Show Notes | Fan Podcasting: The Complete Guide by Bill Meeks

Much like you’ll do for your podcast, we’ve compiled a list of all the relevant links to resources and examples here at the back of the book for easy reference, organized by chapter.

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Foreward

Tuning Into SciFi TV

http://tuningintoscifitv.com/

Relevance: Host Kevin Bachelder is quoted in this chapter for the first time.

 

Universe Box

http://universebox.com

Relevance: An archive of all the podcasts we produced under the Universe Box banner.

 

Greetings From Storybrooke

http://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greetings-from-storybrooke-a-once-upon-a-time-podcast/id566794622

Relevance: Our first fancast, about ABC’s Once Upon A Time.




Legends Of Gotham

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legends-of-gotham-a-gotham-podcast/id871913663

Relevance: Our most popular fancast, about FOX’s Gotham.

 

Gotham TV Podcast

http://gothamtvpodcast.com/

Relevance: A competing Gotham podcast we’ve always been friendly with. Co-host Derek is quoted several times in the book.

 

The Signal

http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/mmx/

Relevance: Host Les Howard is quoted in this chapter for the first time.

 

The Audacity to Podcast

https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Relevance: A great resource for technical podcast training by Daniel J. Lewis.

 

PotentialCast: A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/potentialcast-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast/id378425345

Relevance: Host Stephanie Smith is quoted in this chapter for the first time.

 

I Made This

http://imadethis.doanything.media

Relevance: My new interview podcast. Several quotes in this book are pulled from these episodes.

 

“How To Start A Fancast” Panel, 2013

Relevance: Several quotes in this book are pulled from this panel I hosted at Dragon Con 2013 in Atlanta, GA.

 

The 3 Rules of Criticism

Supergirl Radio

http://supergirlradio.com/

Relevance: Hosts Rebecca Johnson and Morgran Glennon are quoted in this chapter for the first time.

 

Goethe’s Three Questions

https://www.slideshare.net/garrets/goethes-three-questions

Relevance: Slideshare presentation on Goethe’s three questions for critics.

 

The Café POV

Golden Spiral Media

http://www.goldenspiralmedia.com/

Relevance: Co-founder Darrell Darnell is quoted in this chapter for the first time.

 

Jaig Eyes And Jedi

http://www.twotruefreaks.com/shows.php?show=49

Relevance: Host Hope Mullinax is quoted in this chapter for the first time.

 

Geeky Girl Experience

https://www.geekygirlexperience.com/

Relevance: Writer Hope Mullinax is quoted in this chapter for the first time.

 

Bleeding Cool

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rich-johnston-makes-bleeding-cool/id1489625586?i=1000459410455

Relevance: Head Writer Rich Johnston has a quote in this chapter from his episode of I Made This.

 

Olicity Shipping Wiki

https://shipping.fandom.com/wiki/Olicity

Relevance: Just in case you wanted to know more about Olicity or shipping.

 

Greetings From Storybrooke #22 – Super Mega Episode

http://links.doanything.media/supermegaepisode

Relevance: One example of when we were late recording an episode and had to double up.

 

Get In The Mecha

http://campsite.bio/getinthemecha

Relevance: Host Jamal is quoted in this chapter for the first time.

 

Greetings From Storybrooke #41 – Letters From Storybrooke #1

Relevance: The first in a series of special podcasts we produced so we could get to all the listener feedback.

 

Secrets of the Sire

https://secretsofthesire.com/

Relevance: Host Michael Dolce is quoted in this chapter for the first time.

 

The Fringe Podcast

http://www.thefringepodcast.com/

Relevance: Host Darrell Darnell shares an anecdote about a meet-up for listeners of his Fringe podcast.

 

Building A Show

RhymeZone

https://rhymezone.com/

Relevance: A great rhyming dictionary you can use to create your own rhyming summaries. Also has a ton of tools for writers.

 

Legends of Gotham #63 – Wrath of the Spoiler Party

Relevance: Between seasons we’d hold “Spoiler Party” episodes like this one to report on all the big news without pissing people off. This episode also includes an interview with Executive Producer John Stephens.

