1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:04,160 Hey everybody, welcome to Poduty and the News for Friday, for 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,800 February 7th, 2026. It's Saturday. We're at the Pittsburgh Podcast 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:11,640 Meetup. I'm going to have 6 guests come up from the 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,320 audience to join me for each of our 6 stories tonight. This is a show 5 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,000 where we talk about live podcasting. I'm going to give you examples of 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,560 people doing it from all over the world. Let's hear that theme song. 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:24,400 It's time Poduty and 8 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:37,340 the News, 9 00:00:37,340 --> 00:00:39,740 Poduty and the News, 10 00:00:45,660 --> 00:00:48,540 the only live news podcast about 11 00:00:48,780 --> 00:00:50,860 podcasting from the stage. Poduty and. 12 00:01:00,700 --> 00:01:03,500 The News. Poduty and the News, the. onlyl live news podcast about 13 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,200 Podcasting from the Stage. 14 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:15,120 The only live news podcast about podcasting. From the Stage, 15 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,680 we've got 6 stories headed your way tonight from the Pittsburgh Podcast 16 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Meetup. 17 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,240 Not enticed at all. We're going to pull 6 people from the audience tonight. 18 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:32,040 They're each going to share one story with me. Mark, welcome to the show. It's 19 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,880 great to be here. Thanks for asking. Thanks for asking. 20 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,840 Well, tell us a little about yourself, your podcast, and give a little plug before 21 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,360 we get started. I do a show called Heavy or Not. It's the 22 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,880 OG swim guide. We're talking a lot of coaching, athletics, 23 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,840 some sports reform in there, and 24 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,800 just trying to find my voice. It's first year, up to about episode 25 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,600 80 or 85. So it's clicking along. It's just 26 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,360 a labor of love. Any, uh, is it almost 27 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,600 all swimming, or do you go into different sports? Go 28 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,440 mostly sports, but health and wellness is definitely in there. And, uh, 29 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,640 so it's my swim experience, but 30 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:19,480 it's a community thing too. Yeah, very nice. And people want to find it online, 31 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,840 best way to find it? Heavy or Not. Yeah, 32 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,680 that's the, um, the name of the show, and it's, um, on all the 33 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,480 platforms. It's on YouTube and such too. Awesome. You ready to get into our first 34 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,160 story tonight? Here we go. Mallrats turns 30. Can you 35 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,370 believe it? Those of you who watch Mallrats back in the '90s, Mallrats 36 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,600 just turned 30, and instead of a quiet anniversary post, the cast 37 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,280 brought it to the stage. The reunion panel was recorded live 38 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,000 at Rhode Island Comic-Con and later released as a podcast 39 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,720 episode. That's the story we keep seeing over and over again on 40 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,440 the show— big moments real audiences and content created live 41 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,040 first. But due to the news exists, the Spotlight shows 42 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,400 exactly like this. Live events are not a side project 43 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,280 anymore. They are the main stage, and the podcast 