I know thenewgreen does a podcast. Can you talk a little bit about your experience with the form? Why do you podcast? Who else on the Hub podcasts and what do you get out of it? Is it for fun or to self-promote?

It's for fun! I absolutely LOVE it. I have the recording chops to be able to pull off some cool things, integration of sounds, music, some more complex editing here and there. It satisfies several things for me at once:

1. I get to create -it scratches a similar itch for me as making music does

2. I get to shine a light on Hubski

3. I get to interview people, smart people and I get to learn more about a topic

I've learned a lot since beginning with my first podcast on Running -which steve put to video. I've learned that less of me is a good thing. If you listen to the progression of my work you will hear less and less of me in them. You all are far more interesting to me than me.

In fact, this next one that steve is currently working on putting to video has next to no me in it.

I like that you can take interviews, sound clips and music and construct a narrative. Even though people give you what they give you, you still have control of how you are going to present that. -This is F-U-N stuff.

For example, when someone tells you in their answer that for them, writing is masturbatory you have a choice, do you highlight that, put some porn music behind it and make it super cheesy but possibly amusing, or do you let it sit there untouched and take it seriously, the way the person likely intended?

You'll have to wait for the podcast to come out to see :-)

Thanks for the plug for #tngpodcast. As for others that podcast, I know that revolution does. His podcast is understated but full of great information. I really enjoy them.

edit: for what it's worth _refugee_, I very much look forward to hearing your podcasts. When I read the title of your post I thought to myself, "wow, it wasn't that long ago, and she hardly knows me..." ;)