Magical Overthinkers Podcast: Battling Cognitive Overload

Has this scene happened to you? Your boss approaches you in the morning on a typical workday and says, “Caitlin, can you see me in my office before you leave today?” If that simple request sends tremors of anxiety, fear, catastrophizing, overthinking, and doomscrolling into your very essence, then you should listen to the Magical Overthinkers podcast.

Before we discuss the podcast, let’s cover the short history of books becoming podcasts because Magical Overthinkers started as a book.

Surveys of podcast listeners have found that they tend to read more than the general population and listen to audiobooks at a much higher rate.

“Not everyone who writes a successful non-fiction book can start a podcast,” says podcast consultant George Witt.

“The author must be articulate, have a voice that attracts listeners, and sustain the podcast through multiple episodes and seasons,” Witt adds.

For example, Wharton professor and organizational psychologist Adam Grant is the author of such best-selling books as Originals, Give And Take, and Option B. He then became the creator and host of a popular podcast called Worklife, which takes listeners inside the minds of some of the world’s most unusual professionals to explore the science of making work not suck…