Changes In Talk Show Production

People with headphones and boom mics dominate the new internet talk show circuit. Lots of them are just your every-day garden variety people with a passion for some particular topic, but some have generated excellent followings in their particular vertical market.

From the web to tech, sports, religion and politics, there are people talking and trying to get noticed using the tools of sites like Ustream.TV and Justin.TV and others. Some, like Chris Pirillo (the locker gnome), have been doing this kind of thing for literally a decade or more. Chris, by the way, was the other half of one of the original Around the World shows done by David in the late 1990's out of the studios at Insinc, headed up by my friend Hugh Dobbie.

On the other hand, I've searched high and low for a show in any way similar to what David Ingram's Around the World has been in the past and will again be in the future - a general interest show with high-quality guests and in-depth interviews on subjects ranging from politics to politicians' hobbies (Bill VanDer Zalm and his flowers) and authors on all manner of topics, musicians and artists, and even other show hosts. Yes, there are web versions of the traditional TV offerings - but nothing that takes advantage of the interactivity of the web and yet provides solid and generally interesting interviews and opinions.

But we're going to change that. Over the next few weeks and months we're going to experiment with and get comfortable with the new technologies available from one or more of the live streaming video sites. We'll start with Ustream.TV this week and, depending on how things go, may move to something different at some point in the future. You'll always find us at www.david-ingram.com and here on www.digital-rag.com but the underlying service may change. Of course the archives and stories will be on our sites too.

Come on along and interact and support us - we're counting on you. Wednesday Evenings from 6PM to 9PM Pacific time.

richard (and David Ingram)