 

People.com > Gotham Costars Morena Baccarin and Ben McKenzie Are Dating

https://people.com/tv/gothams-morena-baccarin-and-ben-mckenzie-are-dating/

Relevance: The story that forced us to establish our editorial policy in regards to relevant gossip.

 

DCTV Podcasts

http://www.dctvpodcasts.com/

Relevance: A podcasting group devoted to covering TV shows based on DC Comics characters. Legends of Gotham was a founding podcast for the network.

 

Look At This Joker

http://web.archive.org/web/20190501205419/http://www.legendsofgotham.com/look-at-this-joker/

Relevance: An archive of the page where we compiled all the material we covered in our “Look At This Joker” segment on Legends of Gotham.

 

Creativity In Progress

https://www.thecipnetwork.com/

Relevance: Host Nathan Beatty is quoted in this chapter for the first time.

 

Sample Show Doc

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HPPZoY7iHLjoqHqwEZBkpdrl9GLpbOxcohupbzAfSFo/edit?usp=sharing

Relevance: A sample show doc from Legends of Gotham #94.

 

Giving Your Listeners A Voice

Bobby Hawke on Twitter

https://twitter.com/InevitableHawke

Relevance: One of our first listeners, who eventually took over our first podcast.

 

Legends of Gotham #81- Live From Tampa Bay Comicon

Relevance: A live Gotham panel we invited Bobby to join us on.

 

Greetings From Wonderland

https://feeds.transistor.fm/greetings-from-wonderland-a-once-upon-a-time-in-wonderland-podcast

Relevance: Our short-lived Greetings From Storybrooke spin-off about the short-lived Once Upon A Time spin-off Once Upon A Time In Wonderland.

 

Legends of Gotham #20 – Podcast Roundtable #2

Relevance: One of many roundtable podcasts we did with other podcasters in our niche.

 

Greetings From Storybrooke “Once If…?” Specials

Relevance: The three “Once If…?” specials we did at the suggestion of our listener Hope Mullinax.

 

Greetings From Storybrooke #44 – Pirate Shipping

Relevance: The episode where we launched a shipping war with #TeamBill and #TeamAnneMarie hashtag battles that went on for years.

 

Greetings From Storybrooke #45 – Letters From Storybrooke #1

Relevance: The episode where our fans responded to our silliness in #44.

 

Legends of Gotham #69 – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Relevance: We had two listeners join us to discuss the film, which related to the show we covered.

 

Feed The Trolls

Trolling The Trolls

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=troll%20toys&tbs=imgo:1

Relevance: It should be pretty obvious.

 

Engaging The Cast And Crew

The Gotham Sweethearts Giveaway

Relevance: A promo we shot to promote our giveaway contest, featuring prizes provided by Diamond Select Toys.

 

IMDBPro

https://pro.imdb.com/

Relevance: A great resource to look up agents, managers, and publicists to book celebrity interviews.

 

Greetings from Storybrooke #127 – Live from Regal Con 2015

Relevance: I hosted a live Greetings From Storybrooke panel at the Regal Con convention in Anaheim, CA in 2015.

 

Legends of Gotham #13 – (S01E07) All That Zsasz

Relevance: A direct link to our “voicemail interview” with Gotham’s Victoria Cartagena, which eventually led to her appearing on our podcast for a live episode.

 

Nathan For You – “The Anecdote”

https://www.avclub.com/nathan-stages-the-perfect-talk-show-anecdote-on-a-stunn-1819702888

Relevance: An episode of the Comedy Central series Nathan For You which will teach you the types of questions you should ask to get entertaining answers in an interview.

 

Legends of Gotham #17 – Montoya and Allen Join Us LIVE!

Relevance: Victoria Cartagena and Andrew Stewart-Jones joined us, along with the hosts of Gotham TV Podcast, for a fun interview with games, questions, and lots of laughter.

 

Zoom H1n Recorder

http://amzn.to/2MWKnbR

Relevance: The handheld recorder I recommend to make a backup recording of your podcast, very important when you have special guests.

 

Male-To-Male 3.5mm Cord

http://amzn.to/2MTQSfA

Relevance: Use this cable to run from your mixer to your recorder.

 

1/4 Inch Adapter

http://amzn.to/37C5ckK

Relevance: Another piece of hardware you might need to make a backup recording.

