Interview-wise I’ve got plenty of interesting folks with great stories to share.

I’ve just lined up an interview with Rod, an old colleague who’s a writer and who will undoubtably have some great stuff.

I’ve just recorded an interview with Doug, a neighbor who tells of his capture and 5-years as a prisoner-of-war.

Pat pretty much inspired this whole project. Her very interesting stories and gifted delivery combines tragedy with humour–keeping me on the edge of my seat. All this from a “regular person”. I’m still working on getting her story recorded.

I’ve got more material from Maurice and my wife’s Granny, Joan ready to edit and publish as well!

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Maurice–from Cranfield, Bedfordshire–tells some great stories. 
I think his voice is easy on the ears as well.

I found his stories compelling, rewarding and often funny!

behind the scenes stuff here

The music on the show are songs that grabbed me the first time I heard them. We’ve got some “PodRock” as well as mellower music from an a fellow PodCaster. Oh yeah, the comedy clip made me laugh out loud!

An Early Memory  remembering an operation he had as a child (under local anesthesia!) warning for the squeemish Teenage Fun A light story set in Berlin, featuring a Yank, a slightly damaged Dodge & razor blades.

Intro & Welcome to the inaugural show!

00:00 clip of FirstPerson interviews

Pod-Safe Song

01:46 BrotherLove rocks with Summertime

Maurice on Childhood

04:52 Childhood Rib Operation

RinkyDink Clip

10:08 Andy Griffith Comedy “ Romeo & Juliet–Southern Style ”

PodSafeSong

13:18 Surender (performed, lyrics & melody by Chemda)

Maurice on Army & WW-II

17:38 Razorblades & Dodge 4×4

Conclusion and Exit Saluations

23:53 Out-Takes (transitions) starring my children

Reading about “listening skills” you are told that giving the person “feedback” like nodding your head or saying, “uh-huh” or parroting back some of their comments are ways of encouraging someone and letting them know you’re listening/interested. But Maurice is a natural-born story-teller and he gets going easily and doesn’t need any encouragement. I actually edited out a lot of me doing this feedback stuff as it just interrupted his flow. Maybe I talked more than needed because I was a little nervous–what with it being my first interview.

I definitely was self-conscious recording my Intro/Outro bits. I think I should talk a little bit longer next time. Maybe I’ll be a bit more relaxed and confident as time goes by.

The first ever show was recorded on my digital camera (using the the dictaphone feature), which is my excuse for all the background noises. I read something about microphones a while back and I think the type in my camera is “multidirectional” whereas I really need a unidirectional one. Sorry about all the traffic noises, but now I’m using a ‘lil Skype kinda microphone attached to my laptop. When an interviewee shows his or her photos, I take a photo of their photo with my DigiCam–to display on this site.

All the editing was done with Audacity, which was really easy to learn. I spent so much time playing with the “sweepers” transitions like the “whoosh” and Sponge Bob clips. Thanks to Joe for the help and encouragement (and for saying “First-Person” in his British accent).