World’s Worst Podcast Episode – MDW396
Summary:
In this episode (#396) of Mike Dell's World, aired on November 9th, 2023, Mike Dell reflects on his previous podcast episode, which he dubs as potentially the world's worst, entirely created with AI tools. He walks through the process of using ChatGPT for scripting, Descript for voice training, and AI for generating episode artwork. Mike shares his experiences with podcast apps, switching from Overcast to Castamatic, and recommends others for users to try. He updates listeners on his shoulder surgery recovery, the convenience of passive exercises, and the adjustments he's had to make during his recovery, including hiring help for yard work. Mike also talks about dealing with a planned power outage during his wife's birthday celebration and plans for the next podcast episode during this disruption.
Key Points:
- Mike Dell's experiment with a fully AI-produced podcast episode.
- Tools used for the episode: ChatGPT for scripting, Descript for voice training, AI for artwork.
- Discussion about various podcast apps and a personal switch to Castamatic.
- Updates on shoulder surgery recovery and adjustments in daily life.
- Upcoming birthday party for Mike's wife and coping with a planned power outage.
Mentioned Podcast Apps:
- Podcast Guru
- Castamatic (recommended by Mike, possibly iOS only)
- Podverse (for live shows)
- Podcast Addict (for Android users)
Resources:
- For new podcast apps, visit: podcastapps.com, newpodcastapps.com, or podcastindex.org/apps.
Closing:
Continue tuning into Mike Dell's World and hints at a potentially pre-recorded episode due to the power outage and birthday celebrations.
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Mike Dell's World number 3 96 for
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November 9th, 2023.
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I.
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Ah, there it is.
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And so how terrible was that
episode yesterday?
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I'm gonna call that the, uh, world's
worst podcast, or at least my world,
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my world's worst podcast. Yeah,
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that was all done with ai, 100%.
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The only thing that I did was
publish it on my WordPress site, uh,
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which put it out to the
podcast world. But I had, uh,
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I'll tell you how I did
it. Uh, first I had chat,
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GBT write me a script
about AI and podcasting,
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and I edited the script a little bit
to get rid of some of the extraneous
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crap that it put in there.
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And then I went to de Script and I
trained de Script to use my voice.
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That did sound like me, but it wasn't me.
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normally had, uh, you know,
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no soul or something. I don't
know. It was weird, but it, uh,
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it did a pretty good job of pronouncing
everything and it sort of sounded like
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me, at least my voice. But, uh,
yeah, wow. It was crazy. But, uh,
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anyway, I trained a script
to, uh, use my voice,
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and then I fed that script
into it, recorded it. Then I,
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uh, told chat GBT to,
uh, make me some, uh,
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artwork for it. And voila,
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there's the podcast episode. I told
him to make a 10 minute episode,
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and mercifully, it was,
what, three or four minutes?
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Something like that. But yeah,
it was hard to listen to. Uh,
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so I don't think, at least
the, the process I used,
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I don't think that's ready for,
for prime time. Uh, but, uh,
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some of those tools are
getting pretty cool. The,
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the episode artwork that I've
been doing, this whole, uh,
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stretch of nap pod Pomo
has been AI generated,
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but some of 'em I had to do about six
tries at before it made one that was worth
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it. And it doesn't spell worth a crap.
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That's one of the bad things
about, uh, image generation.
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Uh, if you have any text in that
image, it just doesn't do it. But, uh,
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it does make some pretty interesting
artwork. If you haven't seen the artwork,
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well, you should get a
different podcast app,
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And speaking of podcast app, thanks
for, uh, those of you that, that, uh,
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answered my question about what
podcast app you're using. Uh,
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I switched to Podcast Guru for
a little bit, and then, uh,
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I found one that I like
a little better. Uh,
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what is it called now? Castomatic.
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So that's the current one that
I'm using in place of Overcast,
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because it has the same features
as Overcast and it adds a few
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other features such as value for
value and, and that kind of thing.
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And, uh, I still use, uh,
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pod verse and whatnot for
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the live stuff. 'cause Castomatic
doesn't have the live in it. You know,
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I listen to a couple of
shows that go live and, uh,
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you can listen to those right in your
app rather than have to go to wherever
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they're live streaming. So it
makes it pretty convenient.
