About Glen Weldon
Glen Weldon is a writer, cultural critic, and podcaster. He has written for publications such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Slate, The Atlantic, and McSweeney’s. Weldon currently writes for the NPR Arts Desk and is a panelist on the podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour.
In his work, Weldon often draws on his life experience as a gay man and a self-described “nerd”. In addition to shorter fiction work appearing in anthologies and publications, he is the author of two non-fiction pop culture histories about comic book superheroes and nerd culture. Superman: The Unauthorized Biography, published in 2013, chronicled the history of Superman and his role as an iconic American figure. 2016’s The Caped Crusade covered Batman’s relevance through decades of popular culture.
Weldon has earned an Arts Journalism Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Pew Fellowship in the Arts for Fiction, a Ragdale Writing Fellowship, and an Amtrak Writers’ Residency.
NPR’s Podcast Start-Up Guide: Create, Launch, and Grow a Podcast on Any Budget
From NPR comes the definitive guide to podcasting—featuring step-by-step advice on how to find a unique topic, tell the best stories, and engage the most listeners, as well as the secrets that will take your pod to the next level.
Whoever you are, whatever you love, there’s a podcast audience waiting for you, and in today’s booming audio storytelling landscape, it’s never been easier to share your voice with the world. But while the barrier to entry for podcast production is relatively low (just the cost of a mic and a laptop), the learning curve is steep—and quality matters. That’s where NPR comes in.
In NPR’s Podcast Start-Up Guide, Glen Weldon draws on NPR’s extensive educational materials and an army of talent—from recognizable hosts, such as Guy Raz (How I Built This), Gene Demby (Code Switch), Linda Holmes (Pop Culture Happy Hour), and Yowei Shaw (Invisibilia), to indispensable behind-the-scenes players, such as producers, engineers, and editors—to guide aspiring podcasters through the conception, creation, and launch of a podcast.
A part master class, part candid informational interview with the best in the business, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to make their dream of starting a podcast a reality.
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2 responses to “364 Glen Weldon: Create, Launch, and Grow a Podcast on Any Budget”
I’m so intrigued with the concept of podcasting because it seems like some people have such success while other’s fall short. My biggest question is: what do you think is the biggest precursor to success? Is it all about the guests you have, what you discuss, frequency of posting, or all the above? Thanks.
All of the above plus consistency and the personality of the host.