Edit Out Awkward Silence or Not?

I only leave awkward silence in the episode if it adds to the comedic value of a joke, or if a participant is purposefully using the silence to build tension, etc.

But if it helps the pacing of the episode to remove some awkward silence I will do that. But I won’t remove too much, because if you remove too much silence you will “over-correct” and the transition may sound unnaturally abrupt, which is also not good.

Of course, every time you make an edit you should always listen back to your edit and verify that it sounds completely natural.

*How do you handle awkward silence?

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