VIDEO TRANSCRIPT, turning a passion into a podcast
Mario Esteb: “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to your favorite podcast, Top 10 Tuesday.”
Noah Love: Top 10 Tuesday is more than an alliteration, it’s a way for Syracuse University junior Mario Esteb to share his love of ranking things to a broad audience.
Esteb: “Basically, the premise is I have a guest on every Tuesday, we each make a top 10 list of any category we want.”
Love: Esteb didn’t listen to podcasts before deciding to create his own. He did a lot of research to understand how they work and the best software to use. Two years later, he’s got friends reaching out to him about starting their own.
Esteb: “I think podcasts are kind of taking over the world. I think it’s the purest form of media, because it’s just people talking.”
Love: He promotes his podcast on Instagram, in which he makes graphics for each episode that is released.
Esteb: “I think it’s fun for the audiences to see that this podcast is super unserious. It’s very casual, and I think the posts and how I promote it pay tribute to that.”
Love: There is a new guest every week, but there have been some recurring ones, such as Fred Gullo, who has been on the podcast three times.
Fred Gullo: “I like how authentic it is, one of the things that I think Mario does a really good job with is keeping it very true to what it’s supposed to be.”
Love: There have been more than 50 guests on the podcast, with more waiting for their turn to sit in the chair. Gullo is also patiently waiting for his chance to get back in the chair.
Gullo: “I’ve already got a list cooking. And Mario is aware of it, it’s really just a matter of when, not if at this point. You bet I will be back on it.”
Love: As for the future, Esteb says he is a busy college student, so there are weeks in which he doesn’t post. But that doesn’t mean he plans on stopping anytime soon.
Esteb: “It’s grown a lot, and hopefully it continues to grow because I have a lot of fun doing it.”
Love: Noah Love, NCC News.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — Top 10 Tuesday is more than just an alliteration; it’s a way for Syracuse University junior Mario Esteb to share his love of ranking things with a broad audience.
“Basically, the premise is I have a guest on every Tuesday,” Esteb said. “We each make a top 10 list of any category we want.”
Esteb didn’t listen to podcasts before deciding to create his own. He did extensive research to understand how they work and the best software to use. Two years later, he’s got friends reaching out to him about starting their own podcasts.
“I think podcasts are kind of taking over the world,” he said. “I think it’s the purest form of media, because it’s just people talking.”
He promotes his podcast on Instagram, where he creates graphics for each episode.
“I think it’s fun for the audiences to see that this podcast is super unserious, very casual. And I think the posts and how I promote it pay tribute to that,” he said.
There is a new guest every week, but some have returned, including Fred Gullo, who has been on the podcast three times.
“I like how authentic it is,” Gullo said. “One of the things that I think Mario does really well is keeping it very true to what it’s supposed to be.”
There have been more than 50 guests on the podcast, with more waiting for their turn to participate. Gullo is also eagerly awaiting another chance to join.
“I’ve already got a list cooking, and Mario is aware of it,” Gullo said. “It’s really just a matter of when, not if. You bet I will be back on it.”
As for the future, Esteb said he’s a busy college student, so there are weeks when he doesn’t post. But that doesn’t mean he plans on stopping anytime soon.
“It’s grown a lot, and hopefully it continues to grow because I have a lot of fun doing it,” Esteb said.