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Episode Number: 311 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/311 Podcasting Lessons Learned are the most important part of the process. We all start podcasting somewhere, but I decided to share my podcasting lessons learned along my podcasting journey. A bit of a disclaimer first, this is not a Podcasting 101 course, so some items I will mention, but not go into complete depth. I will leave that to the Podcasting Gurus; Daniel J. Lewis (The Audacity to Podcast), Dave Jackson (School of Podcasting) Ray Ortega (Podcasting Roundtable) and others to discuss those subjects in more depth. Oh, one more disclaimer, as time marches forward, Social Media platforms will come and go, so I will try to talk more general in themes (that hopefully) will be applicable on any new platforms that we haven’t even seen at the time of this Blog post. Last time a podcast was posted was 3/6/16 Before we begin, I want to say something important. If you are a current podcaster, I want these points to encourage you. If you have never been a podcaster, I want to share something with you right now. So, to all you non-podcasters – look at your thumb. Go ahead, look at it. Your thumb-print is unique and so are you. Your life path, experiences and your point of view is different than anyone else’s, and we need to hear from you. If you need a reason to podcast it’s this – you are unique and special. As we go through this list and you’ve never thought about podcasting, I hope you will get some more intermediate and advanced tips and ideas to help you along the way. And now, here are my Podcasting Lessons Learned; 1. Count the Podcast Cost A podcast takes a lot of work. Read that again. Read it one more time. Lots of popular podcasters make it look easy, but it’s not. Now, I’m not trying to squash your podcasting dreams. I’m trying to give you the truths I learned (much later) – up front, so you know what to expect ahead of time. You’ll thank me later. Podcasting is a tough gig. It takes more time, energy, money, emotional investment than anything you can think of. We’ll leave that here for now, but if you stop reading (or listening to this podcast episode) before the end, at least you’ll know this fact. 2. Solo Host or Co-Host(s) There are lots of factors that lead to someone that listens to it consider it to be something they’d like to continue to listen to; – Quality of the audio of the finished product, – Quality of the speaker(s) voice, – Editing (limiting of extraneous information, filler words, etc), – Brevity (staying on point and limiting “rabbit trails“), – Likability of the speaker(s)’s speech pattern, – Speaker(s) knowledge of the subject, and much more. When I thought it might be fun to launch the OUAT Fan podcast, I asked my wife to join me as a co-host. There were many reasons; 1. Was that I was the sort of funny banter guy and she was the well-read, well-studied Disney, Fairy Tale, etc fan, 2. I figured the listeners would appreciate 2 different voices discussing the show, 3. She would save me when I (often) forgot a name of an actor that came up in an off-the-cuff comment (Note: Always prep well before recording.

Souls of the Departed Review episode First Thoughts Prerec Intro: Episode Number: 310 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/310 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! Major Announcement: We are pausing production of all Once Upon a Time Fan Podcast episodes for the foreseeable future. The podcast is now in indefinite hiatus. We need to focus on situations in our real life. Nothing bad, but important to us and our future. Thank you for your understanding. Please look for us on Social Media and stay subscribed to the podcast. We may produce a podcast episode here and there, but not on a consistent basis. Notes: Big Love. Take what you need and pass it on. ———————————- Don’t forget to Tweet Us (@ouatpodcast) while you listen ———————————- There are a number of ways to support our podcast at this link http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! ———————————-

Swan Song Review First Thoughts Prerec Intro: Episode Number: 309 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/309 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! Notes: Big Love. Take what you need and pass it on. Prerec Outro: ———————————- Don’t forget to Tweet Us (@ouatpodcast) while you listen ———————————- There are a number of ways to support our podcast at this link http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! ———————————-

Broken Heart Analysis Main Show Episode Number: 308 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/308 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! News: Views: Email points: From Katie Telera Hi Jeff and Colleen, (I would include the title of the episode in the subject but I can’t think of the name of it as Zelena saids “oops” anyways it’s the night of Sunday November 29th) I’ve been listening for a while but I’m finially able to email my thoughts on the episode so I thought I would just email in a few things it’s late so my typeinf miht be bad but as soon as I wake up tomorrow I’m packed so I thought after the episode ended to send this right after because I’ve tried in the past but every time I want to but I’m so busy I can’t so here it is… 1. So this broke my heart… When Hook told Emma that she will always be an orphan. I had went back to Neverland when she told Snow that she was an orphan and that was how the map worked so it crushed me so much 2. I GET it. Emma not trusting Hook/Killian with the sword who wouldn’t but really not give it to him also if Hook was seeing Rumple then is it possible for Emma to see another Past Dark One??? Or can only one dark one see a past dark one??? 3. I was so sad Merlin died. It was so fast, and then he was gone

