Looking for music or sound effects for your podcast? Here are some places to find audio files that can be used free of charge.
NPR's podcast start up guide create, launch, and grow a podcast on any budget
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From NPR comes the definitive guide to podcasting, featuring step-by-step advice on how to find a unique topic, tell the best stories, and engage the most listeners, as well as the secrets that will take a podcast to the next level. This guide has everything needed to be successful.
NPR's Podcast Start up Guide: create, launch, and grow a podcast on any budget
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From NPR comes the definitive guide to podcasting-featuring step-by-step advice on how to find a unique topic, tell the best stories, and engage the most listeners, as well as the secrets that will take your pod to the next level. From NPR comes the definitive guide to podcasting-featuring step-by-step advice on how to find a unique topic, tell the best stories, and engage the most listeners, as well as the secrets that will take your pod to the next level. Whoever you are, whatever you love, there's a podcast audience waiting for you, and in today's booming audio storytelling landscape, it's never been easier to share your voice with the world. But while the barrier to entry for podcast production is relatively low (just the cost of a mic and a laptop), the learning curve is steep-and quality matters. That's where NPR comes in. InNPR's Podcast Start Up Guide,Glen Weldon draws on NPR's extensive educational materials and army of talent-from recognizable hosts, such as Guy Raz (How I Built This), Gene Demby (Code Switch), Linda Holmes (Pop Culture Happy Hour), and Yowei Shaw (Invisibilia), to indispensable behind-the-scenes players, such as producers, engineers, and editors-to guide aspiring podcasters through the conception, creation, and launch of a podcast. Part master class, part candid informational interview with the best in the business, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to make their dream of starting a podcast a reality.
Tools for podcasting
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If you're interested in learning about the growing universe of podcasting, how it works and finding tools and inspiration to create your own podcast, this online resource is for you. My focus is on audio podcasting and this practical guide will help you navigate the technology and best practices in an easy-to-understand handbook."
Podcasting for Dummies
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Add your voice to the podcasting revolution! The world is tuning into podcasts in larger and larger numbers. When you're ready to add your own voice to the mix, this book will help you find your niche. Featuring tech information, production insight, and promotional tips, best-selling podcasting reference shares the latest on podcasting trends and new audience demographics. Written by a pair of podcasting pioneers, Podcasting For Dummies will help you refine your podcast idea, identify your audience, and get the scoop on how to record, edit, and share your work. You'll also learn how to apply the methods top podcasters monetize and market their work. Record your voice and conduct high-quality interviews for your new or existing podcast. Edit, upload, and share podcast episodes online--and find people who will listen. Learn how to make money as a podcaster or live streamer. Discover interesting and original podcasts to inspire your own. Podcasting for Dummies is your friendly tutor in the art of audio content creation. So start talking!
Zero to Podcast
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Want an easy roadmap to get your podcast started now? Zero to Podcast is the fastest way to iTunes and Spotify.
Podcasting Made Simple
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If you're looking for a step by step walk through on how to start a podcast right from the ground with no previous experience, then keep reading... 'The medium of podcasting and the personal nature of it, the relationship you build with your listeners and the relationship they have with you - they could be just sitting there, chuckling and listening... there's nothing like that' - Marc Maron. Podcasting is the expressional medium with therapeutic value we've been missing in our lives for decades. Luckily, popularity has been growing exponentially over the last few years - did you know the number of Americans who are weekly podcast listeners over the last 7 years has tripled? Let alone a 24% increase in the UK from 2018-2019. Although there's never been a better time to get into podcasting, with all the contradicting and often false information scattered all over the internet, it's no wonder why so many people often struggle to find a starting point when there's so many conflicting views on what the best quality equipment is, what launch strategy should be used, and even editing. In fact, it can even create the illusion that starting a podcast is a daunting and time-consuming process. You might be reluctant to commit to something you lack both knowledge and experience in or you're worried that when you do make that leap there'll be no one on the other side listening? Maybe you're skeptical of whether you'll be able to get guests on as a newbie with no name to yourself. In Podcasting Made Simple you will discover: The X factor that leaves listeners craving their next fix of your content. The secret to creating an immersive parasocial relationship with your audience. Why trying to monetize incorrectly can actually ruin your chances of turning your hobby to an income. Why many podcasters' advertisement and promotion actually repels potential listeners. How to create a loveable personal brand through emotional familiarity The simple, straight forward guide to recording and editing (equipment recommendations included). 5 simple tricks to make postproduction a breeze How to choose and execute the launch strategy that's right for you. Why over half of podcasts are given up on by 6 months down the line. How to format the perfect email that will get sponsors running your way, even if you have a low listenership. Unique ways to start attracting guests, and become an authoritative figure. The pre-guest ritual that guarantees a free-flowing interview. The single most important voice technique that you can use to differentiate your show from competitors. This digestible guide is made for people who have no experience, so yes, this will work for you even if you've never spoken into a microphone. Even if you're not a technology guru, and have no presence on social media. Even if you have an extremely busy schedule and a low budget. Even if you think your content ideas are absolutely absurd and no one will listen. Even if there are thousands of podcasts similar to yours already published, and you have no marketing experience.
Out on the Wire
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Go behind the scenes of our most ambitious radio programs and witness an intensely creative moment in a medium that's changing the way we tell stories. Every week, millions of devoted fans download or tune in to This American Life, The Moth, Radiolab, Planet Money, Snap Judgment, Radio Diaries, 99%Invisible, and other nonfiction narrative radio shows. The compelling stories they produce are almost cinematic in scope and approach-intricately weaving sound into robust and engaging storytelling. A lot goes into making the shows we love. Anchored by surprising characters and big questions, their stories are tightly structured, edited, and soundtracked, and they introduce us to authentic voices from every walk of life. Radio and podcasts today are entrepreneurial and DIY; there's a can-do, collaborative spirit that characterizes people working in this field, fearlessly breaking new artistic ground. And more than ever, given the excellence and explosive popularity of shows like Serial, it's clear that the creative producers working in this medium hold the key to storytelling secrets that the rest of us must learn. Out on the Wire, a documentary comic, literally illustrates those secrets, gleaned straight from those on the frontlines of radio's revolution. With the help of This American Life's Ira Glass, cartoonist Jessica Abel uncovers just how producers construct a story, spilling some juicy insider details along the way. Jad Abumrad of RadioLab talks about chasing moments of awe with scientists, while Planet Money's Robert Smith speaks candidly about his slightly embarrassing strategy for putting interviewees at ease. And Abel reveals how mad-really mad-Ira Glass becomes when he receives tough edits from his colleagues. Informative and inventive, Out on the Wire shows us the magic that makes these shows great and why we can't stop listening to them.
