With CB RADIO, RETURN TO SENDER, SHODDY RADIO & THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO EVERYTHING. 
Today's featured shows are CB Radio, Return to Sender, Shoddy Radio, and The Complete Guide to Everything. More podcasts tomorrow!
CB RADIO
"I start by booking my guest, which is usually done through email. When the person lives in NYC it's simpler, but I often try to get out of town guests when they are in town for a specific event: for instance, the recent John Oliver Comedy Central taping was a gold mine for me. Most of the time, I try to contact the person directly, but occasionally I will go through publicists or managers if needbe.
"I start by booking my guest, which is usually done through email. When the person lives in NYC it's simpler, but I often try to get out of town guests when they are in town for a specific event: for instance, the recent John Oliver Comedy Central taping was a gold mine for me. Most of the time, I try to contact the person directly, but occasionally I will go through publicists or managers if needbe.
Once the guest agrees to do the show, we work out a time and place to meet. I like to record my show out in public, so we usually meet at a coffee shop or bar. Then the actual recording is nothing more than us at a table with microphones having a conversation. I then take the audio files into Garageband, add the theme music, and export it into Mp3.
Adding the theme music is literally the only bit of editing I do for the show. Once I upload the show online, I post about it on Facebook, Twitter, and various message boards. Depending on the guest, I will also contact various blogs and new sites in hopes of them writing about the show. All in all, an average episode probably takes about 3 hours worth of work." ~Cameron Buchholtz
CB RADIO EPISODE 92: MIKE SCHMIDT
"Every week, we sit down and record a two hour episode. I play four songs along the way to both give us a chance to regroup, and to expose our listeners to something other that the absolute shit that is on the radio. I get clearance from most of the bands I play.
We don’t do any edits or retakes. Honesty is key. Both Sandra and I have notes, just basically bullet points of things we want to talk about or stories we want to tell, but other than that, it's as real as it can be.
Once the show is finished, I go through it and mark chapters so our listeners can skip around. Some skip the music (pussies) and others like to mark where they are so they can continue through the week. Because of our lives, we can only get together once a week and do a two hour show. We used to do an hour but folks asked for more. Instead of multiple shows per week, we do one lengthier show. After the chapters are marked, I upload and that is that. From beginning to end, the process takes about 4 hours. We record at eight, and our episode is available by midnight. Boo ya." ~Michael Michaels
RETURN TO SENDER EPISODE 65
"Well, we generally try to record at least an hour a week. So Chris and I are in L.A. and in the same room, and we call Ben on Skype and start recording. We try to all bring at least one idea for the night unless the show has an already determined theme or a guest, but normally we just start out trying to make each other laugh and forget we are recording.
As the show goes on, we try to naturally work in whatever ideas we may have had and see how they work. Sometimes one idea will become the entire show, sometimes it will last less than a minute. Then, once we're tire of talking to each other or just get tired in general, we call it a night.
After that, sometime in the next couple of days I listen to it and decide if anything is usable. If it's funny enough or at least somewhat interesting I save that part, the rest I scrap. Then, I start editing down the bits that were funny and trimming the fat and working on the sound wherever I can. Then, I add in whatever effects or ambiance I can to enhance the segments. Then, I try to decide what order the pieces or segments should go in, and if any of them can be linked together without breaks.
At the end we have a whole bunch of puzzle pieces that we try to frankenstein together into what we hope are interesting and funny episodes. Once I get a show completely pieced together, I listen to it the next day at work to make sure nothing weird happened in the editing process and then post it that night when I get home."~Danny Savage
As the show goes on, we try to naturally work in whatever ideas we may have had and see how they work. Sometimes one idea will become the entire show, sometimes it will last less than a minute. Then, once we're tire of talking to each other or just get tired in general, we call it a night.
After that, sometime in the next couple of days I listen to it and decide if anything is usable. If it's funny enough or at least somewhat interesting I save that part, the rest I scrap. Then, I start editing down the bits that were funny and trimming the fat and working on the sound wherever I can. Then, I add in whatever effects or ambiance I can to enhance the segments. Then, I try to decide what order the pieces or segments should go in, and if any of them can be linked together without breaks.
At the end we have a whole bunch of puzzle pieces that we try to frankenstein together into what we hope are interesting and funny episodes. Once I get a show completely pieced together, I listen to it the next day at work to make sure nothing weird happened in the editing process and then post it that night when I get home."~Danny Savage
SHODDY RADIO EPISODE 113: ADAM CAROLLA
"We brainstorm topics a few days before then post the topic to Facebook and Twitter to ask for sub-topics within the show’s main topic. We go through these and then makes notes with our own ideas we’d like to talk about, the best listener suggestions, and any segment specific information (we do an advice segment for example).
After recording we export a rough cut to Dropbox for Natalie Al-Tahhan, a cartoonist in the UK who occasionally does drawings that we put up beside the episode itself.
After recording we export a rough cut to Dropbox for Natalie Al-Tahhan, a cartoonist in the UK who occasionally does drawings that we put up beside the episode itself.
Usually a day or two later, one of us (Tim Daniels and I switch off editing duty every other week) will edit. Editing is very minimal lately, though since we try not to record anything we know we wouldn’t use. While episode is exporting we put together the episode artwork and begin writing the description/blog post. Once its uploaded to Libsyn we go create a post on the main site with an embedded MP3 player. After that we post to Facebook and Twitter to announce the new episode is up (its always Sunday, but the time can be anywhere between 2PM and 8PM EST)." ~Tom Reynolds
TCGTE: FATHER'S DAY
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