Podcasting
To my amazement, I listen to podcasts. I think they’re pretty interesting, here are my notes on them.
Theory/Random Thoughts
Why is engagement/retention better with podcasts
What is good about podcasts.
- Probably not podcasts, but interviews.
- I suspect it engages some empathy as if you want to eavesdrop on a conversation.
- You also build rapport with the hosts - who has a personality you bond with.
How did I end up listening to podcasts
Why we podcast From Kris Jenkins:
- hjblog.jenkster.com/2023/04/why-we-podcast.html
- Thinking post on it
Links to Digest
Podcasts I listent to.
Tech
Tech Podcasts I listent to.
- Kris Jenkins
- Sharp Tech
AI Generated Podcasts - Google’s NotebookLLM
Google made NotebookLM as a sleeper hit. Basically auto create podcasts as a part of a random project - and everyone loves it!
- Get tech depth from Simon: https://simonwillison.net/tags/notebooklm/
- There is magic in how the hosts do the non-human banter. I lost the word for what this is.
w00t - you can call the model youself now
Podcast as GPT Output
That’s what I think is ultimately so compelling about the 2-person podcast format as a UIUX exploration. It lifts two major “barriers to enjoyment” of LLMs. 1 Chat is hard. You don’t know what to say or ask. In the 2-person podcast format, the question asking is also delegated to an AI so you get a lot more chill experience instead of being a synchronous constraint in the generating process. 2 Reading is hard and it’s much easier to just lean back and listen.
My own podcast generator
2 parts:
- Generate the podcast script from source material - I seem to have lost where I did this.
- Convert to audio using ElevenLabs