So, like, you know, editing a podcast is hard work and takes time. Don’t I know it – after having now edited about 80 podcasts, each around 35 minutes an episode.
It’s the most time-consuming thing I do every week. Each 35 – minute episode takes about 8 – 10 hours to polish. I now have a process where I go through each episode at least twice: a rough pass and a final edit.
I once asked Bob Dunn how much time it takes to edit a podcast episode. He said, “How much time do you have, kid?” (Kid? I’m older than Bob.)
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The point I’m getting at is that a lot of time – too much time, you might say – is spent removing filler words. (Yes, I could have AI do this, but it’s not going to work the way I want it to.) I remove many of the unwanted sos, likes, and you knows in the conversation. I understand these are “pause-to-think” words – people are thinking about what to say next, so they use those warm-up words before speaking again. But they don’t make for good listening.
That’s where I come in – to shape the conversation. Some of those words stay in for good reason, but most end up on the cutting-room floor (or whatever the digital-age equivalent is for editing rooms).
I Am Not Without My Words
Try as I might, I can’t remove the wows, rights, and yeahs from my speech – and I probably should. They’re cues to my guests reminding them that I’m listening. But they subtract from the listener’s experience, so I remove as many of my own filler words as possible.