Taking Down a Podcast: The Friendship Test!
Imagine you’ve gone through all the hassle of getting your podcast guests to sign those release forms. You’re feeling pretty smug about it, right? Fast forward a few months or even years, and suddenly your guest, who apparently has turned into a drama queen, is begging you to take the interview down. What do you do? It’s a wild ride as we dive deep into this conundrum that every podcaster dreads. Sure, you’ve got the legal high ground, but is it worth throwing your relationship with that guest under the bus?
Takeaways:
- Even if guests signed a release form, they might still ask you to take down the interview later.
- Taking down an interview might save a relationship, and relationships matter in podcasting.
- Sometimes people change their minds, and it's easier to take the interview down than deal with drama.
- Being a jerk about a signed release could ruin future networking opportunities for you.
- The biggest benefit of interviews is the relationships, not just audience growth.
- It's often better to maintain good vibes than to get into a legal tug-of-war over content.
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00:00 - Untitled
00:00 - Navigating Guest Release Issues
01:16 - The Value of Relationships in Podcasting
02:09 - Meeting Jay Acunzo: A Turning Point
02:57 - The Ethics of Journalism and Relationships
04:15 - Navigating Digital Relationships
04:40 - Introducing Your Podcast Consultant
Dave Jackson
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You went through all the steps to have your guests sign a release form, and now, months, maybe years later, they want you to take the interview down. What do you do?
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Dave Jackson, coming to you with Morning Voice. I saw this question on Reddit and someone had had a guest sign a release form. They think everything is fine.
And then somehow something was going on with the guest and there was a legal dispute and they said, hey, can you please take that interview down now? You have every right to say no, you signed a release.
But remember, the biggest benefit of interviews is not that they're going to show their audience your show and you're going to grow your audience that way. That's nice if it happens. But the biggest benefit is the relationship you have with that person. I'll give you a classic example.
I was in Cleveland this weekend. I live in Akron, Ohio, but I was at an event in Cleveland, and I have had Katie Brinkley on my show. She is a social media guru. She's great.
I consider her a friend. And she was speaking there. I was just attending. And so she went to a speakers only meeting.
And there's a guy there named Jay Acunzo who I really like. He's really into storytelling. Great guy. He also helps people that are speakers just basically polish their presentations. Really good guy.
But I've been a fan of his for years, but I've never had a chance to know him.
And so Katie at this speaker's meeting was talking to Jay and basically said, oh, if you're doing anything in podcasting, I'll have to introduce you to Dave Jackson. That's the true benefit of an interview. And so later, after Jay's presentation, I just happened to see him and I said, hey, Jay, great presentation.
And he stopped and said, thanks so much. And we had a little bit of a talk there. I explained how I bought a PDF of his a while ago and we talked about storytelling.
And Katie walked by and said, oh, this is happening. I wanted you two to meet. And so we brought Katie into the conversation for a second. But that's the biggest benefit. Now think about this.
If Katie had asked me, hey, Dave, will you take down my interview? I've got this thing going on. It would just help me if you could take that down. And I said, katie, you signed a release you lose, you get nothing.
Right? Is she gonna tell Jay, oh, you gotta meet Dave Jackson? No, she's gonna go, that guy's a jerk.
And so for me, I get the whole like, yeah, but I'm a journalist and I have the right to not pull it down. Yeah, you do. And you also have a chance to save a relationship. So for me, I would pull it down. It's super easy.
Hey, Dave, I'm in the middle of this thing. Could you please pull it down? Or maybe just something has happened in the past where they said it, they don't believe this anymore.
Especially with jobs. They're like, hey, I'm applying to get this job. In the event they search for me, they might find this thing. Or we talked about such and such.
Can you please pull it down? My default answer, my knee jerk reaction is, sure, why? Because I have hundreds and thousands of episodes.
It's not like, wait, you're the only interview I've ever done. No, just take it down. Save the relationship and take it down.
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