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So I've been playing with Castomatic and,
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and kind of switched over to it from
Overcast, and so far, so good. We'll,
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I'll continue to report
on that. But, uh, yeah,
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otherwise everything's going good here.
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Still recovering from
the shoulder surgery,
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that'll be an ongoing thing for
the next, you know, couple months.
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But, uh,
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I'm getting to the point now where I'm
doing physical therapy home version.
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Uh, they gave me, uh, uh,
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sheets of exercises to do all
passive range of motion type
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stuff. So no, uh, physical, you know,
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I'm not moving the shoulder
with my shoulder muscles and,
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and whatnot. Uh, it's all, uh,
passive using my other hand,
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or in this case, a,
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a golf club
of motion for external rotation.
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But, uh, it's, it's still a little
sore, but uh, it's getting there.
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The range of motion is, it's okay. Uh,
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it'll get better after I lose
the sling here in another month,
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and then I can do a regular
physical therapy with
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a therapist and get a
range of motion back and,
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and, uh, strength back and all
that. So, uh, yeah, it's doing,
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uh, doing quite well.
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My doctor told me I couldn't drive for
the whole time, the whole six weeks,
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which is horse crap. Uh,
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I've watched a whole bunch of different
physical therapists and doctors on, uh,
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YouTube and all of them say, well,
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once you're off the narcotics and
as long as your vehicle is, uh,
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compatible with, uh, driving
one handed, then you're good.
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So I can't drive my Toyota
Corolla with a stick shift,
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but I could drive my Chevy pickup truck.
I haven't been doing a lot of driving,
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but I've done some just a little bit. Uh,
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but for the most part, I'm
just taking it easy. Uh,
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just had to hire someone to take
care of the leaves in the yard. Uh,
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you got done with it
here a little while ago,
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otherwise I would've recorded earlier.
But, uh, all the machinery was running,
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so I got that done or got, you
know, use, used my checkbook to, uh,
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rake the leaves rather than my, uh,
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body
most powerful tool in the
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toolbox is the checkbook. Uh,
it's my wife's birthday today.
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She's now the same age as I am,
which I won't tell, but, uh,
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at least for a couple of months till
I bump up another notch in January.
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Uh, uh, we're having a,
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a party get together this weekend, uh,
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which is kind of okay, but, uh,
what's weird is that we did it,
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we're doing it on
Saturday at three o'clock,
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and I just got a notice from the power
company yesterday morning that said, oh,
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hey, we're gonna have a planned outage
from 8:00 AM until 2:00 PM on Saturday.
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So not only is it gonna get
cold here or cold in here,
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I'm gonna bump up the,
the heat a little bit, uh,
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before that happens so that
it'll retain a little more heat.
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And so, yeah, so we get to, uh,
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party plan in the dark.
We're with no power,
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so that'll be not fun, but,
oh, well, stuff happens.
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Gotta make sure the phones and
iPads and laptops are all, uh,
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charged up, I guess if
we want internet access,
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I don't suppose I need that,
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and we just load up my
podcasts and call it good. So,
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uh,
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Saturday's episode ought to be interesting
to record because I'm gonna have to
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do it either early in the
morning or after the party.
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So I don't know, maybe I'll record ahead.
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I do that some from time to time as well,
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so maybe I'll record two
tomorrow and meter them out. But,
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but anyway, rather than just going on
and on, I'll cut this one off. And, uh,
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thanks for listening and
continue to listen to Mike
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Dell's world here. And again, if you
wanna try one of the new podcast apps,
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go over to podcast apps.com
or new podcast apps.com,
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or you can go to, uh,
podcast index.org/apps.
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There's a whole bunch of ways
to get there and, you know,
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download something new. Uh, like
I said, I recommend castomatic or,
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or, uh, podcast Guru. Uh,
if you're on Android, uh,
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podcast Attic is pretty good. Uh,
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I think Castomatic is only iOS,
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but they're, uh, they're
good apps and, uh,
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they've got some features that,
uh, other apps don't have,
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so they're well worth playing
with. It was also on the,
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uh, nap pod, Pomo, whatever,
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I forget what it is. They do it
every morning, a, a session on Zoom,
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and I was the guest of honor
on Wednesday's session, so, uh,
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I don't know where to find that, but
I'm sure it's there somewhere. Anyway,
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catch you tomorrow. Bye-Bye.