how many of the past shows have you listen to?

***Rob*** · 04-22-2006, 12:02 AM

ok, i am reaching episode 50, and realize that some/many people new listeners may not have gone back to listen to all the past shows.

if its common for people not to listen to past shows i might look at re-talking about some topics (not totally the same but somewhat)
but if most people listen to all the shows i would not do this..

so, how many past shows have you listen to

**pham411** · 04-22-2006, 12:20 AM

im pretty sure ive heard them all...

**ZeroKoolNYC** · 04-22-2006, 12:30 AM

I've listened to some episodes more then 3 times.

V · 04-22-2006, 01:05 AM

im a pay master so i sit in front of the computer all day, which gives me the chance to plug the pod into my computer and listen to past and present show regulary
do u mean go back and touch up what u have done, or take past topics and expand into them abit further?

**WRECK DIVER 61** · 04-22-2006, 07:41 AM

I download and listen to them all, The more I know the easier this hobby becomes. If you wanted to touch back on previous shows that would be great.

***Rob*** · 04-22-2006, 01:29 PM

yes, i was thinking that if many people hadn't really listen to the early episodes, i would actually recycle them kind of.. re-talk about the topics. i have more experience with recording and doing the show now and im sure i could make them better, but if everyone has heard them i wouldn't want to bore people...

**wildeone** · 04-22-2006, 01:44 PM

Go for it Rob, thats would be great!

**Raggamuffin** · 04-22-2006, 03:45 PM

I'm still new and trying to catch up but the idea of making some conglomeration type shows wouldn't be a bad one. As in taking a few shows that deal with general topic and renailing the main points of that family of topics.

**Reefbaby** · 04-22-2006, 04:26 PM

I've listenend to them all! (of course!) The great thing is that you can go back and listen to topics that you're maybe not so familiar with in order to solidify the knowledge.

What might be a good idea is to take some of those topics and expand a bit more on them, go into more detail, answer some specific questions that have come up. This might be more time-beneficial that just re-stating what you've already talked about.

***Rob*** · 04-22-2006, 04:32 PM

yea, thats more what i was thinking.. but wasn't sure if people would think i was just "repeating the same thing" or not...

one thing i know, is i want to try and find a way to get the podcast more interactive with the community, my first step towards that is the roundtable shows...

**christensonjes** · 04-22-2006, 05:52 PM

I wouldnt want to hear the basics of those topics again. waiting for the new one is too much to bear already. then when it comes out it would suck to find out it is filtration basics again, or something like that. But to go deeper into a topic would be cool.

I really like the interviews and specialized topics. Like the Goniopora, Zooxanthelle, Seahorses. Topics like that!

**AquaEd** · 04-22-2006, 09:37 PM

Whatever happened to the Co Host Thing with that guy from the UK. I thought that was kind of cool.

Ed.

***Rob*** · 04-23-2006, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by AquaEd

Whatever happened to the Co Host Thing with that guy from the UK. I thought that was kind of cool.

Ed.

he is no longer able to perform that role..

V · 04-23-2006, 12:43 AM

daves tired up with having a new family, i cant remember rob, did he have a boy or girl

**Reefbaby** · 04-23-2006, 04:38 AM

Veriann - it was actually Matt that was co-hosting and yes, he had a new baby! :-)

V · 04-23-2006, 04:43 AM

opps, *<insert correct name here>* my bad!

**stevefranks** · 04-23-2006, 03:20 PM

I voted wrong. I didnt understand the poll, I have listened to all episodes, but have not listened to them more than once.

**ZeroKoolNYC** · 04-23-2006, 06:05 PM

I don't think rehashing previous topics would be a bore if you get into again. It's never bad to have information repeated to you so that you can understand what is being said.

**rmulet** · 04-23-2006, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by Rob

yes, i was thinking that if many people hadn't really listen to the early episodes, i would actually recycle them kind of.. re-talk about the topics. i have more experience with recording and doing the show now and im sure i could make them better, but if everyone has heard them i wouldn't want to bore people...

Hey Rob,
It would be great to recycle topics only to talk about things that you might of had missed or wanted to get into more detail about. Sort of an addendum to the topic. Refer people back to the episode so you don't have to repeat stuff. That would also make it so people would download the older pod-casts.

I look at the shows as an encyclopedia of sorts for info. I always listen to the older ones when I am dealing with something that I am currently going through. Example, the green hair algae problem and the Marine SAT. I had to go through some shows to find out the name of that product.
Ralph

**CarmieJo** · 04-23-2006, 09:48 PM

I like Ralph's idea about referring people to the original podcast and then going more in depth into the topic.

**JustDavidP** · 04-24-2006, 03:02 PM

All of them...multiple times...'cept my own show. I listened to just as a preview before it was sent live.... haven't had the guts to listen again

D

**christensonjes** · 04-24-2006, 03:24 PM

I also use it as an encyclopedia. Its nice to be able to hear someone talk about the subject instead of reading it.

**kj_yoda** · 04-25-2006, 11:00 AM

I have listened to each and every episode. I have listened to a few of them several times and take them with me everywhere.

**dreams** · 04-25-2006, 10:07 PM

i listened to substrates #2 first.....then, went back and started with #1....i am at #12 and wondering where #10 is

***Rob*** · 04-25-2006, 10:25 PM

10 is not on the site, a mistake when i was upgrading website, but if you subscribe to the podcast feed using something like iTunes you will get all of them, including a few of the bonus episodes

(to subscriber, install itunes if not all ready installed, then on the right side of the homepage of the site there is a link titles itunes,... just click that)