COMMUNITY Chris is the owner of BloggerBridge.com which is a startup connecting bloggers and industry contacts. He is the host of the Amateur Traveler which is an award winning online travel show that focuses primarily on travel destinations. It includes a weekly audio podcast, a video podcast, and a blog. In 2015, Chris won a Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Journalism from the Society of American Travel Writers and was called the “Best Independent Travel Journalist” by Travel & Leisure Magazine in their annual SMITTY Awards. He has worked for years in technology startups in Silicon Valley.

1. Podcasting
for Travelers

2. CHRIS
CHRISTENS

3. 2014

6. “The Best Independent Travel Journalist”

8. 2014
Tha
Thailand Foreign Ministry

9. WHAT’S A
PODCAST?

11. HOSTING
HOSTING

12. WHO
LISTENS?

17. ENGLISH
DOMINATES

18. TOP
COUNTRI

19. MY TOP

28. WHY
PODCAST?

29. 1.43 million downloads - Amateur Traveler
184,476 downloads - This Week in Travel
90,251 downloads - Amateur Traveler video edition
1.7 million downloads - TOTAL
4,670 downloads or views / day
2016:

32. ATTENTIO
z
ONE LISTENER TOLD ME
SHE DOWNLOADED 50
EPISODES OF THE
AMATEUR TRAVELER TO
PLAN A SINGLE TRIP TO
EUROPE.
TO PUT THAT IN
PERSPECTIVE THAT IS
ABOUT 7,000 WORDS PER
EPISODE OR 350,000
WORDS THAT SHE
LISTENED TO OR ABOUT
4.5X THE SIZE OF
THE FIRST HARRY POTTER
BOOK

33. PODCAST
STYLES

34. MONOLOGUE

35. TEXT
SETUP
COMPUTER MICROPHONE GARAGEBAND
AUDACITY

36. REMOTE
INTERVIEWS

37. TEXT
HOST SETUP
COMPUTER
SKYPE
LL RECORDER / HOT RECORDER
MICROPHONE GARAGEBAND
AUDACITY

38. TEXT
GUEST SETUP
COMPUTER
SKYPE MICROPHONE
OR
SMART PHONE
EAR BUDS
SKYPE

39. IN PERSON
INTERVIEWS

40. TEXT
SETUP
MICROPHONES
HEADSETS
MIXER
COMPUTER
DIGITAL
RECORDER
OR

41. IN PERSON FIELD
INTERVIEWS

42. TEXT
SETUP
SMART PHONE
MICROPHONE
DIGITAL
RECORDER
OR

43. PODCAST
DECISIONS

44. http://chris2x.com/2008/03/31/video-the-making-of-the-amateur-traveler/

46. PODCAST
FACTS

51. PODCAST
MYTHS

56. QUESTION
S?

57. HTTP://AMATEURTRA
VELER.COM
CHRIS
CHRISTENSEN
CHRIS2X@CHRIS2X.
COM