The Overnightscape Goes Weekly
By Rob Safuto on Oct 10, 2006 in Social Media |
Frank Nora produces The Overnightscape audio podcast. Originally the show was produced weekly and then moved to a half-hour daily format. Now that Frank is up to episode number 561 he has moved to a weekly format but he’s still providing the same amount of content.
So his latest show is three hours plus and the file weighs in at 89MB. I’m not sure that this is such a good idea. It could take the average user several days to get through his single podcast. And one long file means that people listening on mobile devices might have to do a lot of fast forwarding to get past the content they’ve already heard.
Frank is never shy about breaking new ground though. He’s moving from the “most produced” podcast show in history to the “longest podcast episode” in the history of podcasting.
Anonymous | Oct 23, 2006 | Reply
I agree that 3 hours is a bit excessive for a single episode.
It’s a bit like Spinal Tap, when they are playing free form jazz at the amusement park — and a puppet show was the headlining act.
The Overnightscape is THAT puppet show. Still a great show, but a bit hard to follow now that it’s gone to unlimited format. At least for those of us who grew up watching MTV.
Maybe that’s a good thing.
PodcastNYC.net | Oct 23, 2006 | Reply
I think that he could still do one show, but separate it into part 1, 2 and 3 for release on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Maybe have a pre-recorded intro and outro to slap on each file.