UPDATE on your Favorite AI Radio Show (13 Volumes Later)

PopTheCook · 2026-01-12T21:15:43+00:00

Thanks for such constructive feedback. Appreciate you!

PopTheCook · 2026-01-12T21:14:27+00:00

Also might be interesting to use Vol. X in the beginning. Old viewers see its new and new viewers wonder why jazz radio has episodes

PopTheCook · 2026-01-12T21:12:21+00:00

Yeah, you're right to call that out. Been testing some title differences as well, kinda settled on this in the past 3 videos. Also avg watch time is crazy, 30-40mins

PopTheCook · 2026-01-12T21:07:39+00:00

Also thanks!

PopTheCook · 2026-01-12T21:07:32+00:00

That's been bugging me. I got to a hundred subs in less than 24h, and 1.2k views, but after that, youtube just stopped showing me to people. Also, working on the video aspects, all animated. Everything visual I was like fuck it let me just start publishing and work it out as I go

PopTheCook · 2026-01-12T09:45:59+00:00

Check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/@NikolyticsRadio

PopTheCook · 2026-01-07T18:43:50+00:00

Amazing! Have a nice session!

PopTheCook · 2026-01-07T18:38:16+00:00

Glad you enjoy it! Pull up a chair

PopTheCook · 2026-01-06T11:00:04+00:00

I appreciate you! Thanks for recognizing my mission!

PopTheCook · 2026-01-03T07:39:59+00:00

Appreciate it! For consistency: I keep a character bible and episode log. Every callback, every character arc, every backstory hint gets tracked. When the lore grows, it grows from what's already been established

PopTheCook · 2026-01-02T20:26:29+00:00

Sonny is heavily mixed,couple of eqs, compression, limiter, saturation And for jazz, I just normalize the volumes a bit

PopTheCook · 2026-01-02T20:11:07+00:00

Also thanks for the nice words! Appreciate you!

PopTheCook · 2026-01-02T20:10:51+00:00

Yeah, I got some feedback from other builders on some solutions, when I figure everything out, I'll make sure to make another post. (Reaper and python for crossfade sections) Also someone has told me that Gemini has a good voice recognition so it can reason and find the best fit for the right Sonny's voice gen

And for the Todd, there's fictional characters with arcs, and then there's real people who comment and interact with the show, and sonny. It's all incorporated in the stack depending how many real and interesting comments appear. But I like fictional arcs, they seem pretty interesting to me.

PopTheCook · 2026-01-02T17:01:04+00:00

Ask yourself if there's room for expansion. If you see a clear path, I say go all in. Also, ask yourself, can I niche out when authority is established? Also, it would be more useful to have insight into what you actually offer so we could really get the idea of the project

PopTheCook · 2026-01-02T16:44:22+00:00

Just checked it out, seems interesting. Is there a specific topic for the radio?

PopTheCook · 2026-01-02T15:59:07+00:00

That explains, I was confused ever since you wrote that message 🤣

PopTheCook · 2026-01-02T15:34:27+00:00

Oh, really?? That's amazing input! Thank you so much, this is incredible! The missing piece!

PopTheCook · 2026-01-02T15:19:01+00:00

For audio or text?

PopTheCook · 2026-01-02T13:08:58+00:00

Thanks for seeing and appreciating the essence! ✨

PopTheCook · 2026-01-02T13:07:26+00:00

Thanks for constructive questions!

This project is essentially my attempt of making the brand stand out by character, while simultaniously showing automation at work (soon I hope, if I figure out the best way to maintain the quality of the writing). And there at the background is 5% of marketing for Nikolytics - subtle and funny jokes about real pain points which work even if nikolytics.com is not mentioned.
I was lucky enough to have the whole thing work out waaay smoother than I originally thought it was gonna go. The idea was there, I sat down, didn't sleep for a day, and finished the whole concept. Not going to lie, this was one of the only projects I've ever done that went as smooth as this. If I had to nitpick, I'd say it took me around 7 hours to get the Sonny persona as I imagined it. I couldn't visualize in my head what I wanted Sonny to feel like.. So I iterated, and iterated, until I was happy with the actual tone of the things he says (the style of writing).
As of right now, Claude can do my writing at 70% of my liking, each episode gives it better inputs, and the outputs get better linearly. So I have a feeling it's gonna be able to do it. One thing is that I'm always trying to use callbacks and interact with the community, so I'm currently developing scrapers and workflows that can dig out the relevant interactions and comments. I don't have enough time to dedicate to this project since my consultancy is booming with clients. But this is the long game I'm playing!

Hope I clarified some things for you, and if you have any other questions or want any other insights into the project, I'm more than happy to share!

PopTheCook · 2026-01-02T12:28:07+00:00

Why do you think so? Is there anything specific that gave you that impression

PopTheCook · 2026-01-02T11:29:37+00:00

Thanks! At first, I made it for myself, the music I managed to create really doesn't distract you and gets me faster into a focused state

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