Barefoot Radio

This is one podcast I have been meaning to review for a while now. It is interesting to see if people's internet/forum persona match up with their on air personality. In this case I was surprised in places. Barefoot Radio is hosted by two male and one female host. The person running the show is Paul. The show is a combination of talk, pranks and music. This podcast is long and a large download (88 meg); the episode I listened to ran for about two and a half hours. The audio quality of the show was very good. The show is marketed as a radio show and not a podcast. It is here that I feel the show is let down. The hosts do not seem to have enough material to make the full two and a half hours interesting and engaging to the listener. I think the show would flow better running at around an hour. On the episode I listened to the hosts had conversations amongst themselves about topics such as: paedophilia, bestiality, pot smoking, the failures of the Bush presidency, amongst a smattering of other topics. At times the host's conversations were very interesting and they were able to stimulate debate about moral issues such as whether a US President's personal life should be made public and the role of the church in State issues. Too often, though, the humour turned juvenile and subtracted from the quality of the show. I do not need to know that Paul masturbates repeatedly, that he believes bestiality is okay providing the animal consents, or to hear a chime every time someone says the word f*ck. The other major problem I had with the show was that for a show marketed as a radio show there was very little audience participation. In the show I listened to I think one person called into the show who was a friend of Paul's. Perhaps this will change as the show matures and gains listeners. The pre-recorded pranks did not feel witty or funny to me. I feel that the host, Paul, is not suited to making fun of people for laughs as he does not really seem to have the heart for it. Until there is more audience participation this show would be better served having a shorter time format and not focussing so strongly on being a radio show. Barefoot Radio has some very interesting discussions about various issues, although at two and a half hours it will take a large commitment from the listener. Podcast Rating: 6 out of 10 To subscribe to the RSS feed of this show click here.