I’ve had an idea for a podcast for a very long period of time and it is just about to the point where it will be a question of “when” rather than “if” I get it going. I’m finally in a financial situation where I feel comfortable paying the monthly fee for Libsyn, I have a decent recording setup, and I know who my audience is.
It’s going to be called “Tribute To Troy: College Football From The Perspective Of A USC Fan” (no applause yet, it still doesn’t exist as a thing yet). Originally the idea just came from the fact that my friends and I used to lose hours talking about football, and while I don’t have an official co-host in mind I feel like there’s a ton of room for a down-to-earth, personal podcast (ala The Aux Cable, The Inner Tube) in an industry dominated by journalists and people who make these sorts of shows for a living.
So I’m probably only one of a handful of people in this community that follows college football (or any sport for that matter), but I wanted to get some input on one particular aspect of the podcast: I want to make sure that it’s open and comprehensible to outsiders. I want to create an environment where people who want to learn about the game aren’t shunned, but where I don’t have to hold back and bore the hardcore college football fans in my audience.
I’ll probably end up condensing this whole essay that I just wrote and turn it into a question for The Aux Cable or The Inner Tube, but anyway, all the rambling aside what I really wanted to ask you guys is this:
*******(Here’s the “TOO LONG; DIDN’T READ” portion of all of this, if you want to just skip to here and bypass all the rambling)*******
What would it take for you personally to be interested in a podcast about college football?
“I would never be interested” is a perfectly acceptable answer and I understand if that’s where you’re coming from. I would just love to know if there’s anything specific that I could do to make a podcast like this interesting to non-sports fans or at the very least comprehensible to newcomers.
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