# Why ever stop? **URL:** \ **Category:** Workbench\ **Created:** [July 31, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/why-ever-stop/3875 "2023-07-31T18:54:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![craigconstantine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.podcaster.community/craigconstantine/32/2322_2.png) [@craigconstantine](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/craigconstantine)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/why-ever-stop/3875/1 "2023-07-31T18:54:26Z")
![IMG_5784](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/podcaster1/original/2X/7/7f1175e48941fb2673879486e6bbb2d352615a5c.jpeg) Every day, [the _Little Box of Quotes_](https://constantine.name/tag/little-box-of-quotes/) podcast publishes a super-short recording of a quotation. For over 3 years—1,247 times and counting—I’ve said, “Hello, Craig here! Today from my little box of quotes…” Why do all this work? It’s fun! I love sharing quotes (and in podcast form is just one way.) The total listens is north of 60,000 and some have been heard many hundreds of times. I like to imagine all the people who smiled, or went “[hunh](https://constantine.name/tag/hunh/)“. Each episode is only downloaded a dozen–or–so times when published. But then each episode slowly gets heard, as people randomly stumble upon them (I know not how.) Which episodes are popular? Here are the top 10… 1. [Habit ~ Jim Rohn](https://littleboxofquotes.simplecast.com/episodes/habit-jim-rohn) 2. [Ignorance ~ Vincent Thibault](https://littleboxofquotes.simplecast.com/episodes/ignorance-vincent-thibault) 3. [Fear ~ Cus D’Amato](https://littleboxofquotes.simplecast.com/episodes/fear-zurdxkrh) 4. [Motivation ~ (unknown)](https://littleboxofquotes.simplecast.com/episodes/motivation) 5. [Freedom ~ Michael Diamond](https://littleboxofquotes.simplecast.com/episodes/freedom-michael-diamond) 6. [Struggle ~ James Terry White](https://littleboxofquotes.simplecast.com/episodes/struggle) 7. [Revenge ~ Marcus Aurelius](https://littleboxofquotes.simplecast.com/episodes/revenge) 8. [Positive ~ (unknown)](https://littleboxofquotes.simplecast.com/episodes/positive-2) 9. [Stand ~ Marcus Aurelius](https://littleboxofquotes.simplecast.com/episodes/stand) 10. [Torment ~ Seneca](https://littleboxofquotes.simplecast.com/episodes/torment) What do I think of that top-10 list? Listening to them—especially the number-1 “Habit” quote—makes me _squirm_. I can hear so much about them that I’d do differently now. Maybe that’s a good thing? And they all seem so silly… it’s just… Craig reading quotes. But there’s definitely something to this, about the resistance and making art. How do I record them? They’re pretty raw. I say the entirety of what you hear in one pass. If I make a horrible mistake, I just do it over. There’s no editing—I simply have some basic export settings to set the overall level. The point of the entire thing (when I started) was to practice doing the thing. Talk to the mic. Don’t clean it up in post-production… rather, figure out how to not make mouth-noises, how to breath more quietly, how to sound comfortable, etc. What’s the hardest part? Saying people’s names. (Pronunciation is difficult too, but that’s not what I mean.) The specifics of how I say the name carries a tremendous amount of information. The tiniest change is glaring (speed, pitch overall, tone, cadence.) Do I sound incredulous that _that_ person ever said something _that_ clever? Do I sound overly reverential? Dismissive? And how long do I pause before saying their name? Faced with endless options, I just do my best and then ship it. What’s my favorite part? (I have a rapid process: record, replay, save/export, schedule podcast episode. I can do one episode in a few minutes.) Sometimes, maybe 1 in 10, when I play it I get chills. Sometimes, the quote itself, combined with countless other details, makes something I just love. ɕ ---
**Author:** ![Laatflyingbra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Laatflyingbra](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/Laatflyingbra)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/why-ever-stop/3875/2 "2023-07-31T22:08:12Z")
Hi Craig, these are short and meaty, nice! thank you! also, thank you for being here, I did buy my MIC. Laura ---
**Author:** ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.podcaster.community/system/32/548_2.png) [@system](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/why-ever-stop/3875/3 "2023-09-29T22:08:49Z")
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