Podcasting and Audio
Making podcasts people keep listening to: the podcast landscape, concepts and positioning, show and episode planning, microphones and recording chains, recording spaces and remote recording, interviewing for audio, solo, co-hosted and narrative shows, editing, mixing, mastering and loudness, video podcasts, hosting, RSS, growth and analytics, and monetization, law and ethics.
CRE-240 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons · 5 h 8 min
Offered by HSM University · Content Creation
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Explain how podcasting works, its history, platforms, audiences and economics
- Define a podcast concept, choose a format and position, name and package a show
- Plan seasons and structure episodes with strong openings, signposting and endings
- Select and set up microphones, interfaces and recording chains with correct gain staging
- Prepare recording spaces and run reliable remote recordings with backups
- Book, research and interview guests for audio, with consent and fair editing
- Produce solo, co-hosted and narrative shows, writing scripts for the ear
- Edit podcasts efficiently in passes, repair audio and license music and sound
- Mix and master episodes with EQ, compression, ducking and loudness targets
- Plan, record, edit and distribute video podcasts and promotional clips
- Host and distribute a show through RSS, interpret podcast measurement and grow an audience
- Monetize a podcast responsibly, meeting disclosure, defamation and ethical obligations
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 8 min total · final exam
- 1 The podcast landscape 25 min · quiz
- 2 Formats, concepts and positioning a show 25 min · quiz
- 3 Planning a show and structuring episodes 27 min · quiz
- 4 Microphones, interfaces and recording chains 28 min · quiz
- 5 Recording spaces and remote recording 25 min · quiz
- 6 Interviewing for audio 25 min · quiz
- 7 Solo, co-hosted and narrative shows 25 min · quiz
- 8 Editing podcasts 25 min · quiz
- 9 Mixing, mastering and loudness 28 min · quiz
- 10 Video podcasts 25 min · quiz
- 11 Hosting, RSS, distribution, growth and analytics 25 min · quiz
- 12 Monetization, law, ethics and capstone 25 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Making podcasts people keep listening to: the podcast landscape, concepts and positioning, show and episode planning, microphones and recording chains, recording spaces and remote recording, interviewing for audio, solo, co-hosted and narrative shows, editing, mixing, mastering and loudness, video podcasts, hosting, RSS, growth and analytics, and monetization, law and ethics.
Part of the Film & Photography stream, typically taken in year 2.