Photo: Erk's Toyota Paseo photographed outside a graffitied wall at a local shop. Ironically, the car spends a lot of time parked in this exact spot as the car was purchased from Erk by the owners of the shop!
I have just recorded episode 50 of Erk Pod. When I started this podcast on 22 May, I had no idea what I was doing, what I was getting myself into or frankly, how much fun I would have. But I am having fun and I am enjoying it!
Anyhoo, here are some interesting facts and figures about Erk Pod, episodes 1 - 50.
Episodes 1 - 18 were recorded on a Digital Voice Recorder. Then I got my laptop which runs Vista and is not supported by my DVR. Then I started to record podcasts directly onto my laptop using a headset and mic which I used for episodes 19 to 40 as well as episode 50. Episodes 41 to 49 (and any future episodes) are recorded using a Podcaststudio by Behringer.
The following are some of my favourite episodes so if you haven't been listening to Erk Pod for long, start with these episodes!
* Erk Pod 2 - Erk's Stand Up comedy debut (also features in episode 50)
* Erk Pod 11 - Erk goes off about intruders in Big Brother
* Erk Pod 18 - An interesting week. It was the week I got the laptop and it would be the last episode recorded on the DVR.
* Erk Pod 19 - The first appearance of "Ipodding Across the Universe", my personal look at podcasts, podcasting, iPods etc
* Erk Pod 23 - first real appearance of sounds and the forerunner to current Erk Pod episodes
* Erk Pod 24 - remixing an older episode to play with noises
* Erk Pod 28 - road trip to Canberra. My question to "Oh Brother" host Tim Brunero is asked to a Housemate (clip used with permission)
* Erk Pod 31 - Big Brother 2007 Finale
* Erk Pod 35 - Erk sounding different in Canberra
* Erk Pod 37 - road trip to Forster
* Erk Pod 38 - "The All New Erk Pod. Best. Erk Pod. Ever?" - introducing new segments including music
* Erk Pod 39 - Erk talks about Sexual Harassment
* Erk Pod 42 - Erk tells the story of the huge remote. First episode with the Podcastudio.
* Erk Pod 47 - Erk gets mentioned on the "Wasting Time" podcast (clip used with permission)
* Erk Pod 49 - Erk podcasting at Squeak HQ. A really funny afternoon with a lot of stuff happening.
Now for some stats. As of producing episode 50, the most downloaded episode is Erk Pod 30 which is an "Erk to the Diary Room" episode near the end of Big Brother.
Some figures of interest according to my podcast host Mypodcast.com
* May - 11
* June - 111
* July - 104
* August - 75
* September - 90
* October - 185
* November - 21 (as of early on 5th November).
High download days:
June 30 - 19
August 15 - 31
September 18 - 19
October 13 - 27
October 15 - 36
October 29 - 19
Some highlights are played in episode 50 (see separate article).
Thank you to everyone who has supported and assisted me in any way during the production of these Erk Pod episodes. There are too many people to list but you know who you are and I'd like to thank you for listening!
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