Have this idea floating around in my head about a podcast kit that could be passed from person to person for individuals to do a podcast. Could be a certain group or just an individual.

Kit would contain a recording device and a set of instructions for recording and uploading your podcast to wherever we would have this hosted.

When it was your turn you could talk about:

Your collection
Deals that you got or deals that went bad
Projects or repairs
Local pinball on location
A party or event
Your local league
Your opinion on current topics
Anything pinball

After recording and uploading your podcast you mail the kit to the next person on the list.

The idea of this would be to have more pinball podcast content and provide and opportunity to be heard for people who would never do a recurring podcast.

If someone did a great job we could maybe encourage them to do a follow up at a later date.

Would this work or is it too crazy of an idea?

Bump for the morning crowd. I thought this would at least generate some discussion.

I would assume the final product would never be as polished as the regular podcasts we listen to now. I agree we would need several 'experts' to oversee this.

This is an idea that has been bouncing around in my head and I thought I would throw it out there. I would be willing to play a part in keeping it organized. Would definitely need help with the technical parts of it. Your suggestions make me lean towards just sending out one or multiple recorders and having someone edit it before putting it out there. Problem with that is it adds another mailing cost to each podcast. My initial thought was that anyone willing to record a podcast would also take responsibility for the roughly $6 it would take to mail the kit to the next person in line.

Keep the ideas coming.

I would love to see this happen and if you ran with it I would be happy. I would submit a podcast later this summer.

That would be cool.

I was thinking, The One and Done Pinball Podcast. We can take suggestions also.

You are right and it would probably work best for the person submitting a podcast to use their own recording device. This was nothing more than idea that was hatched and we are molding it as we go along.

I would like to differentiate this from GeneX type submissions by saying that this is for the average guy to be heard. Take a one time shot at telling us about yourself, your collection or anything pinball. Average Joe who has a few interesting pinball stories or just wants to take a shot at podcasting. The type of guy who wound not normally find his way on to one of the established podcasts. It can be an event recording if you wish but doesn't have to be.

There will be about 20 topic headings. You can pick one or many that you wish to include in your podcast. It can be two pinheads having a pinball conversation, whatever. Some of it will suck, some will be really cool. It doesn't matter.

I listened today. This is taking shape quite nicely. Anyone ready to jump in?

I am going to do it and I have nothing earth-shattering to say. Talk about your collection, the restoration work you do, how you got started in pinball, the games you have on location, your local league......

I'm actually surprised more people aren't participating in this thread.

I just previewed the first submission. (besides Dan's) Hopefully it will be out there shortly. It's taking a while but this is finally getting rolling.

Singles, duos, trios are all welcome. Do what you like. Not every podcast will be your favorite but there will be some good content that comes from this.

There have been some questions about being limited to one podcast. You are not limited to one. Think of it as an open forum to podcast about pinball without the pressure of having to keep a schedule. If you want to do one that is fine, if you want to do one more that's even better.

That would be cool. They are always great parties. Bad news is I have to work and won't make this one.

No need for expensive equipment. Got a Bluetooth headset? Should be good enough.

Dan (Rush1169) will be uploading Swampfire's podcast shortly so watch for it. I appreciate the work Dan has done to make this happen. I dream up some ideas at times but don't always act on them. Dan jumped in and did the work on this so if you are enjoying these please thank him as well as the contributors. Also thanks to everyone for keeping the podcasts and the comments positive. I think that may encourage more people to give this a try.

Hopefully he isn't done. His first podcast was well done. As this is developing we are going to clarify a few things.

1) No one is limited to one podcast. The spirit of the podcast (and title) is individuals that want to do some pinball podcasting can have their podcast hosted here without having to podcast on a regular schedule. I believe that some of the regular pinball podcast hosts feel pressure when people start emailing them if a regular schedule isn't kept. I think there are people who would like to try it on a less involved basis.

2) We will not edit your podcast in any way. Dan and I preview it just to make sure nothing totally inappropriate is getting through. We won't allow attacks on individuals or way off topic rants. Pretty much anything pinball related is acceptable so have fun with it.

3) You can name your episode anything you want but all accepted podcasts will be posted under the feed titled, " The One and Done Pinball Podcast".

WHO'S NEXT?

If someone tests the waters here and a new regular podcast pops up that is all good.

You guys made my work day shorter today along with Tommy. Saving the Pinheadz for Monday.

Dang, Tommy made it on a real podcast. We are gaining traction.

About the recent discussions of changing the name of the podcast. It will be staying as is.

Thanks Nate for discussing us on C2C. I always get a smile on my face when I hear this podcast mentioned. As for the title not making sense or no longer being applicable; think of it from the viewpoint of the podcaster and not the listener. There is no pressure to do another podcast or keep a schedule. It's meant to be a low pressure way of doing a pinball podcast. You can do it and forget it, or do 10 more.

I am happy that this idea is taking off even if it is happening slowly. I would also like to thank Dan (Rush1169) for doing all the work. One change we would both like to see is to have people use the real name which is The One and Done Pinball Podcast. Seems that people like leaving out the most important word in the title.

Keep up the good work. I enjoy listening to these and still plan to do my own. I am running out of excuses for not getting it done.

Love it.

I listen to all of them. I have heard this podcast mentioned on many others. I would guess 20-40 listeners.