44 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,000 is what carries moments forward. And this is a great 45 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,640 example. This hired, podcast you know, as part of the 46 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:18,200 Comic-Con, they got to bring in the cast of a movie. They got to 47 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,040 record this once-in-a-lifetime experience of having the cast there in front of 48 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,800 the audience The audience got to ask questions, and then they get 49 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,200 to release that as content for their podcast. And, 50 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,880 you know, bringing communities together like this, this is, this is a great way, 51 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,920 great way to bring a cast together with people who love this 52 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,000 movie. Yeah, and Comic-Cons are definitely a big 53 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,240 enterprise, a lot of economics there. I don't know if there are a lot 54 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,160 of malls left in the world these days. 55 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,410 That'll be a throwback, Mallrats As far as, uh, 56 00:03:51,730 --> 00:03:55,570 we have a lot of closed malls in Western Pennsylvania, don't we? Yeah, a 57 00:03:55,570 --> 00:03:58,530 lot of malls, a lot of security guards you got to watch out for. Yes. 58 00:03:59,730 --> 00:04:03,570 So, and examples like this are, you know, the first one we're 59 00:04:03,570 --> 00:04:07,330 doing tonight. Here's an event, and part of that event, for their entertainment, 60 00:04:07,570 --> 00:04:11,370 they brought in a cast. Obviously, you know, Comic-Cons are going to have celebrities 61 00:04:11,370 --> 00:04:14,970 there from all throughout time and different, different movies, different 62 00:04:14,970 --> 00:04:18,740 genres. The actors from that movie. But as part 63 00:04:18,740 --> 00:04:22,220 of the entertainment for this conference, they 64 00:04:22,620 --> 00:04:26,220 got together, they got to put these people in front of the audience and 65 00:04:26,220 --> 00:04:30,060 relive all those stories from 30 years ago. you And, know, a lot 66 00:04:30,060 --> 00:04:33,620 of these people in the audience were probably high school kids. They saw Mallrats for 67 00:04:33,620 --> 00:04:37,260 the first time, probably an introduction to Kevin Smith if they didn't already 68 00:04:37,260 --> 00:04:41,100 watch Clerks, and they just fell in love with this type of 69 00:04:41,100 --> 00:04:44,850 storytelling, the chaos and in independent filmmaking. And 70 00:04:44,850 --> 00:04:48,410 here we are with a podcast, an independent podcast, on the stage 71 00:04:48,570 --> 00:04:52,410 recording an episode about an independent movie from 30 years ago. 72 00:04:52,890 --> 00:04:56,410 Yeah, we love a good flashback, a good memory, good feelings. 73 00:04:57,050 --> 00:05:00,890 And it's always good to do those reunion tours, those anniversary things. 74 00:05:00,970 --> 00:05:04,730 Yeah, yeah, nostalgia always plays big. And be able to 75 00:05:04,730 --> 00:05:08,450 have a community get together and relive that moment, just, just a 76 00:05:08,450 --> 00:05:11,980 great night all around. Mark, thank you so much for Story Number 77 00:05:11,980 --> 00:05:14,340 1. Yeah, Mark, 78 00:05:17,140 --> 00:05:20,580 we're going to Story Number 2 with Christy the 79 00:05:20,580 --> 00:05:24,420 Comedian. Uh-oh, 80 00:05:24,420 --> 00:05:27,940 look who you get. I know 81 00:05:28,020 --> 00:05:31,060 so much about The Sopranos. Let me— is that mic on? 82 00:05:32,580 --> 00:05:36,170 Hello? Oh yeah, there you go. Christy, tell us a little bit about yourself. 83 00:05:36,410 --> 00:05:40,170 Hi, I'm Christy. I live 84 00:05:40,170 --> 00:05:43,690 right down the road, and I've been coming here doing 85 00:05:43,690 --> 00:05:47,530 the improv. The open 86 00:05:47,530 --> 00:05:51,130 mics? Yeah, open mics, and really enjoying that. And I just 87 00:05:51,130 --> 00:05:54,650 love the theater and just keep coming back. Number one, 88 00:05:54,970 --> 00:05:58,650 number one visitor in the past month. Christy's been to the improv, 89 00:05:58,650 --> 00:06:02,340 to the open mics. Reading poetry. So if you're in the area 90 00:06:02,740 --> 00:06:06,500 and on Wednesday nights, we do whatever you want. The stage is 91 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:10,220 completely open. We've had musicians, poetry, comedians. It's 92 00:06:10,220 --> 00:06:13,660 just a fun, crazy night that you don't know what to expect, and you'll get 93 00:06:13,660 --> 00:06:17,420 to see different things, different talents from all over the area come 94 00:06:17,420 --> 00:06:21,220 in and have some fun. Are you ready for our 95 00:06:21,300 --> 00:06:23,140 second story? Sure. 96 00:06:25,140 --> 00:06:28,810 We're we're taking— talking Sopranos here. 2 stars from The Sopranos are taking 97 00:06:28,810 --> 00:06:32,010 their podcast on the road and bringing it straight to the stage. 