Hello,

I was not sure where to out this review.
I have already out it up as reply in the forum.:
http://www.herecomespod.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17&PN=1

the reviews is also noted here

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Hello folks,

Here is my review of this podcast.
First I shall put my vote: Good!

Now my review.
1. Hook:
I consider the first 1-2 mins very important to hook someone into the
podcast, especially with niche subject podcasts. The intro to this
podcast was beautiful. A nice and soothing music background followed
by a well modulated voice which clearly explained the history of this
podcast and details of the episode - all within 1 minute. That was
superbly done.

2. Interviews:
Since this podcast consisted mainly of interviews I wanted to speak
about it specifically. My main criteria when listening to an interview
is that the questions and answers should both be clear, audible and
there should be a volume control such that the variance of volume
between the interviewer and the interviewee is not drastic. In this
age of Skype calls I have heard many podcasts that have problems
regarding this. I am happy to say that this podcast does not suffer
from this problem. All the interviews were very professional sounding
and were a treat to the ears. I did have some problem around the 4.30
mark when I felt that the interviewers voice volume was varying in a
funny manner. However it was only a minor glitch, one that was not
repeated.

3. Information:
All the information was very well delivered. The intent was clearly
explained and most discussions were quite focussed. This is not a very
important criteria for me (as I do like people going in all
tangents:)) but for a niche podcast this is a very good attribute.

4. Production:
The podcast had very good production values. Very easy on the ears!

5. Length:
This was the only issue I had with the podcast that prevented me from
giving an excellent rating. The show would be better with a cap of
around 25-30 minutes instead of 40 minutes. The reason is twofold:
a. The subject matter is quite niche. While people who want to hear it
might differ I found that it was difficult to keep my concentration
after around 25 mins. This is specially important considering that it
was not simple talk. There were details of some recipes being given
which I would like to hear with some concentration.
b. As I pointed out above the podcast is quit easy on the ear. However
it is conversational. The end result is that if you lose your
concentration it goes to the back of your mind remaining a mere
background.

Well that is my review.
I, for one, am subscribing to this feed.

regards,
Brij.

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-Brij:)
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:52:38 -0000, Julian Doncaster (Yahoo1)
<julianduk@...> wrote:
> I have put up a trial facility to allow the list to rate podcasts on a 1-5
> scale, and I'd be grateful for some tests and feedback.
> Now you can write a comment while listening to the podcast on the web page.