What shifts in podcasting have you noticed in the last few months? In the first episode of 2025, Mary dives right into the changes we’ve seen in podcasting just since last fall. More and more hosts are leaning into partisan politics and using their shows to share their thoughts and concerns with a huge audience. This has further legitimized the industry, similar to when celebrities started to don the mantle of podcast host several years back.
This mainstream growth has a real impact on your show, even if you aren’t interviewing Canada’s Prime Minister or the Democratic presidential candidate. Mary explores how you, as a podcast creator, can seize this opportunity to transform or elevate your show—ultimately your own media platform—to refresh stagnant formulas and revisit the most essential question: how does your podcast align with your values?
Whether you’re brand new or years into podcasting, let’s think about:
- How podcasting becoming more mainstream affects you and your show
- How you can lean into the shifts to bring a fresh perspective
- Why you should use your podcast to control the message you want to spread
Links worth mentioning from the episode:
- Find Podcast Success While Doing Less, Episode 87: https://www.organizedsound.ca/find-podcast-success-while-doing-less-episode-87/
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on facing impostor syndrome and taking criticism, Rethinking with Adam Grant: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-on-facing-impostor/id1554567118?i=1000658497013
- Gratitude enhances health, brings happiness — and may even lengthen lives, Harvard Health: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/gratitude-enhances-health-brings-happiness-and-may-even-lengthen-lives-202409113071
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Show Credits:
- Podcast audio design, engineering, and edited by Mary Chan of Organized Sound Productions
- Show notes written by Shannon Kirk of Right Words Studio
- Post-production support by Kristalee Forre of Forre You VA
- Podcast cover art by Emily Johnston of Artio Design Co.
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