98 00:06:32,250 --> 00:06:34,650 Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa 99 00:06:39,290 --> 00:06:42,650 are touring, are taking their Talking Sopranos live 100 00:06:42,729 --> 00:06:46,450 podcast, complete with stories, behind-the-scenes moments, and live 101 00:06:46,450 --> 00:06:50,250 Q&A with fans. As a hit show becomes a 102 00:06:50,250 --> 00:06:53,930 podcast, the podcast becomes a live event, and the audience becomes 103 00:06:53,930 --> 00:06:57,340 part of the experience. Live podcasts are no longer 104 00:06:57,340 --> 00:07:01,140 experiments. They are full-scale tours. And if we 105 00:07:01,140 --> 00:07:04,860 remember how big The Sopranos were, that was HBO's number 106 00:07:04,860 --> 00:07:08,420 one hit before Game of Thrones probably. And The 107 00:07:08,420 --> 00:07:11,980 Sopranos were everywhere. And to be able to see two of the cast 108 00:07:11,980 --> 00:07:15,620 members have a podcast talking Sopranos and taking it on the 109 00:07:15,620 --> 00:07:18,300 road and entertaining different people from around the world, 110 00:07:19,660 --> 00:07:23,050 that's, that's like the ultimate. What can I do to keep this thing going, 111 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:27,370 to showcase and tell these behind-the-scenes stories. You 112 00:07:27,370 --> 00:07:31,090 wouldn't get that from like a magazine article, but when they're up on stage, 113 00:07:31,090 --> 00:07:34,730 they might be a little looser with their stories and let out some secrets of 114 00:07:34,730 --> 00:07:37,050 The Sopranos. That's right. 115 00:07:39,050 --> 00:07:42,810 That'S right, that is correct, that is correct. 116 00:07:43,370 --> 00:07:47,170 And, um, and again, this— the first 117 00:07:47,170 --> 00:07:50,370 two stories I just wanted to show you, this is connecting fan bases. So the 118 00:07:50,370 --> 00:07:53,880 parallel here was two things, different ways of 119 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,060 approaching it. One is the two actors from the show, and one is uh, the— 120 00:07:57,060 --> 00:08:00,800 get— having, have them guest on a podcast in front of 121 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,200 an audience. So one way to connect with people is through 122 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,879 nostalgia, through telling stories, and that inside 123 00:08:07,879 --> 00:08:11,600 baseball is always a great secret. I have a feeling Life in Stereo has some 124 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,080 inside baseball moments, uh, that maybe we'll hear about coming up. 125 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:19,320 But we'll— yeah, I think it's a great idea that they get together to 126 00:08:19,620 --> 00:08:23,380 go and keep it alive for everybody. Take it on tour and sell tickets for 127 00:08:23,380 --> 00:08:27,140 their podcast. All right, thanks for having me. You're welcome. Thank you, 128 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:27,700 Christy. 129 00:08:30,820 --> 00:08:34,020 Let's— producer, let's go to our third story. 130 00:08:36,980 --> 00:08:40,780 Who's ready to hear guest number 3? Can I get 131 00:08:40,780 --> 00:08:41,140 a drum 132 00:08:41,140 --> 00:08:45,000 roll? 133 00:08:45,630 --> 00:08:49,350 We have Paul M. from Crypts and Corks. Paul M. Uh-oh. 134 00:08:49,350 --> 00:08:53,030 Um. Paul M., a 135 00:08:53,030 --> 00:08:56,830 three-timer at the Poduty Podcast Theater. For those of you who have been to 136 00:08:56,830 --> 00:09:00,510 the Crypts and Corks podcast and seen it live three times, yes. 137 00:09:01,310 --> 00:09:04,990 Will there be a fourth? That's what everyone wants to know. Possibly, 138 00:09:05,070 --> 00:09:08,590 possibly. Now I know we're live, so how many times can I use the F-word 139 00:09:08,830 --> 00:09:12,480 on here? The zero. Oh, both of them or just the one? Which 140 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,280 F words? Just messing with you. So my name's 141 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:20,040 Paul and I'm with Crypts and Corks Podcast. I am one of 142 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,760 the co-hosts. We are the spookiest, booziest podcast on 143 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,400 the internet, and you can find us anywhere you get your podcasts 144 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,840 and on YouTube if you like to watch videos. And we don't just have podcast 145 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,600 videos, we also have paranormal investigation videos. And if you 146 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:38,200 would like to see one of our full live shows, you can watch our Amityville 147 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,720 live show on our YouTube channel. 