Conversations with podcast creators.
Podtalk is short conversations with podcast creators, that are not just about podcasting… because I like to take the scenic route.
In each episode, I talk with podcast creators about their shows, experiences, what they’ve learned, what motivates them, and… well, everything related to podcasting from the indie creator’s point of view.
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When competence is the trap
Aaradhya Tiwari had the expertise, the credibility, the discipline. Ten episodes of a marketing podcast that fit her credentials perfectly. She quit. The conventional wisdom assumes you’ll stop because of insufficient skill, time, or audience. Her experience names a different problem: sufficient skill in service of the wrong project. The competence was the trap. The… more →
From the archives: Cassandra Ellis
Cassandra Ellis has learned to read a particular kind of discomfort — not the kind that means stop, but the kind that means next. Supporting other people’s podcasting work, she found herself in conversations and rooms that made her uncomfortable in the right way: “Oh, this is the next thing.” The collaborative work isn’t just… more →
Permission, not obligation
Lorraine Margherita’s talking-stick rule has one extra clause most groups miss: you hold the stick, you can speak. Or not speak. Holding it doesn’t compel you to talk. A microphone is a talking stick nobody else can take from you. Most podcasters treat it as obligation—dead air kills shows. The harder version is permission to… more →
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I hope these episodes spark ideas and conversations for you, and lead to new ways of looking at this wonderful art of podcasting.
I appreciate your time and attention, and I don’t take it for granted.
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