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New Podcast Features Broad Ripple Village Residents and Business Owners - Village Recording Studio - by Morone
by Mario Morone
posted: Mar. 30, 2018

"Podcasts have reawakened people to the joys of storytelling" says Brian Wheat, owner of the Village Recording Studio in Broad Ripple. "That is what I want to do with the Broad Ripple Village Podcast."
Launched in February 2018, the podcast features residents and business owners who live and work in Broad Ripple and surrounding areas. "There are wonderful and interesting people here who have stories to tell", Wheat adds.
In the ongoing podcast series, longtime residents tell stories about days gone by, business owners tell stories about starting and running their business here, and newer residents tell stories about what happened to them just yesterday. "I want to help keep the 'Village' aspect of Broad Ripple alive through storytelling" says Wheat.
The first five episodes feature Alan Hague - owner and operator of the Broad Ripple Gazette; Jill Ditmire - resident and host of Curious Mix on local PBS station WFYI; Jessie Davis and Blake Roberson - managers of the Runners Forum and hosts of Running On Indy podcast; Dave Schnieders - resident and retired teacher for the Indiana School for the Blind; and Debra and Chuck Hasbrook - residents, owners and operators of Hotel Broad Ripple (see below).

Village Recording Studio
image courtesy of Village Recording Studio


As the host, Wheat's approach to the podcast is very conversational and easygoing. "I think the best podcasts are unscripted where the listener feels like they are over-hearing an interesting conversation between people at a party or get together." Says Wheat. "There really is no preparation required on the part of the guests - they show up and talk about things they already know about".
Village Recording Studio is set up in such a way that guests do not have to wear headphones or worry about speaking directly into a microphone. "People literally sit around a coffee table and have a conversation" says Wheat. "This does a lot to make people comfortable and ready to talk".
This is not to say Wheat wasn't a little nervous about his first recording. "I had doubts in my abilities before I started," says Wheat. "But I quickly realized that if you can have a conversation with someone, you can do a podcast." And like many people, Wheat did not like hearing his own voice in the recording - but that faded quickly as well. "Everyone's voice is unique, and so I just accepted mine for what it is."
In future episodes, news-oriented stories are planned such as the recent rescues of kayakers caught in turbulence of White River. Wheat also plans to add music and spoken word poetry to the mix. "Storytelling comes in many forms and I want the podcast to be both entertaining as well as informative," says Wheat.
Wheat wants to give others the opportunity to start their own podcast - it was always part of the plan when Wheat opened Village Recording Studio located in the heart of Broad Ripple in the spring of 2017. "At its most basic level, Village Recording is a storytelling studio," says Wheat. "It is here for songwriters, musicians, authors and poets, as well as individuals, families and businesses to record stories that entertain and/or inform listeners."
Wheat says families come to his studio to capture stories that can be passed along to current and future generations. "Hearing your great grandmother's voice tell stories of her life is a deeply moving experience," says Wheat. "The studio was designed to capture all of the characteristics and nuances that make a person's voice unique and special."
Local businesses use his studio to engage with their customers on a regular basis with podcasts. "Business owners have deep passion and knowledge about the subject matter of their business, whether it is music, brewing beer, outdoor adventure, exercise, or beauty," says Wheat. "Using their own voice to share this knowledge with their customer base is a very effective way to keep customers coming in the door. Plus, the audio format is much less expensive to produce and just as effective, if not more, as other means of communication."
Because of its many enjoyable attributes and popularity among young adults, Wheat thinks podcasting is here to stay. "We are entering the second golden age of audio. The first started with radio broadcasting in the 1920s where people gathered around the radio console and listened to a very limited number of programs," says Wheat. "Today, people have access to an unlimited number of podcasts on every subject imaginable and can listen where ever they might be or whatever they might be doing-driving to work, riding a bike, walking the dog or even at home gathered around their Amazon Echo smart speaker."
Broad Ripple Village Podcast is available on iTunes, Google Play, TuneIn, Soundcloud, and Stitcher. If you want more information about starting your own podcast, call or text Brian at (317) 432-4306, e-mail at bwheat@villagerecording.com or visit www.villagerecording.com.



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