Greetings entreprenerds!
My guest this week is Michael Dolce – writer, artist and host of the Secrets of the Sire radio show and podcast. His graphic novel credits include the recently sold-out sci-fi tale The Mainstream from Zenescope, Descendant for Image Comics, The Sire for After Shock Comics, The Undone through Kickstarter and various freelance credits for Image Comics, Wizard Magazine and Zenescope Entertainment.
Secrets of the Sire, which airs live every Wednesday at 8pm EST on talkradio.nyc, Facebook and YouTube, discusses comic book movies and other pop culture news with guests such as Paul Reiser, Kevin Bacon, and more. The show has achieved over 40,000 listens through live streaming and podcast playback.
In this episode we dive deep into the specifics of producing a live radio show and discuss:
- 4:00 How Michael got started in comics and how that led to Secrets of the Sire
- 10:00 Networking opportunities of podcasting
- 16:00 Importance of structure in a live show
- 19:00 How each week’s show is prepared and outlined
- 23:00 Creating the sports talk radio” of pop culture shows
- 25:00 Responding to live listener input
- 27:00 Organizing guests for Secrets of the Sire
- 30:00 Building relationships through your show
Check out more of Mike’s comic book work at mikebooks.com, learn more about the podcast at SecretsoftheSire.com and follow him on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
I’d really appreciate any feedback either on Twitter @UndertheCapes, in the blog comments or through a rating on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks and see you soon!