Description
"An interestingly idiosyncratic and personal vision of how to make podcasts."-Ira Glass Veteran podcast creator and strategist Eric Nuzum distills a career's worth of wisdom, advice, practical information, and big-picture thinking to help podcasters "make noise"-to stand out in this fastest of fastest-growing media universes. Nuzum identifies core principles, including what he considers the key to successful audio storytelling: learning to think the way your audience listens. He delivers essential how-tos, from conducting an effective interview to marketing your podcast, developing your audience, and managing a creative team. He also taps into his deep network to offer advice from audio stars like Ira Glass, Terry Gross, and Anna Sale. The book's insights and guidance will help readers successfully express themselves as effective audio storytellers, whether for business or pleasure, or a mixture of both.
About the Author
Eric Nuzum is considered a leading "go-to" expert in audio, podcasting, radio, and spoken word entertainment. He led NPR's podcasting efforts in 2005 and remained its leading creative and strategic force for a decade. He brought programs like Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Snap Judgment, and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me into the podcasting ecosystem and helped them become iconic hits. As a creator, he developed some of NPR's most successful podcasts, including TED Radio Hour and Invisibilia. He continued his track record of success during his tenure as Audible's leader for short-form content and podcasting, creating such recognized podcasts as Sincerely X (another co-production with TED), The Butterfly Effect with Jon Ronson, and Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel. Eric is based in the New York City metro area.
Reviews
"Where should you begin your podcast career? With this no-nonsense book. Deep advice boiled down to clear ideas." - Esther Perel, host and co-executive producer of Where Should We Begin? and How's Work?
"...a big-picture view and the nitty-gritty of creating good audio." - Booklist"
An interestingly idiosyncratic and personal vision of how to make podcasts." - Ira Glass
Book Information
ISBN 9781523504558
Author Eric Nuzum
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Workman Adult
Publisher Workman Publishing
Weight(grams) 360g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 154mm * 16mm
About the Author
Eric Nuzum is considered a leading "go-to" expert in audio, podcasting, radio, and spoken word entertainment. He led NPR's podcasting efforts in 2005 and remained its leading creative and strategic force for a decade. He brought programs like Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Snap Judgment, and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me into the podcasting ecosystem and helped them become iconic hits. As a creator, he developed some of NPR's most successful podcasts, including TED Radio Hour and Invisibilia. He continued his track record of success during his tenure as Audible's leader for short-form content and podcasting, creating such recognized podcasts as Sincerely X (another co-production with TED), The Butterfly Effect with Jon Ronson, and Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel. Eric is based in the New York City metro area.
Reviews
"Where should you begin your podcast career? With this no-nonsense book. Deep advice boiled down to clear ideas." - Esther Perel, host and co-executive producer of Where Should We Begin? and How's Work?
"...a big-picture view and the nitty-gritty of creating good audio." - Booklist"
An interestingly idiosyncratic and personal vision of how to make podcasts." - Ira Glass
Book Information
ISBN 9781523504558
Author Eric Nuzum
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Workman Adult
Publisher Workman Publishing
Weight(grams) 360g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 154mm * 16mm