148 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,800 Yeah, full at in Crypts and Courts, one of the podcasts that 149 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,240 I'm always impressed when I see a new episode come out, the 150 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,880 amount of detail that goes into it. It's not just the storytelling, 151 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,520 the research that you put into the show, but a lot of times you're in 152 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:01,080 full character, uh, of some of the stories that you're telling, which 153 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,800 is unbelievably impressive. And maybe— I don't know if you set 154 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,220 out to do that, but you did say like you're You have a comedy background, 155 00:10:08,860 --> 00:10:12,660 but that show plays so well for the stage. And 156 00:10:12,660 --> 00:10:16,340 was that intentional, or is it just you being 157 00:10:16,340 --> 00:10:20,140 you? From the beginning, we wanted to be paranormal comedians. We wanted to 158 00:10:20,140 --> 00:10:23,740 take the darkest things that happen in everyday life and make it funny. 159 00:10:24,060 --> 00:10:27,780 And both me and my co-host DJ have performing backgrounds. He went to 160 00:10:27,780 --> 00:10:31,540 school for theater, and I didn't do that. 161 00:10:31,540 --> 00:10:35,340 I'm just naturally funny and beautiful and amazing. Some of us don't 162 00:10:35,340 --> 00:10:38,770 need training, you know? So yeah, we just set out 163 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,640 to make people laugh and be spooky, and it all just came 164 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,360 together, you know. Spooky Ghost Podcast. And, uh, one of the 165 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:50,160 things, for those of you watching at home, every show there's 166 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,960 a pairing of a wine with the story, which is a great little 167 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,640 twist on the show where you're going to get a bottle of vino 168 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,400 and pair it with, you know, maybe the bloodiest story you've ever heard. 169 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:05,080 Exactly. And it adds an air of interactivity because we announced 170 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,930 the pairing before for the show. And also, like, if you watch 171 00:11:08,930 --> 00:11:12,690 our podcast regularly, you can see what we're drinking and drink along with 172 00:11:12,690 --> 00:11:16,450 us. So like, it's like you're almost in the room with us if you're 173 00:11:16,450 --> 00:11:20,010 watching from home, or if you bring your paranormal pairing, you know, get that 174 00:11:20,010 --> 00:11:23,690 BYOB ticket, bring the bottle of wine with you here and drink along with us. 175 00:11:23,690 --> 00:11:27,450 And sometimes we'll interact with the audience, ask you guys what you think of 176 00:11:27,450 --> 00:11:31,210 the wine and everything. Awesome. Crypts and Corks Podcast, find it 177 00:11:31,210 --> 00:11:34,980 everywhere on YouTube as well. And we'll go to story number 3 on 178 00:11:34,980 --> 00:11:38,380 the papers there. We're going to Domefest. We're going to 179 00:11:38,620 --> 00:11:42,460 the Coachella of podcasts. Domefest is being called the 180 00:11:42,460 --> 00:11:46,180 Coachella of podcasts. And the key detail is who it's 181 00:11:46,180 --> 00:11:49,500 built for— fans. This isn't a conference or an industry 182 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:52,860 meetup. It's a live podcast festival designed around 183 00:11:52,860 --> 00:11:56,500 fandom, community, and shared discovery. Podcasts move 184 00:11:56,500 --> 00:12:00,260 from earbuds to a massive room. With real people connecting in 185 00:12:00,260 --> 00:12:03,980 real time. Live podcasts are not just content, they're 186 00:12:03,980 --> 00:12:07,740 culture, and Domefest proves fans will absolutely show up 187 00:12:07,900 --> 00:12:11,340 when the experience is built around them. And we've had a couple 188 00:12:11,340 --> 00:12:14,739 festivals. We had one last week, it was, uh, 10 Days in the Valley, it's 189 00:12:14,739 --> 00:12:18,460 in Australia, and they built out all these interactive experiences. And 190 00:12:18,540 --> 00:12:22,140 you would walk into like a gas station, it looked like a gas station, 191 00:12:22,220 --> 00:12:25,690 but once you got inside there was a full stage and there was bands playing. 