HOW TO RECORD A PODCAST CRAWF & HIRDY
“Eight of nine,” Shane Crawford reminds me, when I short change how many tips he and fellow podcast host, James Hird, got right in the first round of the 2018 AFL season. It’s been a ripping start for the pair on both the tipping and podcast charts. They’re barely into the first couple of weeks of shows and the Crawf & Hirdy podcast is kicking goals.
Like many podcasts, there’s no financial backing behind this venture other than a couple of bucks from the local panel shop. It’s purely independent; no Channel Nine, no Triple M. While podcasts have long matured to being more than just a cheap outlet for opinionated people, there’s still room for a couple of guys to get together around some mics and chinwag about a topic they love for an hour. In this case, they’ve also enlisted Ralph Horowitz, a veteran of radio and TV sports broadcasting to keep the show moving.
It’s still early days, and when I meet the three of them at Ginger Studios in Cremorne, they’re blazing through a double taping because Crawford has to head overseas. He’s a busy personality, and they’ve set themselves an ambitious schedule of two shows per week. One as a wrap up of the highlights, and one to make predictions regarding the coming week.
