<p>Ad Infinitum returns for Season 4, and for the first time, we’re on video.</p><p>To kick things off, I brought back the very first guest ever on the show: Dallas Taylor, host of Twenty Thousand Hertz, founder of Defacto Sound, and now creator of the fast-growing video channel DallasTaylor.mp3.</p><p>In this episode, Dallas shares the moment he almost quit podcasting entirely, and the simple insight that changed everything.</p><p>Two circles.</p><ul><li>One for podcast audiences.</li><li>One for YouTube.</li></ul><p>That realization led to a completely new way of thinking about media: podcasts, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram working together as a discovery engine rather than competing formats.</p><p>Along the way we discuss:</p><p>• Why creators shouldn’t think of themselves as “podcasters” or “YouTubers”<br />• The psychology of creativity in the age of algorithms<br />• Why the audience sometimes comes last in the creative process<br />• How Dallas built a solo production workflow that unlocks impossible access<br />• Why vertical video and audio storytelling can coexist<br />• The difference between client work and self-expression</p><p>If you care about podcasting, creative work, or the future of media, this conversation is a masterclass in how the landscape is changing, and how creators can adapt without losing the craft.</p><p>Ad Infinitum is the podcast devoted to audio ads, the creatives who make them, the thinking behind them, and how to make them work better.</p><p>Hosted by Stew Redwine.</p><p>Ad Infinitum is Presented by Oxford Road and Produced by Angela Hunter, Caitlyn Spring, &amp; Ezra Fox, written &amp; hosted by Stew Redwine, and sound designed by John Mattaliano, with audio production by Zach Hahn.</p><p>Remember: have fun making the ads work.</p>

Ad Infinitum

Stew Redwine

Ad Infinitum S4E01: Two Circles | Dallas Taylor on Podcasting, YouTube, and Creative Identity

MAR 7, 202672 MIN
Ad Infinitum

Ad Infinitum S4E01: Two Circles | Dallas Taylor on Podcasting, YouTube, and Creative Identity

MAR 7, 202672 MIN

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<p>Ad Infinitum returns for Season 4, and for the first time, we’re on video.</p><p>To kick things off, I brought back the very first guest ever on the show: Dallas Taylor, host of Twenty Thousand Hertz, founder of Defacto Sound, and now creator of the fast-growing video channel DallasTaylor.mp3.</p><p>In this episode, Dallas shares the moment he almost quit podcasting entirely, and the simple insight that changed everything.</p><p>Two circles.</p><ul><li>One for podcast audiences.</li><li>One for YouTube.</li></ul><p>That realization led to a completely new way of thinking about media: podcasts, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram working together as a discovery engine rather than competing formats.</p><p>Along the way we discuss:</p><p>• Why creators shouldn’t think of themselves as “podcasters” or “YouTubers”<br />• The psychology of creativity in the age of algorithms<br />• Why the audience sometimes comes last in the creative process<br />• How Dallas built a solo production workflow that unlocks impossible access<br />• Why vertical video and audio storytelling can coexist<br />• The difference between client work and self-expression</p><p>If you care about podcasting, creative work, or the future of media, this conversation is a masterclass in how the landscape is changing, and how creators can adapt without losing the craft.</p><p>Ad Infinitum is the podcast devoted to audio ads, the creatives who make them, the thinking behind them, and how to make them work better.</p><p>Hosted by Stew Redwine.</p><p>Ad Infinitum is Presented by Oxford Road and Produced by Angela Hunter, Caitlyn Spring, &amp; Ezra Fox, written &amp; hosted by Stew Redwine, and sound designed by John Mattaliano, with audio production by Zach Hahn.</p><p>Remember: have fun making the ads work.</p>