Thoughts after a year of podcasting

Twelve months of podcasts – 2 per month – are now available at Annals on Call. During those 12 months, I have learned a lot from my guests and learned a great deal about podcasting and interviewing. Many have asked me to tell them the story of the podcast – how did it come bout? how long does it take to podcast? how do I pick guests and topic? So here is my story. A couple of years ago Dr. Christine Laine, the excellent editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine, asked me if I would do something “social media” for the Annals. We talked about blogs and podcasts. For the next year, we decided to design a podcast. Over the past 4-5 years I had become a podcast devotee. Listening to various podcasts, I understand the various styles. Here are my three categories. Some podcasts resemble magazine articles. Good examples are Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History, Adam Grant’s Work Life, Adam Rodman’s Bedside Rounds and CoreIM. These are heavily produced and scripted. Next are the bar discussions. In these a group discusses a topic, sometimes with questions. The Curbsiders and Freely Filtered have this vibe. Finally, we have the interview – usually a 1 on 1 conversation about a topic. While I like all 3 types (forgive me if I omitted an important type), I personally thought I was best suited to the interview style. Back in ’08, the Annals had a deputy editor who interviewed authors about their articles. I was th...
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