Broken Heart Review First Thoughts Prerec Intro: Episode Number: 307 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/307 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! Notes: Big Love. Take what you need and pass it on. Prerec Outro: ———————————- Don’t forget to Tweet Us (@ouatpodcast) while you listen ———————————- There are a number of ways to support our podcast at this link http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! ———————————-

Birth and The Bear King Analysis Main Show Episode Number: 306 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/306 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! We will announce our Official Travel Agent for the OUAT Fan PC a little later. Listen up for it. News: Broken Heart – tomorrow 11/29 Swan Song – 12/6 Winter hiatus Souls of the Departed – 3/6 Views: Email points: From Gabe Well, I’m sad!! :’-(. As the rock trolls say “people make bad choices when they’re mad or scared or stressed.” I’m truly amazed at these writers and their ability to surprise this somewhat jaded viewer (watching 11 seasons of Supernatural can do that!). My first thoughts on this episode are basically DUDE, OMG, WHAT?!?!?! and AWESOME!!! I can’t believe you guys got the podcast up so quickly, I hope they didn’t kill off Merlin, we just got him!! I want him to continue on the show. Anyways, look forward to listening to your first thoughts and later analysis. It was interesting how the dark one and Merlin (I’ll call him the light one) can accomplish so much together. It makes me think of how often times in life we have to work for and listen to people we either really don’t see eye to eye with, or we just don’t like. This episode is also a testament to letting go of those you love and learning to live with loss, especially when the other only wants the best for you. It’s a little bit similar to what I imagine parenting to be: as a parent you want only the best for your children, the worst thing a child can do is sacrifice his or her own life for their parents, that’s not how it’s supposed to happen. Any parent would give their lives for their children’s happiness (Charming’s mother for example in one of the most beautiful moments in the series). Sorry this went on so long and I hope it’s not too hard to read. Ciao y’all Gabealcious Nashville, TN —————– From Nicola Hi Jeff and Colleen, Firstly, I just want to thank you both for your twice weekly podcasts. I only started really listening to them recently and really enjoy them; they help make the working day go a lot faster! This is also the first time I have emailed you guys (though I have tweeted/re-tweeted you a few times under the handle @alomostanangel) so please forgive me if I ramble on a bit. Well, what can I say about this episode?! I really enjoyed watching it – even if it was before I left for work so had to ensure my emotions remained in check to avoid any awkwardness when walking into the office! I think we all knew that everything Emma was doing was for Killian/Hook but the way in which it was confirmed was amazing. I also had a feeling that the dreamcatcher that Emma was seen clutching and crying over a couple of weeks ago was actually Killian’s and that by having Regina and Killian finding Henry’s was a red herring. Collen was right in first thoughts – Emma stabbing Excalibur in the ground froze Snow, Charming, Regina et al so they couldn’t go into the house to stop her killing Zelena. I’m not going to go too much into the episode, just really wanted to focus on the twist/big reveal of Emma turning Killian into a dark one. I completely understand Emma’s decision to save Killian’s life no matter what and some of what she said reminded me of the following scene from ‘Rocky Road’ (S4E3): Killian: “Swan; don’t make a man drink alone” Emma: “Not in the mood for a drink. Or a man” Killian: “Sorry I didn’t listen to yo...

Birth & The Bear King Review First Thoughts Prerec Intro: Episode Number: 305 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/305 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! Notes: Big Love. Take what you need and pass it on. Prerec Outro: ———————————- Don’t forget to Tweet Us (@ouatpodcast) while you listen ———————————- There are a number of ways to support our podcast at this link http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! ———————————-

