Wisdom

Releasing filler because 'it's Tuesday' burns out listeners

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A lot of times these guests are just not interesting. The topic's not interesting, but it's like, hey, it's a it's a Tuesday. So we got to release a show.

Episode 205: Podscape (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:19:42 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

During his break Dave noticed how many shows run on a schedule even when there isn't much to talk about. Interview shows especially end up with uninteresting guests and topics because an episode is due, and listeners burn out and start skipping. Shows built around news are more resilient.

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  1. Episode 201: Fugue State (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:18:42 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

    wane because people are just tired of the, the listeners are tired of listening to them. And the, and the podcasters are tired of doing them

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  2. Episode 205: Podscape (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:18:43 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

    But I found I found, as I have in the past, that there are many shows. Where there's a schedule. And the schedule dictates I'm going to do this show every X number of days, weeks, whatever.

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