192 00:12:25,690 --> 00:12:29,250 And then another one was like an ice cream shop that had a 193 00:12:29,250 --> 00:12:33,010 podcast stage, and they did live podcasting all day long. And this is 194 00:12:33,010 --> 00:12:36,330 another example of this is becoming such a thing. 195 00:12:36,730 --> 00:12:40,410 These events are now podcast-centered. They're podcast-centered 196 00:12:40,889 --> 00:12:44,570 for fans as well. And, and Domefest plays right into that business 197 00:12:44,570 --> 00:12:48,370 model of bringing people together, producing live podcasts in 198 00:12:48,370 --> 00:12:51,620 real time at the event, and then letting people experience 199 00:12:52,020 --> 00:12:55,060 all that all the time, the whole time that they're there. 200 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:59,140 That is really cool. And I find like meeting other podcasters in person 201 00:12:59,300 --> 00:13:02,940 is so much more effective than just like meeting online because you can 202 00:13:02,940 --> 00:13:06,660 DM someone and stuff and be like, oh, come on my podcast. But then 203 00:13:06,660 --> 00:13:10,380 like you actually get them on their podcast and they're actually awful and you're wasting 204 00:13:10,380 --> 00:13:14,100 your time. So meeting that person in person and vetting them out in person, 205 00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:17,860 it makes things a lot better, but also like exchanging tips and everything. 206 00:13:18,980 --> 00:13:22,820 Now, I do also want to say, I don't know who these girls are, 207 00:13:22,980 --> 00:13:25,940 but it looks like they coach a mean softball team. 208 00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:30,980 Sophie and Bella. Sophie and Bella. Wait, you know them? I'm just 209 00:13:30,980 --> 00:13:34,419 going off of the text on the bottom of the screen. Oh, okay. Oh, 210 00:13:34,419 --> 00:13:38,260 okay. Yeah, you don't know Sophie and Bella? Right, 211 00:13:38,500 --> 00:13:42,100 right. Well, yeah, another example of 212 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:45,640 these events are happening all over the world and Domefest 213 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:49,760 is just another example. Yes, period. 214 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,840 Awesome, awesome. Thank you, Paul. We're going to keep it going. Producer 215 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,600 Paul, everybody give it up for Paul. Okay, 216 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:04,240 guest number 4, we have Mike 217 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,920 O'Neill. Hey, Michael, Michael, 218 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:08,240 Michael. 219 00:14:12,250 --> 00:14:16,050 Number 4, Michael, welcome to the show. Well, hello, how are you? Good, good. 220 00:14:16,050 --> 00:14:19,370 We've met on a couple Pittsburgh podcast meetups, and I've been to— you host a 221 00:14:19,370 --> 00:14:23,130 great event, a creator meetup as well. Sure, sure, down on the south side of 222 00:14:23,130 --> 00:14:26,330 Pittsburgh. Yeah, yeah, it's always great to have you there. Well, tell us a little 223 00:14:26,330 --> 00:14:29,410 bit about that so other people can, uh— well. We just have a small group 224 00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:32,970 of, uh, content creators that get together once a month on the south side of 225 00:14:32,970 --> 00:14:36,250 Pittsburgh at the Cohatch, and we share ideas 226 00:14:37,390 --> 00:14:41,030 I've been recording some podcasts, but I haven't launched anything, so 227 00:14:41,030 --> 00:14:44,670 basically, I have no life. I can't tell you anything positive. 228 00:14:45,950 --> 00:14:49,350 Your event also has pizza. Yes, we have. We have pizza. 229 00:14:49,350 --> 00:14:52,270 Pizza from the New York Slice, which is right next to. 230 00:14:53,390 --> 00:14:56,510 I don't know the name of that restaurant that's there, but yeah, yeah, yeah, 231 00:14:57,310 --> 00:15:00,750 yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know. 232 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,840 Awesome. Well, the Creator Meetup, you can find the event— usually it's on Eventbrite or. 233 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,640 Facebook, or it's on Facebook, uh, Pittsburgh Content Creators. 