Podcast Pet Peeves

[Bones58]

So I was listening to a podcast today with two hosts who clearly have a deep knowledge about the subject.

That said, the podcast was two and a half hours. An hour could easily have been trimmed due to the constant off topic diatribes, irrelevant anecdotes and ‘funny banter’ I don’t need to have a dry run through of the subject. A few jokes here and there are fine but you often end up with hosts who think they are comedians which they ain’t.

So, after all of that, what are your podcast pet peeves?

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

A lot of my favourite podcasts now often have 10-15 minutes (or more) of sponsorship ads and things to plug right at the start. As annoying as that is to wade through, those that pepper additional ads in at random points during the show are worse.

Also, any show that has misinformed opinions that could be corrected with a single Google search take me right out of an episode.

[BRV]

The all-too-common 12-ish episode true crime podcast that tells the story of an untold murder or unsolved crime from several years or decades ago that manages to find a host of new clues that law enforcement missed, shines lights on evidence that was overlooked in the initial investigations, and spends multiple episodes dedicated to what ultimately turn out to be little more than MacGuffins, before ultimately concluding with the host saying something incredibly vague like, "Maybe we'll never know who killed so-and-so. But it's important to remember their name."

[Perd]

Do not flood my feed with bonus episodes. By all means, 
put them behind a paywall. I don’t need multiple episodes of your show per week.

[Mr Mario Mario]

Live episodes

Just really grind my gears lol

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Sept 28, 2022 14:13:27 GMT -5 Perd said:

Do not flood my feed with bonus episodes. By all means, 
put them behind a paywall. I don’t need multiple episodes of your show per week.

Also the reverse where they start a Patreon and hide back catalog or what was regularly scheduled episodes behind the pay wall.

[salz4life]

Sept 28, 2022 13:30:38 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

A lot of my favourite podcasts now often have 10-15 minutes (or more) of sponsorship ads and things to plug right at the start. As annoying as that is to wade through, those that pepper additional ads in at random points during the show are worse.

Also, any show that has misinformed opinions that could be corrected with a single Google search take me right out of an episode.

I'd be much happier with adds at the beginning or end of a podcast because I would simply skip them. Unfortunately, advertisers know this and thus, we will always have the interruptions doing the show. You can still fast-forward them but then you risk missing part of the show and have to figure out how to get to the right place. It's annoying, but it isn't going anywhere so... LOL

[salz4life]

Sept 28, 2022 12:42:54 GMT -5 Bones58 said:

So I was listening to a podcast today with two hosts who clearly have a deep knowledge about the subject.

That said, the podcast was two and a half hours. An hour could easily have been trimmed due to the constant off topic diatribes, irrelevant anecdotes and ‘funny banter’ I don’t need to have a dry run through of the subject. A few jokes here and there are fine but you often end up with hosts who think they are comedians which they ain’t.

So, after all of that, what are your podcast pet peeves?

See, I love The Lapsed Fan because of the guys cracking jokes and going into random side bits from time to time. It reminds me if me and my buddy talking about wrestling and other stuff. Sure, the podcasts end up be 4-7 hours long because of it (well, they also do some fantastic research), but it doesn't bother me.

[Fade]

That FAN doesn’t have one

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Every podcast seems to go through the same phases.

1. No ads guys, we do it because we love it.
2. A couple ads guys. Gotta pay bills.
3. A metric shit ton of ads.
4. Patreon. No more ads but for $15 a month you’ll get an awesome perk, like we’ll say your name at the end.

And Conrad, despite having about 90 podcasts now, still doesn’t know how to to ad with any grace. Sometimes it cuts guys off mid-sentence or just at awkward points. He needs to figure out how to go to a commercial with a transition not a thud.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Sept 28, 2022 17:51:33 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Every podcast seems to go through the same phases.

1. No ads guys, we do it because we love it.
2. A couple ads guys. Gotta pay bills.
3. A metric shit ton of ads.
4. Patreon. No more ads but for $15 a month you’ll get an awesome perk, like we’ll say your name at the end.

Shout out to All Killa No Filla, who have been running their show for almost eight years and still refuse to put ads on it, reasoning that it's a bit skeevy to be talking about serial killers one minute and then shilling products the next.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Sept 28, 2022 22:24:17 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Sept 28, 2022 17:51:33 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Every podcast seems to go through the same phases.

1. No ads guys, we do it because we love it.
2. A couple ads guys. Gotta pay bills.
3. A metric shit ton of ads.
4. Patreon. No more ads but for $15 a month you’ll get an awesome perk, like we’ll say your name at the end.

