Summary
Ed Hedges announces the Wisecrack live tour launching in February across 12 cities including London, New York, Atlanta, Chicago, and Dublin. The tour features new material, photos, and perspectives, with co-host Jodie joining for post-show Q&A sessions.
Insights
- Live events create deeper audience engagement through in-person interaction and Q&A opportunities beyond podcast format
- Revisiting material after 9 years allows creators to refresh content with new perspectives while maintaining core audience connection
- Collaborative on-stage presence (adding Jodie) enhances audience experience and creates new content opportunities
Trends
Podcast creators expanding into live touring to monetize and deepen audience relationshipsMulti-city tour strategy for content creators to reach geographically dispersed audiencesInteractive Q&A formats becoming standard expectation for live podcast events
Topics
Live podcast touringContent creator monetizationAudience engagement strategiesMulti-city event planningPost-show Q&A formats
People
Quotes
"You've heard the podcast, now come and see the show live. We've got new jokes, we've got photos, we've got new perspectives, there's going to be a lot of new information"
Ed Hedges
"It's been nine years since I first performed this set at the Edinburgh Fringe, and this time Jodie won't be in the audience recording me without my consent. Instead, she's going to be joining me on stage"
Ed Hedges
"it's just going to be really lovely to spend some time with you, to meet you and kind of sharing something that we made"
Ed Hedges
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