{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F6bc6739c-afa9-41b8-943a-ecadd7aaf36e","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"054 Helen Zaltzman | Telling Stories, One Word At A Time\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/6bc6739c-afa9-41b8-943a-ecadd7aaf36e\"></iframe>","title":"054 Helen Zaltzman | Telling Stories, One Word At A Time","description":"Helen Zaltzman has been podcasting for 9 years\nand\u00a0surprisingly enough,\u00a0says she still feels like a\nnovice. She co-hosted her first podcast with Olly Mann called\nAnswer Me This! and followed it up with the very popular,\u00a0The\nAllusionist. That second podcast is a\u00a0language and etymology\nshow that is part of Roman Mars\u2019s Radiotopia network. Helen talks\nabout\u00a0her love for Boggle, how she got started in comedy, and\nmuch more. Listen\u00a0for the guest appearance by Martin.\nShow Highlights\n\n05:30 \u2013 Helen and I talk about the\ninternet marketing world.\n10:05 \u2013 Helen talks Boggle\n14:25 \u2013 Despite podcasting for 9\nyears, Helen still feels like a novice.\n19:50 \u2013 When did Helen realize\nthat the Answer Me This! podcast was no longer a hobby?\n22:55 \u2013 Do the more experienced\nBBC broadcasters look down on new podcasters?\n27:10 \u2013 I\u2019m dying to start a\nride-sharing podcast.\n30:00 \u2013 We get a guest\n\u201cappearance\u201d from Helen\u2019s husband, Martin.\n30:40 \u2013 The Allusionist started in\nJanuary 2015.\n32:10 \u2013 Helen talks about Roman\nMars.\n35:30 \u2013 Where did the idea of The\nAllusionist come from?\n40:25 \u2013 Helen believes people put\ntoo much energy in their first podcast.\n43:15 \u2013 Helen doesn\u2019t want to\nlisten to other language shows, because she doesn\u2019t want to\naccidentally plagiarize other\u2019s work.\n50:40 \u2013 Helen likes editing her\nown show.\n52:10 \u2013 How do you start writing\ncomedy?\n53:20 \u2013 Helen talks on how she got\ninto comedy.\n59:50 \u2013 Helen tried to teach Latin\nto a 13-year-old.\n01:06:25 \u2013 What happened to\nSpoken.am?\n01:11:00 \u2013 What would Helen do if\nshe wasn\u2019t podcasting?\n01:13:55 \u2013 What are the biggest\nchallenges for growing The Allusionist?\n01:17:10 \u2013 Who inspires\nHelen?\n01:20:10 \u2013 You can follow Helen on\nTwitter.\n\n\u00a0\nFULL SHOW NOTES:\u00a0http://www.podcastjunkies.com/54","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e8662335-d06a-433c-8f1e-aefb42428f53/full1544682928artwork.jpg"}