac – is that a problem?
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Peter – Thankfully for everyone listening we didn’t film the podcast – seriously you don’t want my ugly mug messing up your screen!
Scott
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Hey Tim – Love it, great to get contrasting views. For my taste (and attention span) it’s way to long… but that’s a sample size of one kid that suffers from ADOLSS (Attention Deficit, OH! LOOK SOMETHING SHINNY). A shorter punchier version with an index would be great. A short intro recorded after that explained what was coming would be good also.
Nice work – love the cast!
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Interesting topics. I’d get rid of the cheesy intro music though, it doesn’t add much.
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Nice work. Really enjoyed the podcast. Good content and perspectives – like the news round-up format followed by more detailed discussion of specific issues.
Though I think 30 minutes would be ideal (especially for work listening).
Look forward to the next one!
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Loved it. Agree that its a bit long to manage at work without being distracted, but having said that the length made it feel comfortingly like a mid-afternoon BBC Radio 4 discussion for which you get bonus points.
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This podcast is definitely a good idea – there’s a real gap in the market since Radio National scrapped The Media Report.
From a tech perspective definitely needs a polish with some true radio values thrown in (stings, intros etc seamlessly integrated with the talking heads) and agree – keep it to around 30 mins (give or take 5 mins) as a perfect length for a car trip, train ride etc.
Have a look at these for inspiration:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/medi.....a-talk-usa
http://www.twit.tv/twit
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Well done but 5 minutes is the most you’ll get out of me. Ad Age is shorter but a bit too short I think. Good luck Tim, this is a great site.
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Good idea. Perhaps a shorter piece focussed on the 2 or three topics that have generated the most comment in the previous few days or week?
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Good stuff guys. Keep it up.
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Where’s the video?
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Can we access via iTunes?
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Great podcast. Love the funny accents you did for it.
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Nice work.
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Great idea, bit too long to keep me hanging on after 5 mins. Pity I couldn’t see the visuals. That would’ve kept me engaged for a longer period. All the best.
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good initiative tim
i’d cover the 3-5 main topics of note for the week, alternate guests for each according to which is most relevant, and keep it short and sharp – 10-15 mins max.
Nice work Tim, I enjoy learning/hearing from people who offer actual insight rather than subject commentators regurgitating what’s out there for all to read. I particularly liked the way you to stopped @ScottRhodie talking about his mother’s potty mouth! From an audience perspective, not everyone gets time to read the media & marketing pages on the Monday (guilty), so some more generic issues – although less topical and probably flys in the face of the podcase – might add a little something for everyone. Liked it though, James
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Love it! Really interesting, keep it up!
Wee bit long. Index so you can flick through or listen in chapters would be awesome.
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Good stuff – hopefully future ones going onto iTunes so we can listen on the iPod?
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What’s the jazz-style intro tune?
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agree with the other comments, great to have this in pod cast but would be great to get a free subscription to it via itunes to listen to it on my iphone. would be even better if it could be developed into a Vodcast.
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