Ciaran, tell us a little about Odours Of The Odeon?

We review films we love, sometimes films we hate, often films we love to hate. It’s basically a popcorn caliphate, where a Fatwa’s been declared on good taste. People say It’s the must-listen podcast for Generation-Z, we’ve just never met those people.

If you could go back to just before you recorded the first episode of your podcast and give yourself one piece of advice, what would it be?

Aside from a full vocal-chord transplant to negate the fact we sound like we’re officiating some sort of suburban litigation issue between rival squash clubs, advise would be to get a better balance between planning stuff to saying things ‘off the cuff’. Have a plan, even if it’s rough, even if you feel rough.

Also don’t underestimate the quality of good mics and good recording equipment – no one wants to hear two blokes talking about Michael Crawford’s ‘CondorMan’ like they’re talking from the other side of a catholic church confessional booth.

What makes a great podcast guest?

Available at short notice, largely. Also someone who’s willing to answer literally anything and has a base-line understanding of the 1990’s British panto circuit, but mostly just availability.

What makes a great podcast host?

Vim, vigour, vernacular, an encyclopaedic knowledge of the OJ case, and good hair. Also being highly informed on subject matter is a must, as is the ability to ask open questions and guide a conversation. There’s definitely an art in getting to a pre-defined end-point in a conversation, but guiding people there without it feeling forced. I like to think of us a rubber fist in a velvet glove, and we’re giving you a deep tissue massage, without you even noticing it.

What’s been your worst podcast moment?

Well we certainly cant go there can we Arron!!

What is it about podcasts that appeals to you?

Life is ultimately mundane, so it’s nice to have someone else’s voice in your head at particular times to drown out the repetitive insecurities of my your psyche. That, plus Spotify playlists can sometimes get a bit monotonous.

What annoys you about podcasts/other podcasters?

When they’re better than ours. That genuinely f**ks me off.

I often get into a podcast and love it, but then find it gets samey/similar really quickly. Inevitably it’s difficult not to do that, but I am conscious that people who listen regular will find it gets laborious. For example  we’ve both noticed there are certain words and phrases we each use too much. Aaron has a knack of consistently saying ‘exactly right’. He often says it in response to things I’ve said that have later been proved to be factually incorrect, so whilst that’s good for my ego, it’s not going to cut it with any eagle-eared listeners providing feedback to Anne Robinsons ‘Points Of View’. Luckily for us large swathes of the general public aren’t really fussed about facts these days, so we’ll probably keep getting away with it.

Also, in hindsight, we talk about Nicholas Lyndhurst’s Goodnight Sweetheart quite consistently, and I can imagine for our 3 listeners that could get quite monotonous.

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If you could go back to just before you recorded the first episode of your podcast and give yourself one piece of advice, what would it be?

Don’t record it in your flat next to a main road which doubles as a thoroughfare for ambulances to Bristol Royal Infirmary… unless you like editing sirens out of the audio. Although, we do still record in the flat so I guess I would’ve ignored myself.

What makes a great podcast guest?

Somebody with a good sense of self, good imagination and who doesn’t take themselves too seriously.

What makes a great podcast host?

I feel this is a bit of a trap for my ego, haha, but being able to make your guests comfortable enough that they forget there is a mic in the room so they are free to be themselves.

What’s been your worst podcast moment?

In episode 3, our guest (black & grey tattoo artist Matthew James) tried to break the game element of our pod on purpose to annoy me (it’s all good, we’re friends) and pretty much succeeded. But if anything it made us rethink the format a bit and made the pod stronger going forward.

What is it about podcasts that appeals to you?

As a listener, being exposed to so many new ideas and perspectives that highlight venn diagrams of your interests you didn’t even know existed. As a host, it sounds corny but trying to make people laugh to get through a boring commute or a long day at work.

What is your podcast / podcaster pet peeve?

Just the sheer volume of them makes it hard to find the diamond needle in the rough haystack. So we thought we’d add to that problem by making another one.

Is there anything you found annoying as a podcast listener… but then understood when you started making your own?

When a pod is struggling to remember or answer to something you know but you can only scream it inside your head as they fumble for an answer! Since doing ours, I now receive multiple corrections and explanations from friends each week about everything from tsunami formations to now defunct vending machine sweets.

Which one podcast episode of your own means the most to you?

A boring answer but it has to be the first one as it went so well that it was proof our concept worked and had legs. It also reached more people than I was anticipating for an episode 1 and we were getting really nice messages from friends we haven’t been in touch with for years which was an unexpected but awesome outcome.

Which one podcast episode not of your own means the most to you?

Mystery Show episode 3 – ‘Belt Buckle’. 51 minutes and 33 seconds of perfect writing, presenting, storytelling and production. This is my go-to recommendation whenever someone asks me about getting into podcasts.

LINKS:

iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/utopia-world-problems/id1451295504

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1q0sa9AsMcnuSuuP1IYWev

Acast https://play.acast.com/s/utopiaworldproblems

Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/utopia-world-problems

Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/user-493979229

Web browser player http://www.buzzsprout.com/252280

… or just search ‘UTOPIA WORLD PROBLEMS’ on your favourite podcast platform!

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