Biblical studies podcasting
I've just had an interesting "chat" with Mark G about Biblical Studies
podcasting. Some of the conversation (we used
MSN, if we had only used
Skype I could have recorded it, but ironically we used plain text ;) was technical stuff that would only be of interest to others doing
podcasts, but there were two nuggets that deserve wider thought:
KQED Radio - Michael Krasny's studio by David Sifry
- a joint biblical studies podcast, maybe of two sorts:
- a virtual common-room, where a few of us chat about some topic
- a more prepared edited 'cast where different people speak briefly and then perhaps respond to what another has said (getting the interactivity but allowing a more considered approach)
- maybe using a Facebook page to encourage wider interaction with our podcasts - we each said that while we appreciated the way voice adds a richness, nuances like tone distinguish sarcasm from more gentle wry humour, we missed the interaction with an audience that other media like live talks or blogs provide
I'm convinced that both ideas are worth following up. But, at the start of a new semester, am also too busy to remember ;) so this post is (a) a "reminder to self" and (b) a call for comments - what do you think of the ideas and (c) a call for expressions of interest, would you be interested in participating in such a recorded conversation?
On the technical details:
- we thought of using Talkshoe so participants could phone in and would not need recording gear themselves
- we also thought of getting someone to act as host and ask questions / guide the conversation
So, what is needed:
- a topic: needs to encourage different points of view, probably to work well needs to allow different personalities to 'come through" (audio rather than text medium) needs to be potentially interesting to a wider audience
- a host: needs to be willing to refrain from expressing their own opinion!
- some speakers
- an editor: to take the recording and cut the fluff (remove the worst ums and errs, or where the participants make asides like "is this too loud?") - I'd be happy to do that.
This post has mainly been about the joint podcast idea, but I do not want to forget the
Facebook idea either... this would be a page where
podcasts by
bibliobloggers or others who open serious biblical studies to a wider audience would be listed and so get
mentioned on the profiles of the page's members and perhaps encourage a bit more interaction...
Dramatis Personae:
Mark (as well as being the biblical studies
Blogfather) has started an excellent NT focused podcast series
NT Pod and for a
couple of years I've been doing an occasional
5 Minute Bible podcast (basically Hebrew Bible focused but occasionally trespassing - nearly 40 'casts so far).
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