I still have not been able to figure out who is behind the relatively new ResearchTalk Podcasts, but I have recently added them to my iTunes subscriptions. I missed the first episodes (it launched earlier this year), but will use their 3-week summer break to catch up. I generally listen to my iPod in my car on the way to the office, so it makes for an interesting listening. Unfortunately, if the content is good (I particularly liked the interview of John Kearon, founder and CEO of Brainjuicer), the sound is barely audible. If the team behind ResearchTalk reads my blog, please do something about the sound quality when you come back in September…
Update: The wonder of blogs and pings indeed… The Research Talk team has commented on this post to give more details about the project and aknowledge their sound quality issues. Don’t worry, I am not putoff by the sound quality issue. In fact, I listened this weekend to Joseph Jaffe’s interview: not only was the sound superior, but the content was still excellent. RT, thanks for replying to my post and for listening to your audience.
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Hi Oliver,
The wonder of blogs and pings, you asked for me to address the issue of sound quality and here I am (yep, I’m behind RT)!
The sound quality on this podcast is particularly poor, so much so that I felt the need to point this out in the show notes.
I agree with you 100%. No matter how good the content, if listeners can’t enjoy the content reasonably comfortably then the experience is spoiled. You won’t be surprised to learn that a number of people have raised the same issue.
By way of background, this was the first podcast I did with a participant calling in via cellphone.
I’ve since taken the decision not to allow mobiles other than in extreme cases where I can’t get a critical interview otherwise.
It took me a long time to edit the podcast to get the sound as good as possible - I use Cool Edit Pro/Adobe Audition.
And before releasing, I polled a number of people, including both participants, on whether it was sensible to release it.
It was my decision to do so, on the basis that the content was too important to hold back. John and Michael were both fully prepared to redo the conversation if I wanted, but both are extremely busy and redoing would have impacted the spontaneity and authenticity of the conversation.
So hopefully you’ll realise that I take your issue very seriously. I hope you’re not putoff from trying some of the other podcasts and that you find the sound quality generally acceptable, that this podcast is more of an exception, unacceptable though this is.
I really appreciate the fact that you have taken the effort to comment on RT - this is a real passion of mine and it’s only through feedback such as yours that I can make the service truly listener driven.
In fact, why don’t you drop me a line at letmetalk **at** googlemail **dot** com because I’d like to get you on a future show.
BTW, I did a recent newsmaker podcast with your new COO, David Shanker, which you can check out at www.mrweb.com/earpiece.
In terms of more about us, check out http://www.mrweb.com/drno/frmemail/article5664.htm.
Cheers.