Creating Your Podcast Emergency Plan

Are you living "week-to-week" with your podcast production? We spend hours planning content calendars and guest lists, but one unexpected life event—like a lost voice or a family emergency—can derail your entire schedule. This common struggle leads to missed episodes, overwhelming guilt, and the fear of losing the audience trust you’ve worked so hard to build. In this episode of Podcasting Unlocked, I’m walking you through how to create a “break glass in case of emergency” plan for when life throws you a curveball and you need to readjust, miss a week, or take a break. This week, episode 255 of Podcasting Unlocked is about creating your podcast emergency plan! 

In this episode of Podcasting Unlocked, I’m sharing the importance of communicating clearly and effectively with your audience about the situation  and actionable steps you can take right now to prepare for an unplanned (or planned!) break from your show. 

I also chat about the following: 

• Building an emergency content back to draw from when you can’t record an episode.
• Utilizing options like dynamic content and email lists to communicate changes with your audience in real time.
• Reaching out to hosts of shows you’ve guested on to see if you can spotlight your episode in an emergency - and drive more traffic to them!
• Understanding that  a strategic, communicated break is better than only showing up as your ‘half self’ for your audience.

Your podcast should be a tool that serves your business, not a burden that drains your health. This week, your challenge is to record one 30-second emergency update clip and one evergreen solo episode to tuck away in your "break glass" folder .

Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on turning your podcast listeners into leads and to hear even more about the points outlined above. 

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