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Podcaster Stories will be taking a hiatus for the foreseeablefuture. After 50 plus episodes, with some very personal stories being shared, I’ve come to the point where I need to take a break for my own mental wellness.

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Drew Toynbee is one of the co-hosts of Sequel Pitch, a show that takes a movie that never received a sequel, and has the co-hosts pitch their own, often with a special guest to judge the efforts.

Drew talks about how the idea came about, who the biggest movie fan is on the show, how a happy accident led to a new section of the show, and how the podcast community can better help support mental health of podcasters.

While Drew had a spell as an actor, it didn’...

As Season 5 of Podcaster Stories gets close, learn more about what’s coming your way in just a few weeks.

Additionally, find out more about Pod Chat, Danny’s new show that focuses on the tech, tools, and people driving the podcasting space forward.

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This week, I sit down with Tony Doe, host of The Tony Doe Podcast, where he chats with radio broadcasters who answer questions fans are curious about.

This audio series is about people from different backgrounds who share their radio stories, and how they feel about the medium’s present and future.

Tony’s backgroundis in radio, and his show reflects that, with his guests coming from the medium and sharing why they chose radio, and what they’re using it for to share their mes...

This week, I sit down with Becca Atkinson, host of The Unashamed Alcoholic, where she talks with sober people using their platforms to speak openly about their journey with addiction.

This includes sports stars, media celebrities, and more, and who inspired Becca to openly talk about her own journey as a recovering alcoholic.

Becca shares how she didn’t do anything by halves when it came to opening up about her journey as an alcoholic. Indeed, it was on a national ...

This week, I sit down with Kevin Steinberg, host of the Frankly Kev podcast, where he talks to everyday heroes who have experience one or more of life’s many challenges.

No experts giving you a checklist of how to perfectly do things. Or spokespeople and gurus to sell you products with pitch-perfect phrases. No celebrities to gawk at or fawn over. Just real people telling you real life stories.

When Kevin first started his show, he used to do a quick intro abou...

This week, I sit down with Suzanne Falter, host of the Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women podcast, a show about the importance of self-care and building healthy self-care habits for women everywhere.

She’s also the author of several books and continues the legacy of her daughter Teal, who passed in 2012 ,through helping other women be who they were meant to be.

Suzanne shares the importance of taking care of ourselves. She had never done that her whole life, and...

This week, I sit down with Tommy Serafinski, host of Tommy’s Outdoors, a show that looks at the relationship between humans and wildlife, and how that affects biodiversity, conservation, rewilding, and more.

Each episode, Tommy interviews guests across all spectrums of the space, often with different viewpoints from each other. It’s an approach that Tommy says is super valuable when it comes to learning.

I learn something in every episode.

One of the things that Tommy is adamant in providing is...

As the great John Lennon once sang, it’s another year over. Though with Covid continuingto dominate world headlines, it feels like the year has been another long one full of ups and downs.

But hopefully2021 may be the year we finally started to see light at the end of a very long tunnel, and 2022 brings happier times all round.

With that in mind, I just wanted to share my end of year wishes and updates.

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For regular listeners of the show, you’ll have noticed it’s been a bit quiet here since Season 4 launched.

Instead of the usual weekly series, only the first two episodes were published, and then silence. I sincerely apologize for this, it was definitely not the intent. Here’s what happened.

As you’ll know, the show features podcasters opening up about their personal stories. These are stories that may not have been heard before in public, and can be very raw and emotional, and I sincerely than...