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What Does A Podcast Producer Do?

What Does A Podcast Producer Do?

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 A Producer + an Editor = A Preditor. Two discrete roles got combined through circumstance and technology into one efficient super-being working alongside its predecessors. But don't be afraid, there is another new skills hybrid emerging to enter the battle for podcast production supremacy. We hunted, and bagged some of these different species and got their views on what they do best - and what's coming over the hill. On behalf of creators becoming potential clients, we asked 'Which combination of skills do you need in your producer? What are they ? and how to work with the right person'. In this episode we cover: What does a producer do? What does the client bring as a starting point for a podcast? What should potential clients expect from their podcast producer, and what’s their remit? Lead Producer, Martin Franklin from East Coast Studio gets some quality Zoom-time with fellow producers, Courtney Carthy, Nick McCorriston, and Louise Poole to explore the different dimensions of production on Planet Pod. Links Courtney Carthy (Linkedin) Nick McCorriston (Linkedin) Louise Poole (Linkedin) Independent Music Podcast (Apple Podcasts) State 51 (WWW) Transcription Martin Franklin Hi, Welcome back to Metapod. This is Martin Franklin from East Coast Studio. And we are still deep diving into the world of podcasting and finding our things tick. So my question for this episode, what does a producer actually do? I noticed that there's quite a variety of approaches to production within the podcasting world. And I was kind of curious about how different people do it. I wanted to produce some sort of guidance for people who are perhaps thinking about producing a podcast or appointing a producer to produce their podcast, so that we just had a little bit of an overview of what what could you expect and the different approaches that different people take to, to do that work. Once again, I canvassed, the Australian Podcasters group, and I had three sterling individuals step forward, willing to talk to me and just share their thoughts in a conversation. So in this episode, I'm talking to Courtney Carthy, from Nearly Media, Nick McCorriston from Sound Boy Audio, and Louise Poole, from Welcome Change Media. And I'm really happy with the conversations that we had, because each of them takes a slightly different approach to the craft of being a producer, which is shaped by their background and their particular aptitude and take on what they what they do best. So we get into what's next for podcasting, music, copyrights, content strategy, and a whole load of other stuff, which, honestly, I hadn't expected to talk about before I hit record on the conversations. Courtney Carthy - Hearing the Potential Martin Franklin 2:07 So let's jump into the first conversation I had, which was with Courtney Carthy from Nearly Media, he's got a really strong radio background, spending almost a decade as a producer for ABC, he very kindly squeezed this interview into his journey from one place to the other in his car. So you will hear the sound of the car in the background. And I did think I could spend a bit of time cleaning up the audio and removing the various traffic noises that are in the background. But actually, I kind of like how it, how it sounds, he's in the car, and he's talking to me through his Airpods. And this is what it sounds like: Radio Production Martin Franklin 2:50 I know your background is originally as a reporter, and then producing in radio, I wonder if you could just give me your take on what's involved in the producer role for for radio. Courtney Carthy 3:04 It's basically everything but speaking on air, is how I used to think of it. So I didn't sort of get myself boxed in about, you know, what was or wasn't part of my job. I think before I worked in radio, I really didn't appreciate or media, you know, Southern first media sort of, like, role that I had was student radio. But I never appreciated how much work there was outside of the final product. And whenever I hear producer, I just think, you know, like, the person that does everything that knows what's going on everywhere. You know, that can that can yell at someone, not that I yell at people, but you know, that can identify, can see the end but knows where to start? Martin Franklin 4:02 Yeah. So in terms of the shows that you worked on, could you just kind of go into what's involved in from a production point of view? Courtney Carthy 4:14 Yes. The bulk of my time at ABC Radio, and, you know, radio in general, was as a live radio producer. So that would be like, you know, finding stories briefing, the host briefing the talent, deciding how we were going to cover a story. So, you know, effectively acting like a bit of an editor you know, sort of more like a newspaper editor, not an audio editor. And then, you know, pushing the boundaries of, you know, what, sort of, you know, angle we might take or, you know, how we respond to something or what the audience might...

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