I'm busy with something today so I may not get back here for a while. If it turns out to be interesting, I'll tell you about it when I do.
As I look at my recent blog postings, I see two contradictory themes. One is that the presidential election is far, far away and that I believe much will change before any of us get near a voting booth. The other theme is me paying a lot of attention to all these current politic matters that I don't think matter much. I'd rather not devote much of my brain to what's going on now but it's like one of those traffic accidents you have to stop and look at. Or better still, it's like one of those high speed chases where (a) the newscasters have no idea what to say so they say nothing over and over, and (b) you're just watching to see who's going to crash and how. Better analogy.
People keep writing to ask me what I think of the new Supergirl show. If and when I get around to watching it, I'll let you know. It seems to be pleasing a lot of people.
I have a folder on my computer with downloaded podcasts — mostly interviews with people in and around show business. The folder is so full, I know I'll never get around to listening to a third of them but in the last week or so, I whittled the "unheard" list down a bit, sampling about a dozen different ones. I came to the conclusion that a good podcast is one that has a good host…and a good host is someone who doesn't need or have any co-hosts. Every one I listened to had at least one unnecessary extra person there, perhaps someone who'd do great as an interviewer on their own.
Whenever you start your own podcast — and sooner or later, we'll all have them — don't have a co-host. You don't need someone else to jump in and divert the conversation from what you're asking about. You don't need all the in-jokes that are only meaningful to you and your buddies. You don't need someone else to talk over you, especially if you have those cheap microphones that make three or more people sound like stock brokers on Wall Street yelling out buy and sell orders. Just you is fine. Or if just you is not fine, maybe you shouldn't have a podcast.
Gotta go. Back soon.