Podcasting

Inspired by Brené Brown who said: “Stories are just data with a soul.” In the realm of podcasting, stories reign supreme, captivating audiences with their ability to touch hearts, inspire minds, and create lasting connections. …

I initially started my Podcast on Anchor.fm, now known as Spotify for Podcasters, and quickly decided I wanted more. Really, the only problem I had with Spotify’s platform was I needed 100 unique users on Spotify, not total over all the platforms, in order to monetize. …

Strategies for any economy… — First it was supply chain disruptions that sent prices skyrocketing for everything from cars to toilet paper. Then inflation joined the party and drove prices even higher. …

Vox Podcast Network focuses on quality This month, the Vox Media Podcast Network made its debut on the list of top 10 podcast publishers by Podtrac, the leading industry ranker, with 33M monthly global downloads and a unique monthly audience of over 5.9M listeners. The Hollywood Reporter (THR) covered the ranking news as well as the…

In the latest episode of The FutureX Podcast, you’ll meet Laura Hartley, founder of an online school for changemakers called Public Love Enterprises. She teaches people how to detox from capitalism, patriarchy, and supremacy culture. …

Episode 506: Del Barber — For music nerds/snobs/dorks, whatever you wanna call us, Spotify is kind of good and kind of bad. On the one hand, it’s got a ton of music you already like and a bunch of music you may never have even known existed by those artists. …

Serial, S-Town, The Teacher’s Pet, Dirty John, Slow Burn: what do all of these have in common? Don’t say “they’re all podcasts”, smart arse. We already know that. The answer on the card — the one I’m looking for — is that they’d all more than 5 years old. All…

Given the exceptional rate at which podcasts fail, it dawned on me that exceptional, compelling, and successful shows are the result of a vision, great founders, and a team. And in that, just as in a startup, execution of the right steps is a critical path to success; that, while…

A giant disaster — I made a huge mistake. Luckily my podcast is still small, but it was seeing steady growth and I have grounded that growth to a painful halt. How, you ask? Well, I decided I was going to swap hosting platforms without doing any research into the platforms at all. I…