A Podcast a Day

In case you haven’t heard, I’m doing a daily podcast challenge for the month of February. Why? Well, I got inspiration from fellow podcaster Matt Gilhooly. Matt hosts the Life Shift Podcast, a video podcast where he talks with people about pivotal moments in their lives. He’s an incredible and empathetic host and I’m glad he stepped in front of the camera and mic to show off his storytelling skills in a new way. I feel like I learned a lot about him and got to hear more from him. I think as podcast hosts we forget that we are the main constants on our shows, and our audience often comes back for us, not just our guests.

Matt did a month of daily, solo podcast episodes sharing different elements of his story and core memories. I’m doing my daily podcast challenge in honor of Black History Month, and will be a multitude of different stories – some of them will be my own, some of them will be of other Black creators and entrepreneurs, and some will be topics relevant to you. 28 episodes in 28 days is quite the undertaking, so I thought I’d share my process for making it happen, from pre-production to upload and marketing.

P.S. The first episode is live! Check it out on Apple or Spotify.

Pre-Production

It all starts with determining what to talk about. I used Obsidian to capture ideas and make a rough list. Then I transferred those ideas to Notion to begin script writing and drafting an upload schedule. Notion databases are powerful and perfect for this use case. Many of the deep dives were names that were already on my radar, but many of the topics came from looking at similar YouTube channels for ideas (like YC Combinator, Entrepreneur, Forbes, etc.).

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