I’m rather pleased to announce that after weeks of planning, (which themselves followed months of “Is this a good idea? Can I make it work? Will people be interested?”) I’m ready to lift the curtain on a project that will be going live next month:
The premise for Ben Paddon’s Feeble Excuse is so simple it may actually leave you feeling insulted. Each week I will be interviewing someone who I admire or who has inspired me – an actor, a musician, a programmer, an artist, or perhaps someone you’ve never even heard of before – just because I want to. I’ll be chatting with them about what they do, and asking the sort of questions I haven’t heard answers to yet.
One of the aims is to have a weekly podcast about 30 to 45 minutes in length that is hopefully a lot of fun to listen to. But the key aim, as implied by the title, is just to get a chance to chat with people I want to chat with.
The show will be launching at the end of June and while I can’t reveal a full roster of interviewees for the first season just yet, I’m quite pleased to announce that the first episode will feature an interview with Jonathan Coulton. Why? Well, because I’ve wanted to talk to him for ages about, ooh, lots of things.
The podcast is very kindly being sponsored by SoulGeek.com, who have politely asked me not to talk about the bodies they keep under the basement in their corporate headqu– oh, DAMMIT!
Good luck with the new podcast, Ben! I totally identify with doing the show more than anything as an excuse just to get to talk to interesting people, and I love the brutal honesty about that fact that in the name of the show. In the time I’ve been doing my own interview-based podcast called Geek Cred, I’ve had a blast talking to some really cool and interesting people. If there’s anything I can do to help you with the show, feel free to drop me a line.
This is one of those “why didn’t I think of that?” projects!
Best of luck on the podcast. I am eagerly anticipating what you will come up with for it.
Also, I love the title.