Sometimes you need crap audio on your podcast

Some of my thoughts on imperfections in the audio helping your podcast sound authentic have went up on the BlogWorld blog, with an example from the mailbag from the Edinburgh Fringe podcast.

They loved the interviews, they loved the people that were on the show (and some were buying tickets on the strength of these spots), but they missed something. They missed the hustle and bustle in the background, they missed the feeling that they were right in the thick of the excitement that the Fringe brought to Edinburgh. They missed the moments I had to stop and let a very loud bus pass before I could ask another question. They missed the imperfection, and it was that imperfection that created the flavour that the rest of the podcast drew its energy from.

There’s a lesson in here for many of us.