Nimue Analysis Main Show Episode Number: 304 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/304 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! News: Per Adam, the title card should have read 500 years, not 200 years. Ex-Dark Ones look like tall Jawas Email points: From Trace Hi Colleen and Jeff, First…let’s start this email out right! COLLEEN was right! Way to go girl. Let’s give credit where credit is due. Wow, what a jammed packed episode full of Once Upon a time goodness…so much history came together. I just love when past moments and important items and scenes from the past come back and mean something now. We’ve been waiting so long for the Dark One History and it did not disappoint. I did almost have a brain hemorrhage about the timeline with that 200 years ago craziness, but thank goodness everyone-Adam and Eddy did come out and say it was mistake and should have been 500 yrs ago. Whew…makes waay more sense now. I pretty much have decided to give up on the time line and just enjoy the show. This was a great episode. Here are my thoughts on Nimue. I loved Hook being so brooding and angry about Emma and Merlin really is the only person that truly understands how he feels. I really think they did great job of making us feel the love story for Merlin and Nimue in a short period of time. I am truly invested in their relationship and really felt so sad for how it resolved. I think Emma saying that she felt that Nimue still loved Merlin though twisted, is going to mean something later. I know the big question is how did Nimue get to drink from the Holy Grail? I wonder if it’s kinda like the Excalibur? Once Arthur pulled the sword anyone could touch it and not poof into dust-so maybe once Merlin got the cup, anyone else could drink if they got it? Just an idea. Emma and Merlin on a quest was great. That whole story was perfect. I loved Emma fighting against the darkness and her realization that she is not nothing and beat the darkness-so epic! Jennfifer Morrison was on point this episode!! Arthur has lost his ever loving mind for sure. He is a new level of crazy. I think he has surpassed Jackhole Colleen…he’s really gone whackadoo. And how did he get so magical? WTF Scooby gang, and Regina in particular. You trusted Zelena???? Really? And if that wasn’t bad enough, you let Snow White guard her? Ugh…the bad ass Snow of the past would NEVER been taken in by this and she would have fought back for sure. Thank goodness all of you came to Camelot to help…what? Have they helped her at all? Seems they have only made things worse since they got there. And I feel there is more to come since now she has to save them all from cray cray Arthur and a mind controlled Merlin…get ready CaptainSwan shippers, I really think Hook is in trouble! Things that made me go hmmm…why didn’t that smoldering goo burn through the table when he melted the helmet? And…how were they supposed to use it….they left the ladle in the room…hehe. When did Arthur and Zelena plot their plan? She should NEVER be left alone-and if she’s mute-how did they plot at all? Zelena is awesome though…her scenes and lines are hilarious. Where’s the dwarfs??? Why aren’t they helping? Where is granny? And why has Robin been reduced to a side dish? Big Love to you and all the Oncers! 2 hours everyone-I can’t even stand it-I’m having friends over and we’re having meat pie, onion rings, kale salad, rum runners and chocolate iced donuts! Talk you all next week, Trace —————– From Brad Hello Jeff and Colleen, even though the Darkness is very tempting,

Nimue Review First Thoughts Prerec Intro: Episode Number: 303 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/303 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! Notes: Big Love. Take what you need and pass it on. Prerec Outro: ———————————- Don’t forget to Tweet Us (@ouatpodcast) while you listen ———————————- There are a number of ways to support our podcast at this link http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! ———————————-

The Bear and The Bow Analysis Main Show Episode Number: 302 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/302 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! News: 100th – Souls of the Departed Lots of former characters are set to return. Views: Belle is the real hero of the episode Email points: From Janell, OMG! Where to begin? I know, with the comment that I said at the end of the episode…”Colleen was right!!!” Ok, that being said, I was everywhere with this episode! I can totally agree with Zelena about the onion rings!!!!!! And she earned a bit of respect tonight too. She may be a bit psycho, but I totally got what she was saying and taking Henry’s side (for the moment), not her’s, not Emma’s and not Regina’s, but Henry’s. Emma. I have never wanted to strangle Emma Swan as much as I have this season!!!! UGH!!! I was happy to see the exchange between she and Merlin at Granny’s. Belle just keeps showing me week by week why she (only surpassed by Princess Leia) is my favorite Disney Princess. She’s getting pretty good at that magic stuff huh? And sometimes I think maybe she should be the one acting as the town shrink. Sorry Archie. Maybe she should become a motivational speaker….. One of the best things Merida could have ever done (although when she did it I yelled and threw stuff at the tv) was hit Belle with the rock. No, wait, that was second best. First was actually listening to Belle and showing those know-it-all men in kilts what a girl is made of….bows and arrows! (Sorry, but “Gunpowder and Lead” just didn’t sound right….) Rumple. No words. Ok, a few….IT’S ABOUT TIME!!!!!! And I flipped out when he pulled the sword. I swear, my neighbors won’t know what to think of me this week after all the yelling I did at my tv between the Bengals game and Once Upon a Time!!! I got watery eyed when he broke the cup, but I see that it eventually lead him to the road of redemption….which happens to be Belle, again. I loved how he told Emma he was gonna stop her! He may still have a bit of The Dark One left in him, huh? Merlin. I love him. He’s not my Captain Hook, but he’ll do as a back up! LOL! But seriously, he is a wise man and knows what he’s doing. He is the greatest magician/wizard of all time, and yes, could beat Dumbledore is his tree induced exile! But man, does that love thing get in everybody’s way! And when he spoke via the message, that’s when I blurted out “Colleen was right!” Colleen, you should be a Disney Princess, or confidant and co-conspiritor with Belle!!! Everyone else in Storybrooke. Glad to know you all are finally getting on the same page as the picture of Arthur being, well, Arthur! Now if you all can kindly get to finding Lancelot and Merlin and reducing my wish to strangle Emma Swan, that would be great! Storybrooke time is going a bit show for me. I’m too impatient for my Hook episode!!!!! Now for non episode stuff. I have a friend from school who is a Oncer, but hasn’t started season 5 yet and he’s killing me!!! It’s so hard not to blurt stuff out to him! I’ve also been his info on the podcast, conventions, and the merchandise, I thought he was going to hyperventilate when he saw my copy of Red’s Tale. But true to stylish Event Planner form (we stick together!) he won the costume contest he entered for halloween….he was CruFELLA de Ville! I’ll see if I can find a pic and share.