234 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,560 So join the group if you're a content creator, right? Is the 235 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,800 group open to anybody? They can join anybody as long as. They'Re in the Pittsburgh 236 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,440 area. Yeah. And as long as you're there, you'll get invited— get— you at least 237 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:25,080 get a notification that there's an event coming up. Correct, correct. And we look forward— 238 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,750 there's no cost. Come on down. We'll share ideas, share pizza. 239 00:15:29,140 --> 00:15:32,780 Awesome. Are you ready to keep it moving? I'm ready. We're going to 240 00:15:32,780 --> 00:15:33,780 story number 4. 241 00:15:37,140 --> 00:15:40,900 Another Coachella-type story. On Air Fest is back in Brooklyn, 242 00:15:40,980 --> 00:15:44,460 and once again Williamsburg becomes the center of the podcast 243 00:15:44,460 --> 00:15:48,140 universe. For 4 days, live podcast tapings, interviews, 244 00:15:48,140 --> 00:15:51,540 and performances take over real venues with real audiences. 245 00:15:51,860 --> 00:15:55,580 This is a model that we're trying to build here. Podcasting is 246 00:15:55,580 --> 00:15:59,180 no longer confined to studios and feeds. It's happening 247 00:15:59,180 --> 00:16:02,260 live across neighborhoods with fans choosing 248 00:16:02,260 --> 00:16:05,900 experiences, not just episodes. On-Air Fest 249 00:16:05,900 --> 00:16:09,540 proves that when audio steps onto stage, the entire industry 250 00:16:09,780 --> 00:16:12,820 shows up. This is, this is like the 251 00:16:12,820 --> 00:16:16,660 Lollapalooza of podcasting. If you have a show, you can get involved 252 00:16:16,660 --> 00:16:20,300 and you get invited to perform here all day long. Podcast 253 00:16:20,300 --> 00:16:23,880 after podcast is taking the stage. And interacting with their fans 254 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,240 and building up this live form of entertainment for 255 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,280 podcasting. Sounds amazing. Sounds exhausting. 256 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:34,680 Sounds exciting. Everything all at once. Yeah, I want to be the 257 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:38,200 one that wants— has to produce this and put everything together. Oh, it'd be amazing. 258 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:42,240 Amazing. And all the dynamics, the different personalities and 259 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:46,080 the experiences. Yeah, wonderful. This, this is 260 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:49,400 a good goal for you here. Well, we have done International 261 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:53,120 Podcast Day here. We may do it again coming up. It's in the end of 262 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,570 September. Where we've, we've done— it's a 2-day live 263 00:16:56,570 --> 00:17:00,290 stream. Every half hour we turn over the stage for 264 00:17:00,370 --> 00:17:04,050 12 hours, 2 days in a row. So we'll go bam, bam, 265 00:17:04,050 --> 00:17:07,890 bam, 30 minutes, 30 minutes, 30 minutes. So we may do it 266 00:17:07,890 --> 00:17:11,726 again coming up. International Podcast Day is September 28th, 29th, 267 00:17:11,814 --> 00:17:15,370 last— usually the last Saturdays in September. How do you fill the spots with that? 268 00:17:15,370 --> 00:17:18,690 Different people from different countries? Well, yes, because, 269 00:17:19,010 --> 00:17:22,660 because we have the virtual element here. We can have a 270 00:17:22,660 --> 00:17:26,340 virtual guest, which was 90% of the guests. Sure. And then we had about 271 00:17:26,340 --> 00:17:29,620 10% that would come in and perform. So we would, we would mix the schedule 272 00:17:29,620 --> 00:17:33,340 up so we could have them, uh, all flow back, back to back. That 273 00:17:33,340 --> 00:17:36,660 sounds incredible. Well, all right, are you challenging me then? Uh, 274 00:17:37,380 --> 00:17:40,980 Poduty Fest, 3 days, 3 days. 3 days, not 2. 275 00:17:41,140 --> 00:17:44,020 All right, anyone can do 2, you need to do 3. We'll go for it, 276 00:17:44,020 --> 00:17:47,700 we'll go for it. Okay, awesome. Thank you so much, 277 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:51,510 Michael. And thank you. We are flying through the stories 278 00:17:51,510 --> 00:17:54,350 tonight. We have story number 5 coming up. 279 00:17:55,550 --> 00:17:57,630 Our producer is going to read the name. 280 00:17:59,630 --> 00:18:03,470 Okay, guest number 5, we have 281 00:18:03,630 --> 00:18:06,430 Paul F. from 7 Minute Leadership. 