How We Started Wine Chats Podcast from scratch | Behind the Scenes of Our Podcasting Dream
- Billi and Lyndsey
- Jun 21, 2019
- 3 min read
Updated: Jul 4
You guys - I started a podcast!
After months of dreaming, planning, scripting and wine drinking, Wine Chats with Bildo and Lindalin is finally here. Our first episode is live and I couldn’t be prouder (or more nervous) to share it with you.
How to start a podcast from scratch: For dummies!
Like most brilliant ideas, it struck in the middle of the night: Start a podcast!
The plan? To turn my blog into a podcast that talks honestly (and hilariously) about life, relationships, motherhood, and sex after long-term commitment. You know, the usual classy stuff.
Only problem? I had no idea how to start a podcast from scratch. But I trusted my gut - and Google.
Meet Lindalin: co-host, friend and accidental podcast star
Let me introduce my co-host: Lyndsey Kirkwood, aka Lindalin, one of my oldest and dearest friends.
I basically attacked her with the idea one night and said, “It’s you. You’re the one. We’re doing this.”
First, she said NOW WAY!
Then, she said yes. Probably out of fear.
We held “business meetings” at wine bars and quickly decided on a name: Wine Chats. The wine (and the ideas) flowed. Soon enough, we had our headquarters- a small room in her house - and the dream was suddenly real.
Recording our first episode... sort of
Armed with borrowed gear from “Tom’s Audio Store” (a.k.a. my dad’s house), we recorded our first episode.
It was... not good.
We rambled for 45 minutes, introduced ourselves for ten, and got completely sidetracked by side stories. We scrapped the entire thing and decided to start over.
Cue more planning, and yes- more wine.
Our second attempt? Better! Except the sound quality was awful...
Tom the editor (aka my unpaid dad)
Enter Tom. My dad. Our very first podcast audio editor.
When he heard our episode, he shook his head. The mics were too quiet, and we sounded like we were recorded inside a wine barrel.
He begged us to re-record. I begged him to fix it. Guess who won?
Creating our promo: fake it 'til you make it
We needed to look professional (even if we weren't). So we pulled together a dream team:
📸 Photographer: The Husband
🎥 Videographer: My 16-year-old neighbour, Ben from B.V. Productions
With some glam from Lala Hair Studio and Immaculate Makeup, we looked the part. Because if you’re going to plaster your face across the internet, you better look fabulous.
Launching the podcast: scared, excited, and very wine-fuelled
It’s scary to put yourself out there. To tell the world, “Hey, listen to me talk for 30 minutes and please like me.”
But we did it. We launched. We survived. And we’re proud as hell.
And you know what? We’re not just talking about how to start a podcast from scratch. We actually did it.
Support Wine Chats!
If you’ve already listened to our first episode, THANK YOU! If not, go do that now. Every stream, follow and share helps us grow this little dream.
We'll keep bringing you real, funny, wine-fuelled chats about parenting, womanhood, marriage and life.
And we’ll keep learning, laughing and winging it—one episode at a time.
Love you all. Until next time—clink!
B.
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