How to Host a Successful Podcast

Today, we speak with one of our esteemed hosts, Eric Golden, in our first in-person Making Media episode. After a career in the bond markets at Fidelity, Eric now hosts Colossus show, Web3 Breakdowns. As is customary with our Inside Colossus episodes, we go behind the mic with Eric and discuss what hosting a podcast is really like. What’s changed, who does he look up to, and what would he advise others do. We hope you enjoy this peak behind the curtain.

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Show Notes

(00:03:48) - (First question) - Who has inspired him as an interviewer 

(00:05:13) - How he approaches interviews now compared to when he started  

(00:06:48) - Changes in the early days that were game changers for him 

(00:09:06) - Comparing his preparation process now to what it was early on  

(00:11:44) - Reframing common questions in a thought provoking way  

(00:14:10) - Probing a guest before hitting record to get a sense of where the conversation could go 

(00:16:55) - Podcast episodes he’s found inspirational and what makes an episode great

(00:27:20) - The art and difficulty of interrupting a guest without breaking the flow

(00:30:20) - Pushing in when a guest says they want to come back to something later

(00:32:36) - Managing the types of guests the Web3 and crypto space attracts 

(00:36:08) - What makes an episode successful 

(00:41:40) - The greatest looking things are often very well prepared 

(00:44:10) - Comparing Joe Rogan to Howard Stern 

(00:45:10) - Where his inspiration comes from 

(00:46:55) - Pitching download data to guests as relatively scaled sports stadiums  

(00:48:18) - Advice for people who want to get into podcasting 

(00:50:42) - Wanting to change the name of Web3 Breakdowns 

(00:52:34) - Other changes he’d like to make and his process for sourcing guests

(00:54:06) - The migration from the fixed income community into crypto   

(00:56:52) - A lot of hard work for a labor of love 

(00:59:46) - Judging the quality of an episode after conducting the interview  

(01:02:35) - Lessons learned and surprising things about exploring the media space