During Jim Delzer's hpv trip across the US, I listened to his daily reports from the road - kind of a mini-reality real-time show. It was almost like being there, rooting for Jim every step/kick/pedal of the way.
So, how was it done? Especially on a limited, almost non-existent budget? I asked Alan Stewart (aka Mr. Kickpod) how they put it all together:
First Alan, who happens to live in Australia - literally on the opposite side of the world from Jim, setup a number in the US for Jim to call into while he was on the road. If he had access to a telephone or cell phone he could check in. No PC, modem, or other fancy technology required. Jim's calls into the US telephone network were then routed to Skype (if you don't already know what Skype is all about, then you will definitely want to check it out.)
Via Skype Jim's call was routed to Alan in Australia - almost completely free of charge since Skype leverages the internet. If Alan was available he would pick up and interview Jim. Otherwise his Skype answering machine (in software - not a physical answering machine) would take the call and record Jim's daily report.
Alan would then take the call recording and package it as a podcast, and send it out into the podcast universe via the internet and post it on his Kickbiking podcast website. Real magic, and really cool to boot.
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