bethepod | Series 4: Intro & Rules

Welcome to Behind the Pod, a platform for podfic meta discussions!

Your mods are Annapods, Eafay and frecklebomb.

Behind the Pod is a podcast about the backstage processes of podfic, with audio essays, interviews, and other meta discussion by different podficcers each episode. You can find all previous episodes on our AO3 page.

Behind the Pod started because we wanted to highlight and archive the meta discussions about podfic that were already happening on twitter, discord, tumblr, at in-person meet-ups and in private chats. What better way to do that than through an audio challenge?

Rules

Schedule:

16 Jan: Sign-ups open
30 Jan: Sign-ups close
27 Feb: Discussion post 1
27 Mar - 2 Apr: Mandatory check-in (& discussion post 2)
24 Apr: Episode submission deadline
8 May: Weekly episode posting begins
5 June: Party Favour submission deadline
(Party Favours will be posted the week after all episodes have been published.)

Signing up:

You can sign up as a group or as a solo project. There is no minimum or maximum audio length and no set discussion topics, or restrictions on the format you use. Complete one signup form per group/person - you can find more information on the sign-up and submission guidelines post.

Party favours do not require any sign-ups - just submit your episode by the deadline. You can find more information on the party favour info post.

Check-ins:

There will be one mandatory check-in for episode creators from the 27th March to the 2nd April. This will be sent out by email, and all we’ll ask you to do is respond to that email to tell us that you’re still participating. There will also be a discussion post/informal optional check-in along the way, and we'll send you a reminder about that by email too, but it’s up to you if you want to make use of it. We will be here if you have any questions, need help, or just want to chat about your project. There will be no extensions for check-ins or submissions. Missing one will mean you are removed from the episode schedule, but you’ll still be able to submit your project as a party favour.

If you sign up as a group, everybody will get an email at the mandatory check-in, but as long as at least one person responds, we’ll consider your group checked-in. The person who answered will be responsible for making sure the whole group is on track.

Party favour creators have no mandatory check-in. However, if you’re making a party favour, you are welcome to participate in either of the discussion posts and to keep us and other participants updated on your progress!

Submissions/posting:

After the episode submission deadline, we will be posting one episode a week. Submissions are via google form and you can find more information on the sign-up and submission guidelines post. We will not be editing your audio, so do any editing you feel is necessary before you submit.

Party favours will all be revealed at the same time, after the episodes have all been posted. You can submit your party favour by making an AO3 draft and then sending us an email so we know who has created which work - see the party favour rules post for more info.

We will be uploading all episodes to the Internet Archive, posting on AO3, crossposting here on the DW comm, and shouting about every episode and party favour on Twitter and the podfichat Discord.

You can subscribe to us on the AO3 at behindthepod, and follow us on twitter at bethepod as Series 4 comes out.