Dave Portnoy On #RazReport

The Show

#RazReport is an interview podcast hosted by Benzinga CEO, Jason Raznick.

The Challenge

I was super excited for this project as it was only my 2nd week on the job and I was already getting opportunities to travel and meet interesting people.

Unfortunately, I found out I had covid the morning of my flight. So the challenge then became finding someone to film and record the podcast in New York. I was a bit nervous to hire someone who I hadn’t worked with before but I found someone with a solid portfolio and gave the clearest instructions I could.

While not a total disaster, what came back was mediocre footage at best and very quiet audio from lav mics - not the studio mics set up for the talent.

The solution

While not perfect, I was able to use a mix of compression and multiple forms of noise reduction to get something decent sounding.