The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast features at least on vintage sci-fi story from the 1940s, 50s and 60s in every episode

I'm a former radio talk show host and disc jockey, former tv news anchor and reporter. I've used my voice to make a living my entire life. I moved to Costa Rica 5 years ago after marrying my Costa Rican wife and was looking for something to do. I'd narrated a few non-fiction audiobooks but decided to give fiction a go. I loved it! I started narrating short science fiction stories when a friend of mine said, "You should start a sci-fi podcast." So I did!

People who love vintage sci-fi enjoy The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. We love hearing from our listeners and have narrated sci-fi stories based on their recommendations.
 

We started a little less than two months ago. I love narrating these "lost" sci-fi stories. Many of them have never been available as audiobooks until now. Once I decided to do the podcast it took a couple of weeks to get everything together and we release a new episode every Tuesday.
 

My favorite part of producing The Lost Sci-Fi podcast is doing the research. Before we showcase the science fiction story, or stories in every episode we tell as much as we can about the author. I find it fascinating and our listeners love it. I'm writing episode 13 right now and this author is amazing. This guy was a scientist, science fiction author and scriptwriter for comic books. He created a shapeshifting comic book character 67 years ago that appeared in “Zack Snyder’s Justice League”. How cool is that?

I'll spend as much as 5 or 6 hours scouring the Internet looking for anything and everything I can find about the authors on the podcast, then another 2 or 3 hours recording and editing. More than half the podcast is the story itself and since I've already narrated the audiobook all I have to do is add it, so that part is easy.
 

I haven't even thought about sponsors since we're so new. I'd love to share a lot of statistics but I messed up when I first started the podcast. I was using a platform that didn't give me any stats and I've only been with my new hosting company for two weeks. We're at a little more than 500 downloads in these two weeks. Is that good or bad? I am so new I don't even know! Oh, and we have more than 550 views on YouTube for our 12 episodes so far.
 

Since I'm an audiobook narrator I already had all the equipment I needed. My studio/booth is a WisperRoom. That gives me a nice quiet recording environment. My software is Studio One.

I don't do interviews. It would be really awesome to interview the authors but since almost all of the stories were written 70 and 80 years ago these amazingly talented authors have passed.
 

Somehow in our first 7 weeks and 12 episodes listeners have found us all over the world! Most of our listeners are from the US and the UK but in the last two weeks we have downloads from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, India, Belgium, Barbados, Hong Kong and Hungary. To know that people are enjoying these great sci-fi stories all over the world makes this all worth it.

I must admit I'm just starting to market the podcast so I can't really say which ones are the most useful.
 

Start with a good hosting platform that gives you statistics. I use Simplecast and love it.
 

You can contact me via email at scott@lostscifi.com, the website is https://lostscifi.com and my Twitter is https://twitter.com/ScottSciFiGuy If you love sci-fi I would be honored if would listen to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast and let us know how we can make it better. Thanks for this opportunity.