[PLEASE NOTE: I have edited this post big time, we’re not going with Typepad for the podcast support but with libsyn. This means I can have multiple streams and other goodies but will still post the podcasts here as well. Good stuff ahead.]

Yep, it’s here . . . the real deal . . . Brian David Phillips Hypnocast . . . coming soon to an Ipod or MP3 player or other sound and/or video type device. Right now the podcast blog is pretty barren but expect it to get going soon.

If you are a regular visitor to Life of Brian then you may have noticed some little bits and pieces behind the scenes and we’re almost ready to go full force with some major developments . . . well, when I saw "we" I mean "me" as in the big bad Brian behind Life of Brian.

I’ve been looking for ways to do this sucker and Typepad just didn’t have the support. There are solutions, like going with a feedburner thingie and then posting that feed as a link here but the overhaul was more of a pain in the ass for me than what I am willing to go into at the moment what with life, the universe, and everything else going on.

Well . . . I sent in my little help cookies for tech support and whined along with a veritable ton of other folks and the good folks at Typepad have finally put in support for podcasting . . . however, I am not completely happy with how they have done it as it requires me to upload my mp3 podcast files to my typepad account rather than using my external server. Oh, well, I’ll deal with that another time. So, I went ahead and jumped over to libsyn as they have most of the features I want. Besides, if it’s good enough for Violet Blue, then it’s good enough for me.

In any case, we’re getting good to go.

As the blog is eclectic, the hypnocasts will come in multiflavors as well . . . one, the most requested feature, is a series of Waking Dreams, guided imagery, focused trance, and hypnosis mp3s broadcast on a regular basis. Most of these will be stand-alone relaxation or other type trance files, full sessions. The other major type of podcast will be news, notes, interviews, lectures, and discussions on things related to hypnosis, neuorlinguistic programming, focused trance, meditation, guided imagery and more. This series will include explanations and demonstrations of mind technology techniques and the like. This will be the series of trancework informative pieces that will be podcast on a semi-regular basis.  Yes, if there is enough demand, I will indeed setup a category stream specific to adult issues but will handle those a little differently than the more mainstream stuff (no, nothing too terribly over the edge, but edgy enough to not be appropriate for young people) . . . albeit, most of the material will be more of the vanilla technical side of things.  I will likely also have a category podpast for my teaching materials at the university. Obviously, the intentions for all these are different but there is enough crossover interest that I should be able to keep one feed stream asociated to the blog for my delightful and compellingly eclectic style but with the sever I will be using I should also be able to create subcategory streams so those who are only interested in specifically subscribing to one or two podcast types can do so.

For starters, the podcasts will be audio only (probably MP3 for the most part). However, this software also supports other forms of multimedia files so . . . who knows . . . we just may move in some video streams in the future as well, I would certainly enjoy doing a series of brief demonstration pieces, bite size chunks of video of a technique in use perhaps to accompany a informational audio discussion.

In any case, this is exciting news. Very exciting.

Expect initial podcast runs within the next week or so, testing the waters so to speak and the first actual regular podcasts to up and running within the next two weeks . . . since I will finish teaching the SET Experiential Hypnosis Course on Sept. 9, expect regular podcasting to be up and broadcasting by around the Sat. or Sun. after as a kind of graduation celebration of that.

Once we have our initial podcasts, then we’ll have the kinks out and be good to roll on a regular basis. Expect a new podcast every other Sunday after that (the schedule might change to more frequent podcasts if response is positive enough or less frequently if life gets in the way or if reception is lukewarm or the like). If you want to make certain you are up and able to get the files when they come in, feel free to go ahead and subscribe to the feed now. Just drag and drop or copy and past the podcast subscription link into the appropriate spot in your podcast software (itunes or ipodler or whatever). You should also be able to download the files manually when they come in as well. The Podcasting Stuff category here will continue to be for general podcasting notes as well as copies of the actual podcast announcements from my podcast blog which will only have actual podcast announcements as well ast the archive for the actual podcasts and videocasts so you can go into the archives and download missed episodes.

I hope you folks find this news as exciting as I do. A number of folks have asked me to do this sort of thing and I think it’s a grand idea . . . both to supplement my occassional webinars and posts on the subjects but also because I really think it’ll be a hoot and a half.!

Pods away!

All the best,
Brian

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