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‘Between the Panels’ hits 50 podcasts

“Between the Panels” is a weekly podcast and website hosted by William Goodman, a second-year business student. Goodman runs the show with his co-host, Dane Davenport in Kansas City. He runs two other shows, one that focuses on movies, television and sometimes video games and another he is still working on that will have a sole focus on AMC’s television drama, “Mad Men.”

He has a lot to celebrate about this past week with his main show, “Between the Panels,” because he has reached over 50 podcasts within a year.

“Honestly, I didn’t think a year ago we’d be at this point,” Goodman said. “The sort of level of success we’ve gotten, amount of things we’ve been able to do — that’s impressed me the most.”

The idea began when he got an iPod and discovered podcasts. From there he found the accessibility simple, and decided that he could do his own. He’s so far interviewed many big time comic book artists, such as Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka and other notables like writer Ashley Miller who currently writes for the hit Fox show “Fringe.”

When asked what it’s like to interview famous people, Goodman said it’s sometimes hard to hide his admiration.

“If it’s someone whose work I really like, it’s difficult not to be a fan boy and be professional,” he said.

He also said how surprised he was at the level of ease he was able to approach artists and writers alike for interviews and that he can never predict what will happen in the course of it.

The podcasts are usually an interview or a discussion panel with an opening segment explaining the interviewee’s work so that anyone unfamiliar with their work can associate with them more. He claims the best part of the process is when he gets to collaborate with co-host Davenport, who’s a graphic artist.

He explained they are both involved in the writing process and sculpting the show and they bounce ideas off of each other.

“Between the Panels is something I do for fun,” he said. “We got a sponsor in the first six months of show, which was a big deal and took a burden off of me, but I don’t really plan to use this as a business model.”

His show’s success within the first year can be attributed in part to a now-regular contributor, writer Ashley Fields, who has a large fan base and the ability to sit down with the artists and discuss their work on a professional level.

For those loyal fans who want to know what Goodman has in store for the rest of the season, he says, “we’re going to finish up our charity episode for ‘Kick-Ass;’ download the podcast and we donate ten cents to Autism Speaks. I want to do more charity work, because we have such a great platform. I’ll be at Comic Con and I have something big planned.” He explained that they will have more interviews, reviews and segments, because the summer will allow for more time.

If interested, you can access and download the podcasts for free at their website, btpcasts.com, the iTunes store or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/btpcast.

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