How often do you expect episodes to be released (after the holidays)? Monthly? Weekly? Bi-monthly?
Our original goal was weekly, but that may not be realistic. I don't really want to speak of how other podcasts conduct their research but here is how we get the material for shows.
1) I have numerous topic ideas for each of our subtopics. I start pitching ideas to Zeke and Meg, the key is not is there something to talk about, but is their something we can each talk about. A topic that any one person hates we don't do. I generally come away with 3 or 4 show ideas.
2) I research the topics and make lots of notes. If the topic can be analyzed or rendered logically, this is where it happens.
3) We meet again and discuss my Research and Analysis. Half of the ideas are thrown away or filed, usually because there is too little or it would be better as part of another topic.
4) I Further develop the topics with notes from the meeting and further research.
5) We record the episode.
6) The episode is edited.
So as you can see a huge amount of preproduction is involved. That is why the show will likely be bi-weekly. And we hope some day to get it to weekly.
