💃🏽Women Leaders in Podcasting

💃🏽Women Leaders in Podcasting

March 17, 2022

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Curator:

Why did you choose this theme?

As the Community Manager at Ossa Collective, a woman-focused podcast advertising marketplace, I'm always looking to partner with and amplify women+ in the podcasting industry. These episodes highlight a few incredible women leaders doing great work in this space (although there are SO many more than the 5 outlined here!). Check out their work and join their efforts.

PODCAST PICKS:Click on the podcast art to listen 👂

The Pod BroadsJuleyka Lantigua: On Lantigua Williams & Co., Storytelling and Justice, Parenting, and EntrepreneurshipHost Alexandra Cohl has created a safe and empowering space for women podcasters with this podcast and with her PR and marketing company, POD.DRALAND. Each episode, she interviews a woman in the podcast industry about her current work, her career path, and how her personal life intersects with all of that. Every episode of this podcast is a gem, but this one with Juleyka Lantigua-Williams (another absolute POWERHOUSE in podcasting) is super inspiring.

The Thought CardPregnancy Announcement + Maternity Leave Checklist For Entrepreneurs

Host Danielle Desir is the founder of WOC (Women of Color) Podcasters, an incredible community connecting WOC podcasters and providing all kinds of support. In this episode, she announces her pregnancy and shares helpful maternity leave planning tips for entrepreneurs. Congrats on the new baby, Danielle!

EntreprenistaSharing the Good Stuff with JJ Ramberg

The Entreprenista Podcast is a weekly show featuring the stories of successful female founders and what it’s really like to run a business. EarBuds curator Shannon loves this podcast and their guest in this episode, JJ Ramberg! In this episode, JJ shares the story of Goodpods, a stellar podcast player social app that Shannon and her team at the Ossa Collective encourage everyone to use.

The Proffitt PodcastStart a Podcast This Year in 8 Simple StepsHost Krystal Proffitt learned podcasting the hard way so you don’t have to! In this podcast, she gives step-by-step advice and delivers content to help you create a podcast your audience craves. Her podcast launch skills are unmatched, and this easy to follow episode helps anyone looking to start a podcast do so with ease.

Mind of a MentorPodcast Agency Advertising with Heather Osgood at True Native Media

Mind of a Mentor brings together the best podcasters and audio industry experts in the world for 40 minutes of mentorship every week. In this episode, Heather Osgood, founder of True Native Media, chats with Ossa Collective  CEO Marla Isackson about the podcast advertising world and the details of working with an agency.

SPONSOR:

LWC Studios is launching a new show...

and they need you! LWC Studios is interviewing Black and brown professionals about their triumphs — and where they sometimes still trip up. They want to speak with folks achieving new heights, either in their personal or professional lives, and who are looking for ways to keep leveling up.

If this is you, or someone you know, please contact producer Virginia Lora at [email protected] to talk about scheduling an interview.

Advertise your podcast or business here starting at $75/week.

FEEDBACK WITH EARBUDS:

This week on Feedback...Hear from this week's EarBuds curator, Shannon Donohue, about her podcast picks for Women Leaders in Podcasting and her work at Ossa Collective, a community-driven company for women and non-binary podcasters.PLUS: Hear about this week's Spotlight pick, There Are No Girls On The Internet.Feedback with EarBuds drops on Tuesdays!

COMMUNITY:

📰Lauren Passell's 'Podcast The Newsletter': On the 11th of every month, Pineapple Street releases an episode of The 11th, an isolated audio project that can be anything—a small series, narrative nonfiction, or something totally made up. March’s episode, The Happiness Project, is a glorious tour of a Toronto neighborhood via Charles Spearin, a long-time member of the band Broken Social Scene. He interviews his neighbors and imagines them as instruments, then creates music based on what they sound like.🤸‍♀️The Ossa Collective believes that your voice has value. Ossa is a community and ad booking platform for women+ in podcasting. Learn more about membership and the latest initiatives and connect with Ossa @ossacollective on social.🧒🏽Kids Listen, a grassroots organization that advocates for high-quality audio content for children, is launching a new podcast series to help families find their next favorite podcast! Each episode of Mashups will bring together two different podcast creators to  introduce listeners to each other's podcasts, play a game that mashes up their styles, and share behind-the-scenes trivia. The first episode drops today! Listen.

✨Keep sending updates for us to include in our Community section: in-person events, Twitter spaces, paid courses, and more. Submit!

CLASSIFIEDS:

🍉What You're Eating is a new food podcast from FoodPrint.Org that digs into the complex issues in our food system through conversations with chefs, farmers, fishers, and policy experts. If you eat food, this podcast is for you!🗺️Searching for sunken slave ships. Preserving sacred sites. Challenging narratives. Uncovering hidden histories. This season, the SAPIENS podcast is exploring how Black and Indigenous voices are changing the stories archaeology tells. Through an array of deep dives, interviews, and storytelling, this show re-centers the stories of our pasts to orient us toward a new future.

Advertise your podcast or business here starting at $45/week.

PODCAST SPOTLIGHT:

There Are No Girls On The InternetMarginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. In There Are No Girls On The Internet, Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning.Season 3 is out now!

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