Shout out to All Killa No Filla, who have been running their show for almost eight years and still refuse to put ads on it, reasoning that it's a bit skeevy to be talking about serial killers one minute and then shilling products the next.

The ads are especially bad because these companies take the tact of “You know your audience, so here’s your bullet points and just shoot”.

It seems clever until you realize they all do it.

[salz4life]

Sept 28, 2022 17:51:33 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

And Conrad, despite having about 90 podcasts now, still doesn’t know how to to ad with any grace. Sometimes it cuts guys off mid-sentence or just at awkward points. He needs to figure out how to go to a commercial with a transition not a thud.

When he started and was initially popular with Bruce, he used to be tremendous at transitioning into an ad read and made them actually funny. Now... it's just spliced in at terrible spots or horribly "going through the motions" within the live podcast.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

I normally don't mind ads and such that much.

Apart from one podcast, which I otherwise like, Marvel vs Marvel where they have a fan and a non fan go through the backgrounds of Marvel movies, comparing to the comics. It's really informative, they're a great pair.

But, instead of the normal "please help if you can on patreon" bit, you get a good 10 minutes of one of the hosts lambasting anyone who doesn't subscribe as freeloaders. Maybe it's just a bit, it doesn't sound like one, it's not funny and goes on far too long and just sucks all the fun out to the point I've started missing episodes unless it's something I'm really into.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

I listen to several Simpsons podcasts and whenever they bring up their history with the show its never very interesting or different. Either watched from day 1, watched as far back as they can remember, or it was forboden in their house and watched with friends or later. Also either they stopped somewhere in the teens or keep tabs. I'd love the person to come on and say its their first episode ever.

[G✇JI☈A]

Live podcasts.. usually recorded in a small venue, so the hosts don’t use a house mic so they are constantly yelling. Or they don’t do a sound check, so the recording is sounds like complete shit.

Group podcasts - when there is a podcast with more people then there is microphones, and it’s always the person who is furtherest away from a microphone the one that ends up talking the most.

The not that special guest - when a podcast brings on a guest, whose usually just a friend of one of the hosts, who is annoying and completely takes over the podcast and will wreck the flow of the show.

Tangents - when a discussion goes off topic .. but then it never goes back on topic.

Eating, drinking and smoking - OK drinking I don’t mind as long it low audible sips. But listening to people chew is a huge pet peeve.. so I don’t like podcasts that involve eating. Smoking well that was exclusive to Smodcast, I remember getting annoyed at that show cause every time Moiser started to speak there was the sound of cigarette lighter igniting and Smith taking a puff.

[Friday Night SmackOwn]

Sept 28, 2022 17:51:33 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Every podcast seems to go through the same phases.

1. No ads guys, we do it because we love it.
2. A couple ads guys. Gotta pay bills.
3. A metric shit ton of ads.
4. Patreon. No more ads but for $15 a month you’ll get an awesome perk, like we’ll say your name at the end.

And Conrad, despite having about 90 podcasts now, still doesn’t know how to to ad with any grace. Sometimes it cuts guys off mid-sentence or just at awkward points. He needs to figure out how to go to a commercial with a transition not a thud.

The only one of the fourth variety I like is the Deadlock podcast, mainly due to how the Patreon backers just really go all in on being super silly to make the hosts laugh while reading out names.

[The Legend of Groose]

I don't mind ads/self shilling at the start of the podcast, after all as said, gotta pay the bills. However, when the topic of the episode is not brought up within the first 15 minutes then it's kind of a problem.

Sept 28, 2022 16:40:46 GMT -5 Fade said:

That FAN doesn’t have one

I thought they had an official one but that was years ago.

On that subject, I need to get back on doing the Demented Darlings podcast.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Podcasts where one of the hosts/guests is participating remotely and is either using their laptop's built-in microphone or are on a bad connection. I don't expect crystal clear quality in a podcast, but I don't want to it to sound like a Skype/Zoom meeting at work either.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Sept 29, 2022 8:18:09 GMT -5 salz4life said:

Sept 28, 2022 17:51:33 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

And Conrad, despite having about 90 podcasts now, still doesn’t know how to to ad with any grace. Sometimes it cuts guys off mid-sentence or just at awkward points. He needs to figure out how to go to a commercial with a transition not a thud.

When he started and was initially popular with Bruce, he used to be tremendous at transitioning into an ad read and made them actually funny. Now... it's just spliced in at terrible spots or horribly "going through the motions" within the live podcast.

Yeah, it’s become an issue as he’s gotten busier.

Jericho does a decent job, about as well one can.