Sidepodcast

A couple of weeks ago, with almost uncanny timing, we received some unprecedented feedback from two separate sources regarding our debut unto the podcasting world. At the time we were busying ourselves with all sorts of projects, but we took the information on board and referred to it when figuring out our 2008 plans.

Now that we’ve had a moment to catch breath, it seems only courteous to respond.

BlogF1

First up was a post entitled ‘F1 Podcasts: Do You Listen To Them?‘ from BlogF1, which detailed Ollie’s thoughts about Formula 1 podcasting this year. He raised a couple of points worth looking into further, most of which relate to how bad we are at promoting some of our own features.

For example, Ollie suggests:

What would be awesome - if possible - is if you could split a podcast up into chapters, much like on a DVD, and the chapter list with short description be included in a universal format somewhere within the audio file that makes up a podcast.

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It’s no secret that we are a big fan of stats, therefore on this, the last day of the year we present - Sidepodcast’s year in numbers:

• 81 audio podcasts
• 22 video podcasts
• 6 events attended
• 56 minutes (or 3,360 seconds) of daily F1 news
• 197 posts
• 1,548 blog comments
• 48,032 spam comments (blocked)
• 5 Skype messages
• 1 donation
• 229 YouTube subscribers
• 14,306 YouTube Channel Views
• 94,310 videos seen on Dailymotion
• 189 Twitter posts
• 92 Twitter followers
• 460 Flickr photos uploaded
• 5,112 Flickr views
• 315 friends on MySpace

A massive “THANK YOU” to everyone who contributed in 2007, let’s see if we can beat these figures in 2008.

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With 2007 almost behind us, we’ve put together some clips covering our last 12 months in video podcast land. Whilst the quality of the first videos are frankly abysmal, it’s fun to have a brief look over our shoulders. If we can improve as much again in the next 365 days, we’ll be mighty happy.

Kudos also goes to PodShow, for getting the Manic Street Preachers onto the Podsafe Music Network, so that we can play them. Turn this one up loud!

Music played: Manic Street Preachers, Autumn Song

Music comes from music.podshow.com, with special thanks going to Allianz SE, Brembo, Toyota Motorsports GmbH, Honda Racing F1, ING Group, Red Bull Racing and RTV GmbH for the use of their video footage.

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The Queen may have her annual Christmas message, she may even be on YouTube this year. However, Sidepodcast still has the first lady of F1 podcasting and she’s posh too. So we’ll go one better this year with an alternate (vaguely Formula 1 themed) festive message.

We’d love to promise it’ll cheer you up and make your day, but given some of this years scandals, you might want to keep the antidepressants on hand just in case.

Merry Christmas to one and all!

Music played: Allison Crowe, The First Noël

Music comes from music.podshow.com. Thanks to Dailymotion for the inspiration.

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2008 is fast approaching, but before we jump head first into next season, we’ve taken a couple of minutes to look back over the things we’ve said during the past 12 months.

Hopefully you’ll join us as we fire up the flux capacitor, pull the gullwing doors and scream to 88mph in search of Sidepodcast episodes lost in the archives. Marty McFly could not hold a candle to our ‘07 review… The tunes are pretty hot too.

Music played:

• Winzenried a.k.a. Hollywood Drunks, Looking Backwards
• Black Lab, Remember
• Miggs, Perfect

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Many have bemoaned the lack of Suzuka on the 2007 calendar, yet the Fuji Speedway makes for an interesting addition to this years season. Herman Tilke and his team have been let loose on this classic Japanese circuit, but what surprises lay in store for the drivers and the teams this weekend?

There are still aspects of the track that remain a mystery to even the most prepared in the paddock, but ING set us straight on the details as they rate this circuit against the best of the rest in the illustrious ING Race Index.

So join Sidepodcast as we take a leap into the great unknown for this year’s Japanese Grand Prix.

Music played: Fumitaka Anzai, Forest in the Morning

Music comes from music.podshow.com, with special thanks going to Allianz SE, Brembo, Toyota Motorsports GmbH, ING Group and RTV GmbH for the use of their video footage and images.

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As the British Grand Prix is Sidepodcast’s home race, we’ve pulled out all the stops to bring you the best F1 preview video to date.

First up, we’ve got exclusive footage from the recent test at Silverstone, where 9 of the 11 teams turned up to spend 3 days blasting around the English countryside. We also take a behind-the-scenes look at how mainstream television works with Formula 1 teams to bring fans closer to the action, when ex-drivers-turned-commentators Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell take to the Northamptonshire track in a pair of Williams F1 cars.

Additionally we have our usual fast lap around the circuit, this time Christine takes you around classic corners such as Copse and Becketts, names steeped in Grand Prix history - they don’t build ‘em like the used too. Finally we look back at last weeks French GP and check how the two championships are stacking up as we reach the halfway point of the 2007 season.

It’s an action packed show!

Music played:

Noodlebox, Like You
Kelvin Declined, 42

Music comes from music.podshow.com, with special thanks going to Allianz SE, ITV PLC, Locog and RTV GmbH, for the use of their video footage.

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At last - the video footage we shot at Autosport ‘07. It’s only taken us two long weeks to get it watchable, but hey, we’re new at this. Oh, and next time, we promise to take a tripod.

Music played:

Rich Reich, Keeping Up With The Race
All Mighty Whispers, Love Revolution
Alice Marie, It’s Amazing

Music comes from music.podshow.com.