[PodcastMN] ideal podcast length

[Erica Mauter]

Garrick's "as long as it's interesting" is a good rule of thumb, if
maddeningly vague. ;-)

There are only a very few podcasts that are longer than 15 minutes
that I'll listen to. Every one of those breaks up the show in some
way. Some by radio format with several segments and bumpers. One
starts with a moderated panel discussion and switches to Q&A at the
40-minute mark.

But I have short-ish attention span (which I blame the internet for),
so that's just me. ;-) Those longer shows get saved for car rides and
workouts.

On 4/28/08, Martin Grider <mgrider at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Long time lurker here... my friends and I are finally starting to get
> our podcasts posted (we did our second one last night). Our first
> podcast came in around 55 min, and the second was 1:08. My wife thinks
> this is too long.
>
> We are definitely quite "newbie", and so far have done little to no
> editing. (This is a very conversational toned podcast.)
>
> Anyone have any pointers to data about ideal podcast length? I'm
> interested in everyone's opinions also, but some kind of "resource"
> link would be ideal.
>
> Thanks in advance for sharing any collective wisdom!
> -martin
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