Hi, Buckers here. Welcome to Just Make The Bloody Podcast (JMTBP!)

If “start a podcast” has been on your to-do list for ages whilst you tie yourself up in knots with chronic overthinking, we’re going to get along swimmingly.

This is a podcast about podcasting. It is also a podcast about visibility, confidence, and the joy of audio.

Come on in, and make yourself at home and let’s have a biscuit - we’ve got a podcast to make and we’re going to have a lovely time :)

In this episode:

This is the trailer, so it’s the actual podcast law (not a thing) that in this first ever installment of JMTBP you get the following:

• Who this podcast is for (it’s for me, but probably you too)
• What we’re here to do (figure out what makes a great podcast, and how to actually launch one)
• Why you’ll enjoy it (impossible for me to guarantee but this is the part where we’re supposed to say ‘this podcast will change your life, omg it’s gonna be the best podcast ever etc. I’ll probs skip this bit, I reckon you’ll know if it’s your vibe).

We’ll be chatting to podcasters at all stages of their podcasting journey, and as an established producer but first time podcast host, I’ll be learning in the open, alongside you, unpacking what actually makes a great podcast. Join me as we explore everything from the practical stuff like equipment and recording set ups, to the stuff you don’t know you need to know (you know?) We’ll be digging into the bigger picture stuff like mindset and those all important ‘podcast objectives’ (and how we measure them) as well as the nitty gritty production details - prepare to get geeky with me because I could talk about this stuff ALL DAY.

About Buckers

I’m Buckers (aka Annabelle Buckland). ADHD-fuelled, 30-something and obsessed with <insert latest special interest here>

I’m an *award winning* (someone pass my trumpet so that I may toot it) podcast producer and founder of Decibelle Creative. I started my audio production career in radio but my passion started long before that, when little Buckers discovered story tapes (the Roald Dahl ones were my fave).

I’ve been making podcasts for other people since 2020, and I’ve been avoiding/over-thinking/freaking out about making my own podcast… since 2020. So in a nutshell, Just Make The Bloody Podcast is me quite literally slapping myself in the face with a wet fish of motivation, publicly.

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Do you have a burning question about podcasting? What’s your biggest barrier right now? No question is too silly, nothing is too obvious, and there are no mean kids here to scoff at you for not knowing the basics.

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>> Buckers: Hello. You have found. Just make the bloody

podcast. Congratulations. This is my little

trailer, which is supposed to entice you in. So

you're kind of on the front doorstep of my podcast

right now, and I have to kind of convince you to

come through the front door and take your shoes

off and hang your coat up and let me give you a

biscuit. And so I'm going to spend the next few

minutes attempting to tell you who this podcast is

for. Um, hopefully you and, uh, what you'll get

from it if you were to become a fully fledged,

official listener and to try and help you to get

to know me as best I can in a few minutes. So I'm

Buckers. I don't know if I've already said that,

but that's who I am. My name is Annabelle

Buckland. I used to work in radio. I was nicknamed

Producer Buckers, and it stuck. So that's who I

am. And who is this podcast for? To be perfectly

honest, this podcast is for me first and foremost

because I am literally my own target audience. Um,

because this podcast is for anyone who needs to

just make the bloody podcast. The reason I am, um,

my own target audience is because as a podcast

producer and a founder of my own podcast

production business, we're called Decibelle

Creative, in case you want to look us up. I

started making podcasts for a living back in 2020,

when everyone, every man and his dog, was

launching a podcast. And I've been doing that

consistently for the last six years. And over

those last six years, anytime somebody asks me,

what do you do for work? And I tell them, I'm a

podcast producer, they always follow it up with,

oh, so what's your podcast about? And then I have

to explain, no, I don't make my own. I make them

for other people. And then there's that really

annoying but totally valid and logical question.

Oh, so you're a podcast producer, but you don't

have your own podcast? And then I just have to

make some awkward attempt at, uh, justifying it

because. Because I'm just so busy. I'm just. I'm

just so busy making podcasts for other people

because I'm in such high demand. I'm so popular.

Don't ask me any more questions. And then I have

to change the subject. And I've done all of the

lists of ideas and all of the brainstorms and all

the spider diagrams and all the vision boards.