 

3.5mm To Dual 1/4 Inch Cable

http://amzn.to/2MU9z2X

Relevance: Another piece of hardware you might need to make a backup recording.

 

How MCU Are You?

Relevance: An example of the type of game you can play with celebrity guests.

 

How MCU Are You? Game Doc

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14oKr1jS2x5aJncdNHs0KipvdQvp1dVDA95xwd7ePF-o/edit?usp=sharing

Relevance: How we prepared for the game.

 

Comedy Bang Bang

https://www.earwolf.com/show/comedy-bang-bang/

Relevance: A show that has fun with their guests.

 

Night Attack

https://nightattack.tv/

Relevance: Another show that has fun with their guests.

 

It’s All Been Done

http://www.theorangegroves.com/allbeendone

Relevance: A final show that has fun with their guests.

 

Publishing Your Podcast

Audacity

https://www.audacityteam.org/

Relevance: The best free audio editing software around. Useful for its Truncate Silence effect.

 

Truncate Silence – The Audacity Wiki

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/truncate_silence.html

Relevance: Use this to speed up your podcast without listeners noticing.

 

The Levelator

http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator

Relevance: A great tool that automatically adjusts the volume to consistant levels across your entire podcast.

 

Adobe Spark

https://spark.adobe.com/

Relevance: A tool you can use to make your episode poster if you don’t have Photoshop.

 

Canva

https://www.canva.com/

Relevance: Another tool for episode posters, with both free and paid plans.

 

Example Search For Promotional Art

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Gotham%20s03e05%20+%20promo%20pics

Relevance: Here’s an example of how I found promo art every week for Legends of Gotham.

 

Greenshot

https://getgreenshot.org/

Relevance: A powerful screenshot and image editing tool that will help you with your posters.

 

Best-Hashtags.com

http://best-hashtags.com/

Relevance: A hashtag search tool, for hashtags to include in your social posts.

 

When You Fall Out Of Love With The Show

Greetings from Storybrooke #165 – Farewell from Storybrooke

Relevance: Our last episode of the original Greetings From Storybrooke, circa 2016.

 

Greetings from Storybrooke #147 – One Great Episode

Relevance: The beginning of the end for Greetings, when we obnoxiously insisted the Brave crossover episode hadn’t happened.

 

Greetings from Storybrooke #148 – The Canadian Bootleg

Relevance: Due to listener outcry, Bobby Hawke volunteered to review The Bear King with his daughter in this special episode.

 

Once Upon A Time Podcast

http://www.onceuponatimepodcast.com/

Relevance: One of fellow Once Upon A Time podcasters, who wrote in for our last episode.

 

Universe Box News

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-box/id1158572340

Relevance: The short-lived reboot of our show Universe Box. For some reason we thought we should do a generic entertainment news show. Lesson learned.

 

We’re So LOST

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/were-so-lost-a-lost-podcast/id1479621986

Relevance: A LOST podcast we did in the summer months when Gotham was off the air. We’d never seen the show, hence we were very lost.

 

The Fakist

https://thefakist.com

Relevance: What I did after the fancasts. The description reads “Covering the fake news… For Real. Anchors Paul DaFoe and LeAnn Snyder are as devoted to making stuff up as other journalists are to actual journalism. A sketch dramedy that blends topical fake news stories with the ongoing saga of the best fake news team in the business.”

 

Legends of Gotham #102 – A Fitting Finale

Relevance: Our last regular episode of Legends of Gotham in 2017. We would eventually bring the show back for the last season of Gotham in 2019.

 

Passing The Torch

Greetings From Storybrooke #167 – The Land of Unreviewed Episodes

Relevance: The first episode of the Greetings From Storybrooke reboot, featuring our listeners as hosts.

 

Greetings From Storybrooke #0 – Magic Is Coming

Relevance: Our first fancast ever, a pilot for our Once Upon A Time show. It’s pretty rough.

 

Greetings From Storybrooke #204 – Leaving Storybrooke (Again)

Relevance: The final final episode of Greetings From Storybrooke, with both generations of hosts joining together to celebrate Once and how it brought us all together.

 

I Made This

Spotify

Relevance: An interview podcast I hosted from 2019-2020. Several quotes in this book are pulled from episodes.