Katarina Hagstedt gives a tip about how to sound more present and engaging on the mic

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Hi there.

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My name is Katerina Hogstad

and I'm a narrative producer

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and also a podcast coach.

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And today I'm going to give

you a tip on how to sound more

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present and engaging on the mic.

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I run my own podcasting company

called Tinka Media and there I

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produce narrative podcast projects,

um, usually with a focus around

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personal story and also with a focus

on creating that intentional emotional

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connection, um, through the podcast.

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I also teach and coach podcasters,

on how to show up on the mic and

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how to build concepts that are

emotionally resonance for listeners.

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I do that through a program I

call Producers Room, uh, where

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I actually go in and I role play

the producer on their shows.

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I got into podcasting eight

years ago, I was on sick leave

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from my then corporate career.

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Um, I was burning out due to mental

health issues while I was supporting

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my partner at the time as he was

going through pancreatic cancer.

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And that space of being off work

and the busy world, allow me to

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just think of other things to do.

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And this was the time when

podcasting were getting really big.

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There were huge podcasts coming out

of the U S like Serial, for example.

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I was greatly impressed by that podcast.

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And I just started flickering around

and see if I could do something similar.

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I noticed that I had this desire to

share new types of stories around

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how it is to live around cancer

and supporting someone with cancer.

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So, a few months later, I managed

together with my partner to

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fundraise a media project that

took us once around the world.

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And we interviewed, or I

interviewed, uh, cancer survivors

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in 11 different countries.

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And that was an absolutely amazing

Adventure and also beautiful testament

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to the power of podcasting, how it really

could be this powerful force that unites

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and connects the world that especially

on the internet can feel a bit scary.

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So one thing I love about podcasting and

I'm not a physics nerd, but I think it's

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the inherent characteristics of audio

and the physics of it really hits like a

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highway to our hearts, to our emotions.

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And some people tend to forget about that.

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And I think that's a pity and that's

what my big tip is going to be all about.

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Why is it important to,

for us to feel more?

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Well, I think we live in a

world of information overload.

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We're very much in our brains and

we're always trying to kind of

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acquire new information and podcasts.

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Just really can help us have that

feeling, have that sense of belonging

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as we're exploring new topics and

also feeling entertained by something.

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Um, you probably noticed once

when you kind of press played on

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a podcast where you didn't feel it

and you had to kind of immediately,

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um, get out and, and press pause.

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And I think that's this intuitive

emotional response that we have when

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something in our ears just isn't right.

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So my big tip is something that

I've learned on my podcast.

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Podcast journey when I was producing

my show and I love to produce big

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shows with, music and sound effect.

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And there are a lot of bells and

whistles that you can add to a

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podcast to make it sound produced.

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But I think the big thing that we tend

to forget is really the presence that

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you have on the mic as you're showing up

and It could feel a bit overwhelming to

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get in front of the mic and have to talk

about something that I really care about.

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Am I sounding right right now?

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And my tip is all about moving

that focus away from you and into

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the space you want to create.

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Yeah, I think actually podcasts

are like physical rooms.

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They're like rooms that we go

into as a listener, but also

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as a host of the podcast.

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So I want you to imagine

your podcast as a room.

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What type of room is it?

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Is it like a busy coffee place

where people just stop by, have

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an espresso and leave again?

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Or is it this cozy living room

with a fire and a cup of tea?

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How do you want people to feel

when they enter this room?

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And how can you play with

this room in different ways?

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I hope that tip is helpful and I wish you

all the best for your podcast journey.

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If you want to hear more about

my work or read more about

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me, you can go to tinkamedia.

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com that's my website and you can

see all my links in the show notes.

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Thank you so much for

listening to podcasting people.