I've made lots of versions of podcast cover art

because I tell myself the lie that, uh, If I have

something visual in place that will feel like it's

actually a real thing and then I'll actually be

able to make it it. And it's a massive lie. I've

made a launch plan which is essentially just

another spreadsheet and I've still done nothing.

So we will dig around a little bit deeper into all

of the reasons why I have procrastinated so much.

Podcastinated, if you will, in another episode.

But for now I'm just going to try and keep this

brief and tell you what I finally decided my

podcast would will be. It will be a gigantic

experiment. It's going to be a learning in the

open with curiosity and a rejection of

perfectionism kind of experiment where I

essentially just have to get over myself and get

on with it because I know there is no reason to be

holding back anymore. So this is essentially me

saying a gigantic, for goodness sake, just get on

with it. To myself and sort of to you as well, but

very much including myself in the camp of should

have done this ages ago, but haven't because.

Because scared. Um, there will be a bit more of an

in depth trailer which might be better described

as a pilot because it's a bit longer and I've

wrangled my friend slash colleague Katie into co

hosting with me, uh, just to a desperate attempt

to keep myself on track and, um, to actually do it

and get it done. So if you want to have a listen

to that, if you're not fully sold, you're still on

the doorstep, go and cheque that out. Um, but

essentially if you know that you want to start a

podcast but you just haven't managed to get it off

the ground for whatever reason, whatever very

valid reason that nobody here, not least me, is

going to judge you for, or you're just kind of

scratching around with a few ideas, you're a bit

pod curious, hoping to make that term a thing.

Along with podcastination, which I will be

claiming full credit for, then this podcast is for

you. And I want it to be a place that you can come

and hang out and feel creative and inspired and

welcome and like you are among friends and, uh,

not a judgy person on social media saying, why

haven't you done it yet? Because nobody does

something well when they feel pressured into it.

So that this podcast, I'm hoping will essentially

be kind of your accountability partner to, uh, not

hold, well, yeah, hold your hand and kind of drag

you along a bit and get you from the idea of maybe

doing it to actually doing it. And the Way that

we're going to do that is by learning from those

who are already, already doing it, already have

launched a podcast and maybe they've been doing it

for years or maybe they've only just recently

launched, but we're going to be chatt to people

and um, finding out what is it that makes a great

podcast. I want to analyse everything from all of

the bigger picture stuff like what your podcast

objectives are and how you measure them down to

the more kind of detail oriented stuff, the kind

of nitty gritty production choices. And I want to

talk about confidence and mindset and mindset

around visibility as well as the kind of more

practical stuff like what do you record with, what

microphone do you get, how do you record, how do

you make your interviews better? And who better to

learn from than those who are already doing it. I

have six years of experience of working with

podcasters and I've got a, uh, pretty decent idea

of what some of my favourite podcasts all have in

common. So I want this to be a place that I can

share that with you, but also I want to learn from

others as well and I want to hear from you as well

about what you would, would like to hear about on

this podcast, what the podcasts that you love to

listen to have in common. I just want this to be

a, a place that we can share a load of ideas and,

and learn together. So it's, this is definitely

not going to be a kind of linear, step by step,

this is how you make a podcast podcast. Those

already exist and lots of people are doing them

really well. And obviously we all know chatgpt

exists. There's loads of information out there

already. What I want this to be is, is this is

more going to be a place to talk about the things

that you don't necessarily know that you don't

know. So the things that you're not already

googling or typing into. ChatGPT. How do I do

this? I want this to be a place to talk about the

more nuanced side of things and um, not just the

kind of nuts and bolts, but building confidence

and learning to accept ourselves as the hosts that

we are in this moment and not feeling the pressure

to become a certain level of goodness at hosting a

podcast before we launch it. So if that sounds

interesting to you, if this sounds like the kind

of place that you want to be and uh, you tend to

treat things in your life as a bit of an

experiment as well, come and join me as we put

podcasting through that same lens of not needing

it to be perfect straight away. And that being

good enough, um, because I promise you, it is. So

do hit subscribe if this sounds like your kind of

thing, or if you're not quite sold yet, go on to

whatever the next episode after this is going to

be. And hopefully that will seal the deal. But

either way, for goodness sake, shall we just make

the bloody podcast? Thank you for listening to me.

My name is Buckers, and I look forward to being in

your ears again sometime soon. All right, bye

then.