Do raw only. I think of this as a live radio show.. May take some practice to keep the conversation/guests focused and dead air to a minimum.
I don't know if many people remember this, but there was actually a time when CSPAN recorded everything 100% live. In fact, they even had cameras recording the dead air time. Some "strange" people would actually monitor these cameras from their homes and caught politicians saying some really messed up stuff when they thought noone was listening/watching. They were the outliers of our citizenry, though, and performed a very valuable service.
That is kind of the reason why I was so interested in having open discussions and leaving them unedited. However, I also understand that many people want us to have polished and professional sounding shows...which requires a level of editing.
Deep down I resist going the latter route, but I also understand that if I'm going to lose funding for not having high viewership then I'm going to need to take a format more similar to "shows". However, I do think that in time as people start realizing that the Beyond Bitcoin Server is starting to fill up with 4,5,6 or more guest speakers every Friday or Saturday that my vision of it being like a low-barrier-to-entry Conference Center is right on point. (btw, this is ALREADY beginning to happen)
Do most conference centers have their own crews editing the Keynote and Guest speakers? Or do they usually leave that to the guys/gals with press passes?