282 00:18:07,390 --> 00:18:10,750 All right, Paul's coming back up. We met Paul on the pre-show 283 00:18:11,030 --> 00:18:13,550 here today. Paul, welcome back. 284 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:19,240 Hey man, thanks, thanks for having me. Thanks for hosting this event. This is 285 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,440 fantastic. Oh, I'm glad you're enjoying it. It's a lot of fun. It's great to 286 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:26,200 see the community come together, eat. We eat a lot of pizza here 287 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:30,120 at at this, the Pittsburgh Podcast Meetup, a lot of drinks and everything. 288 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:32,720 And tell us a little about your show. We some, we had heard a great 289 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:36,400 story about how far you've come along in your podcast journey. So I started 290 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,120 the 7 Minute Leadership Podcast back in April 291 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,440 of 2016. So not only this year 292 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:47,520 will I celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the show, but this week I just 293 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,080 released my 600th episode. That's 294 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,280 incredible. Thank you. 10 years going. And, uh, 295 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,800 I think have you in the last— he's really said you started doing this about 296 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:02,560 10 years ago, but you really noticed the, the traction 297 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:06,400 hit about year 8, 7. Yeah, yeah. I was doing 298 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,600 about 30, 40 a year from 2016 through 299 00:19:10,830 --> 00:19:14,550 2024. And then in the last year, just a 300 00:19:14,550 --> 00:19:18,390 little over the last year, it's really taken off. So 301 00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:21,990 now I do it every night at 7:00 PM, available on all the 302 00:19:21,990 --> 00:19:25,710 major podcasting platforms. Awesome. Is there a dedicated website as 303 00:19:25,710 --> 00:19:29,310 well? Yep. Paulfalavelito.Com. You can find the 304 00:19:30,110 --> 00:19:33,910 7 Minute Leadership Podcast there. And I also have a free section. I 305 00:19:33,910 --> 00:19:37,600 have a ton of free leadership resources. That I've 306 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,200 created and uploaded for anybody to download. Awesome, awesome. 307 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,520 Thank you. Let me see here. I want to 308 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:47,200 wrap this up by 8 so we have time for the Q&A. Producer, 309 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:50,680 how many more names do we have left? 310 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,840 None. Oh, this will be our— we'll go right to the last story 311 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,880 here. Which one's this one? Let's see. 312 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:05,240 Oh, we should have paired this with Boozy Ghosts, Crypts and Corks, but 313 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,200 Paul, here we go. We have the Vine Pair Podcast went live from 314 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,760 Unified Wine and Grape Symposium, turning an industry 315 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,320 conversation into a live experience. This wasn't just 316 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:20,160 experts talking at the microphones, it's a real-time discussion with a 317 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,400 live audience asking questions and shaping the conversation. 318 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,600 When podcasts step into rooms where industries already gather, the 319 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:31,280 show becomes part of the moment. Live podcasting doesn't replace 320 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:34,960 coverage, it is the coverage. And when we think about 20 321 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,360 years ago, we'd have to buy an industry trade magazine 322 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,360 and we would subscribe to that magazine, and then 6 323 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:45,480 months after the event happened, we would get an 324 