Do you choose who you work with on the podcast?

Do you choose who you work with on the podcast?

Danny Kelly (Podcaster) gives expert video advice on: Do you record it in a studio?; What does a producer do?; Is swearing allowed on a podcast? and more...

It would be a marvelous world if we could choose everyone we work with, but that's part of joy. In my case, some of the journalists who come to the podcast were imposed upon me because they work for the Times, and therefore they were cheap, or free, and include some of the staff that were already working for the Times. Unless you actually have a personality or a culture clash with somebody, this is a great thing. It's new blood - people I haven't known before, new relationships are struck up, new knowledge is got - the same old noises but shown a different light. The trick is to make sure either the personalities you're working with, particularly the voices that people hear, are endlessly renewing themselves; there's always something new to say. Or, if that's not the case, rotate the voices. I didn't particularly choose the people I work with, but I would choose them now.