As above and...
I haven't had a listen yet but I am about to..Take these as general comments.
Being a listener and sampler of many podcasts, have fun, keep up a reasonable pace, and I try to limit the "campfire banter" that no-one else except you and your off sider and/or guest has any stake in.
Like talking about some off topic subject that is specific to your area / culture / you personally that has nothing to do with the podcast theme for 10 minutes on a regular basis. That's something that usually gets me to STOP coming back. There are a few podcasts I have tried to listen to that go off on tangents about local schools and areas and kids things that I can hear any day of the week from any number of sources, live. It's like I have just interrupted a private conversation and have no point being there.
The news stuff bit is good. EDUCATED Opinion stuff is good. (even though you may put off some fanboys) Admit when you were wrong.
If you can get out a regular 15 minutes easily and it is good, and well timed and full of useful stuff it's better than doing an hour of nothing much and burning yourselves out and stopping after 6 weeks because it's all too hard to fill it up.
Rely on the least amount of people on a regular basis. If you have 5 regulars to herd into a time slot each week you will probably find you are spending more time apologizing for non appearances than actually developing a show. As radio has shown, one or two regulars work best, the rest are guests. This is when people are being paid to appear, When they are not it's harder.
And don't expect to be brilliant on day one. You will get better as you practice your craft. I don't know the stats but I have listened to some very good podcasts that seem to have 1 like each week in the beginning because they are very heavy and don't deal much with Kim Kardashian probably won't get higher than 6 likes. Don't worry about it.
Please offer low and high quality in ogg(free format) and aac (Mainly Apple) if possible. I also like to download and have the thing available to mutiple devices to listen to out of mobile areas.
And nothing wrong with spruiking your Tenere honestly. I don't know why but I have heard a few podcats that seem to get all cringy and feel they have to put it down and blow smoke up "europeans" asses. They all have pluses and minuses and for some reason some people seem to have to gloss over some of the minuses of the popular brands. (Maybe to get more hits) I don't know.
And lastly, I have heard enough about LD comfort. ::025::
Just one persons opinion out of millions.
