A podcast is an audio file that instead of containing music, contains spoken word. Podcasts are usually downloaded to your own personal device so that you can listen to them at home or on the move. Podcasts can contain anything from weekly episodes of a talk show to scientific lectures. You can listen to audiobooks, a comedian’s stand-up sketches, or a lifestyle podcast on how to relax or be happy. They can be fun, humorous or serious. Popular podcasts in the UK this year include Grounded With Louis Theroux where he interviews various interesting celebrities, Ted Talks Daily, and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone audiobook podcast studio.
At Red Facilities in Edinburgh, we have been editing and producing high-quality podcasts for over 10 years. Our client sectors include academia, finance and investment companies, medicine, and culture. If your podcast is to be made available to the general public, your investors, your students or even your staff, you want it to be clear with great sound quality. For this reason, it is important that you use a commercial recording studio to create clear, high-quality sound. An audio post-production company with full specification recording studios will record and edit your podcast so that it is fit for sale or distribution.
You can, of course, create your own podcast on your home PC or smartphone but it won’t have the quality that is required for distribution.
Don’t panic if you don’t know where to find a company that produces podcasts or if there isn’t one near you. Companies like Red Facilities in Edinburgh, offer remote recording services. This means you can interview someone for a podcast but you don’t even have to be in the same place.
Many of the podcasts we have produced, have not been available to the general public but are made for the benefit of a company’s clients. Only invited guests are able to listen to the information available on the podcast.
Once your podcast is completed and ready for distribution you can upload it to companies like Spotify, Apple, Google, and Stitcher. You can submit it to as many companies as you want.