The Bear and The Bow review First Thoughts Pin this to Pinterest, please Episode Number: 301 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/301 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! Notes: Big Love. Take what you need and pass it on. Prerec Outro: ———————————- Don’t forget to Tweet Us (@ouatpodcast) while you listen ———————————- There are a number of ways to support our podcast at this link http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! ———————————-

Dream Catcher Analysis Episode Number: 300 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/300 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! News: Truth about the tree; August & Emma Tree by the water well Dragon tree where Lily was Merida and Rumpel tree same tree Views: Email points: From Aleana – Wow! Loved Emma and Regina being Moms to Henry and giving him advice. Emma why you did that to Henry. I understand why she did it to get a fresh tear to free Merlin but still that your son. I wonder what if the darkness is just a entity and it tether to anyone the darkness seems fit and it took Merlin love and wonder who she is. Best casting of Merida love her and Rumple scenes. I really hope everyone that was in the sheriff office was playing Arthur and knows what he did. I’m glad my theory was right that Emma use the dreamcatcher to erase everyone memories and I think she did it because of the horrible things she had to do and didn’t want them to remember. My theory is what if Emma isn’t the Dark One and she pretending to be with Merlin help because Hook really the Dark One and she training Rumple to fight Hook because Rumple is the only one who knew Hook the longest only reason I thought I this theory because of what Merida said “All a man needs is a sword and one good hand.” Foreshadow much?! To me From Aleana – I have a another thought that Merlin cast a spell a long time ago to make it so that only heroes get a happy ending in the Enchanted Forest. Excalibur is the focus of that spell. But the universe needs to balance such an act, so it created the Dark One. That’s why Excalibur broke, and the Dark One’s Dagger is the other piece and it needs a true hero to wield it who has battle light and dark and Emma is that person because she the Savior and Merlin warn her not to pull Excalibur because it might bring on something much darker since they hint at greek mythology maybe the second half of the season will bring on Hades and the underworld From Aleana – Theory Ok what if Merlin didn’t took the darkness out of Emma but instead told everyone the only way to destroy it is to save the original Dark One and the original Dark One is alive and the dark enitiy we saw that almost took Lancelot is the Dark One way of corrupt people to become the Dark One so to get more souls and to be more powerful and everyone decide to have their memories erase so they wouldn’t want to mess up the plan Emma pretending to be the Dark One with Merlin help and she telling Regina Hook Henry to trust her and Excalibur won’t snuff out the light but destroy the darkness but since darkness can’t completely be destroy everyone decide to get a piece of darkness inside them where they can control it instead other way around. Because according to legend Merlin love Nivane but she was so afraid that Merlin will use spells on her she ask him to teach her magic but secretly she didn’t love him at all and in the end turn on him since the writers like to twist stories in the show and Nivane really did love Merlin but she was afraid magic would corrupt Merlin so she ask him to teach her so she can protect him but instead it corrupt her and because Merlin was so blind by his love for her he didn’t notice she was started using Dark magic and in the process she turn into the Dark One so Merlin defeat her by sending her to Mist of Avalon and to make sure to keep her there Merlin created Excalibur and broke it in half to create the dagger to contro...

Dreamcatcher Review episode First Thoughts Episode Number: 299 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/299 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! Notes: Big Love. Take what you need and pass it on. Prerec Outro: ———————————- Don’t forget to Tweet Us (@ouatpodcast) while you listen ———————————- There are a number of ways to support our podcast at this link http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! ———————————-

The Broken Kingdom Analysis Main Show Episode Number: 298 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/298 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! News: Views: Email points: —————– Voicemail points: —————– Big Love. Take what you need and pass it on. Prerec Outro: ———————————- Don’t forget to Tweet Us (@ouatpodcast) while you listen ———————————- There are a number of ways to support our podcast at this link http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! ———————————-

The Broken Kingdom Review First Thoughts Prerec Intro: Episode Number: 297 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/297 Thank you for everyone supporting our podcast by going to http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! Notes: Big Love. Take what you need and pass it on. Leave a comment for our The Broken Kingdom Review ———————————- Don’t forget to Tweet Us (@ouatpodcast) while you listen ———————————- There are a number of ways to support our podcast at this link http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/support. We really appreciate it! ———————————-