That Which is Known: I have a podcast

For the last month or so I’ve been producing That Which is Known, a weekly podcast.

As many of my readers know, I do a lot of research for my books. It’s not a burden. I’ve always loved doing research. I was one of those kids who would browse the encyclopedia idly, who would read ahead in all his textbooks. I’m not sure exactly where I came by that love of learning, but I’ve had it for as long as I can remember.

So, naturally, my writing process involves doing a lot of research, both before I write and while I’m drifting down a given tangent.

Pedagogue? Demagogue? Some kind of gogue.

I also have a tendency to get really excited about whatever it is that I’ve been learning, to the point where I’ll spout off about it to anyone in shouting distance. Largely, in the past, this has been those “fortunate” enough to cohabit with me. I’ve also shared a few things here on the blog.

So, given the fact that I’m already doing the work and taking my natural tendency to prattle on endlessly into account, a podcast where I talk about the research I’ve been doing seems inevitable.

Why a podcast? Why not?

For awhile I toyed with the idea of making youtube videos as an alternative to text-blogging, but then I realized that while I have a decent microphone, my laptop camera isn’t that great. Plus, I’m not an actor.

Hence: That Which is Known

That Which is Known (or, if you prefer snappy abbreviations, TWIK) is just me yammering into a microphone about one of my research topics every week. After some playing about to find an ideal format, I’m going to aim for short five-minute episodes, bite-sized audio listeners can slip into whatever appropriate-sized cracks fill their days.

My goals:

Talk about things my readers are interested in to improve engagement with my beloved fans
Reach new potential readers in the hopes that they’ll be curious enough to check out my books
Get comfortable with audio production, podcasting, and speaking in preparation for FUTURE PROJECTS that I’m not currently at liberty to discuss.
Make a few bucks through donations, affiliate links, or sponsorships. Maybe.

How you can listen to TWIK

The easiest way to keep up with TWIK is to subscribe to its RSS feed or subscribe to it on iTunes. If you do listen through iTunes (and even if you don’t), it would help me a lot if you’d give it a rating – the more ratings TWIK gets, the more people will see it.

I’ll also be announcing recent topics on my mailing list, so if you’re signed up and see a topic that interests you, there will be a link for you to check that out with.

I hope you check it out. I hope you enjoy it. If you have suggestions for topics from my writing you’d like to hear me talk about, I encourage you to use the contact form on my website to let me know.

Questions? You are invited to either leave a comment below, or ask directly through the comment form.

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