Episode Details
Back to EpisodesEpisode 82 - The Man Behind The Podcast (feat. Brad Fehr)
Description
After 200+ episodes from The Premier League, to The Champions League, to The London Underground, to now finally The Philadelphia Union, former producer of "The Free Kick" podcast, Brad Fehr, joins Todd to dive deeper into the making of the podcast. In Brad's first appearance on the show, he takes over hosting duties to discuss Todd's playing career in soccer, which eventually ended due to concussions. They discuss why start a podcast anyways, and how the two of them came to meet. Todd talks about splitting duties on the podcast, to eventually taking on the role of host/producer/everything else in between. Todd talks about the short term and long term plans for the podcast, which some goals include: looking for writers, to going live on YouTube, to eventually getting his own studio? This is definitely a jammed packed episode with a lot of information that you don't want to miss!
- Introduction: [1:57-3:53]
- Todd's soccer background: [3:54-21:16]
- Starting a playing career: [21:17-29:41]
- Soccer concussions: [29:42-32:59]
- Why start a podcast: [33:00-36:25]
- Meeting Brad: [36:26-42:52]
- What goes into editing a podcast: [42:53-51:45]
- Todd making the switch to solo host/producer: [51:46-59:42]
- Social Media being a "no go": [59:43-1:05:42]
- Podcasting is an expensive hobby: [1:05:43-1:08:06]
- Short term plans: [1:08:07-1:12:07]
- Long term plans: [1:12:08-1:16:35]
- Live shows on YouTube: [1:16:36-1:21:09]
- Best moment so far for the podcast: [1:21:10-1:25:25]
- Frustrating times with the podcast: [1:25:26-1:29:18]
Social Media:
Twitter: @FreeKickPod
Instagram: @FreeKickPod
Facebook: @FreeKickPod
https://www.thefreekickpodcast.com/
Brad's Social Media:
Twitter: @Fehrsway
Red Wine and Arepas: How Football is Becoming Venezuela's Religion