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:49,400 interview of the people who were on stage and we could read 325 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:53,080 about what happened. But now with the way podcasting has 326 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,800 really infiltrated conferences and events, you're there in 327 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,330 the moment or you're getting the recording a day or two 328 00:21:00,330 --> 00:21:03,810 later. The, the way that news is traveling from 329 00:21:03,810 --> 00:21:07,170 conferences to the people is so much faster now. 330 00:21:07,490 --> 00:21:11,170 So what you see here would have been an interview in a magazine 20, 25 331 00:21:11,170 --> 00:21:15,010 years ago. Now it's an experience that's immersed in by the 332 00:21:15,010 --> 00:21:18,290 audience who's watching it in real And, time. you know, 333 00:21:18,770 --> 00:21:22,610 they're interacting with each other, they're taking questions from the audience, and there it looks 334 00:21:22,610 --> 00:21:25,910 like they're having a good time. Looks like— I think some of them had a 335 00:21:25,910 --> 00:21:29,310 rough night the night before. That was part of the show notes. And, uh, you 336 00:21:29,310 --> 00:21:33,070 know, they're just having a good time with fans who like talking about wine, 337 00:21:33,070 --> 00:21:36,510 and it's just a great way to bring the community together and share an experience 338 00:21:36,590 --> 00:21:40,430 with people who shared experiences of the same things that you love. Yeah, 339 00:21:40,430 --> 00:21:44,070 and I think what I love about what you're doing and everything you're 340 00:21:44,070 --> 00:21:47,710 showcasing here tonight is I think 341 00:21:47,710 --> 00:21:51,400 people really want that experience more than just content, right? 342 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,880 Because like, I can tell you, if I would have been flipping through social media 343 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,280 or YouTube and, you know, here's the Live in Stereo guys 344 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:02,200 without having met them and heard them talking, I 345 00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:06,200 probably would have kept scrolling by. But now I'm going to 346 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,040 go out of my way to view that, as well as everyone else that I've 347 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,360 met here tonight. It changes the energy, it changes the 348 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:17,080 dynamic. Any of these live events, whenever you bring them all 349 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,880 together, it's almost like it's It's really a culture event, not, not 350 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,760 a you dedicated, know, conference or something specific 351 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:28,560 like that. Yeah, one of the best things you can do is perform your show 352 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,320 where the people who already love what you do are. So if you can get 353 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,960 into whatever your industry is, get into the conference for that 354 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,640 industry, whatever that is, if you can start to tie yourself, 355 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,480 maybe you become a speaker one year, then you introduce your podcast, then you get 356 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:47,090 to perform your show. Well, guess who the audience is already filled 357 00:22:47,090 --> 00:22:50,050 with? It's already filled with people who love what you do. 358 00:22:50,690 --> 00:22:53,610 That's what we're trying to get at. That's what we're trying to show you, how 359 00:22:53,610 --> 00:22:57,370 much you can expand what you think a podcast is and really put it out 360 00:22:57,370 --> 00:23:00,450 there. Because not only are conferences a great way to connect with the community, 361 00:23:00,930 --> 00:23:04,770 but you know what also is at conferences? Advertisers, advertiser 362 00:23:04,770 --> 00:23:08,610 dollars, sponsor dollars. There's already a structure there to help support 363 00:23:08,690 --> 00:23:12,530 you on your podcast journey. So that's, That's a whole nother aspect of, of 364 00:23:12,530 --> 00:23:15,570 how do we, you know, how do you make a couple bucks from, from performing 365 00:23:15,570 --> 00:23:18,850 a podcast? Yeah. Good point. Awesome. Paul, thank 366 00:23:19,490 --> 00:23:23,210 you so much for joining us. 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