I want to interview interesting people and the people that inspire me in general. I'm friendly and personable but I'm not big on socializing and definitely have no "radio personality". I just really enjoy talking to interesting people and digging their brains and hearing their wisdom.<p>Starting a podcast is an obvious option but the podcasting space seems so saturated now, especially for the topics I have in mind (eg creative routines, working towards your dreams). Are there other formats for interviewing people?
You could start a Youtube channel and do video interviews, but that's <i>a lot</i> more work.<p>You could start a local meetup or conference and do live interviews, but that's also <i>a lot</i> more work.<p>I suspect that it would be best to start out with podcasting, and then branch out.<p>But as you pointed out, the podcasting interview space is really really saturated. You have to be insanely charismatic AND knowledgable AND creative/unique AND industrious AND lucky to even make a dent.<p>My recommendation is to find some extreme niche and give podcasting a try. As a rule of thumb, o more than 10,000 people in the world should find your podcast premise interesting.
> I'm not big on socializing and definitely have no "radio personality".<p>I struggle with same. How to get better and how to ask good questions to people in the podcast/interview?
> podcasting space seems so saturated now<p>Who cares if it's saturated? I didn't see "become a famous podcaster" in your list of goals here.