How Ashley Flowers Turned Her True-Crime Podcast Into A True Crime
Podcasting, ProfessionaIism & Plagiarism
The deep roots of podcasting began in the fertile soil of independent podcasters with limited equipment resources, budgets smaller than a child’s allowance, a “learn as you go” training program, and a fervent love of the medium. Making money back then? A bonus, to be sure.
Because of those humble beginnings, podcasting has always been a cooperative, mutually beneficial, and close-knit community. Podcasters would guest on other podcasts all the time. Podcasters would credit other podcasters with a generous sense of comradeship. Consequently, podcasting wasn’t a zero-sum game or “dog-eat-dog,” but more like you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours and the listeners benefited from that collaborative approach.
I remember interviewing Charlie Harding, co-host of the Switched On Pop podcast nearly three years ago. I asked him about other music podcasts. This is what he said:
“Podcasters enjoy getting together, and the industry is collaborative and respectful, less than it is cutthroat, and partially that is because it’s in a growth cycle. We all benefit from more people listening, and it’s not a zero-sum game. With Chris Molanphy, we’ve never met in person. I just reached out to Chris via Twitter, and that sparked a connection that led to Nate and I guesting on…
