Podcast Guest Tips

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I'm so grateful you've booked a time for joining the podcast. This page has all the useful info to make you look and sound your best for your episode.

What is the Your Pennsylvania Ancestors Podcast?

Here's the page all about the show.

Recording Tips

Use Lighting

To look great on video, have some natural light from window or a studio light focused on your face. Have your webcam sit at eye level so you are not looking down or sideways to the audience. You can test your webcam here.

Find a quiet room

If you have kids or a dog, please find a room where they are not. Tell everyone you are recording. Any microphone that plugs into your computer is 100x better than your built-in computer microphone. Good audio is valued by podcast listeners, so this would be much appreciated.

Other tips

Turn off notifications. To stop any unwanted sounds or distractions during the recording, please turn off your notifications.

Close other apps. Lots of apps open can cause the quality in the recording to drop, as they might be taking up some of the processing power. Close everything that you can!

Using Zoom

We'll be recording the episode on Zoom. You do not need a Zoom account for the interview.

However, if you already have the Zoom client installed on your computer, Zoom might require you to run an update to log in or join the call. You can check for updates now, or just log in a few minutes early to see if there are updates.

Creating a High-Quality, Engaging Episode

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Here's some general pointers of what the audience loves to hear. We'll also use the interview questions you've received as the framework for your episode.

Share your opinions about relevant topics. The more authentic your opinion is, the better - while still keeping it PG-rated. It's tempting to be very agreeable and lukewarm, but that's not interesting to listen to.
Inform people of something useful, new, and relevant. Listeners want to come away having learnt something new. You have an exceptionally unique expertise and challenges that you've tackled, please share them here.
Tell stories. Listeners love to hear stories. The best stories are relevant and exciting. What is something remarkable that's happened?
People love new resources. Books, apps, tools, subscriptions, videos, blogs…Think of something useful to you that you’d love to tell others about.