Rethinking Podcasting

Welcome to another special bonus episode of Rethinking Podcasting! I, Matthew Bliss, am usually your host but, as a treat for those of you thinking about what 2026 will bring for you, Valentin Farkasch is back and we’re talking about Yearly Themes over on his podcast, “Orbit For Creators”. This is just a portion of the conversation, and we’re paying homage to one of our favourite creators, CGP Gre...

After having Helen on the show, I thought I’d return the favour and I had a brilliant time as a guest on "The Sincere Practice" talking about my philosophy background, my contrarian takes on the podcast industry, and my experience with creativity in entrepreneurship while building a personal brand. I loved this chat with Helen, particularly as she was curious about philosophical flourishing! Its n...

To register your interest in "The Resilient Podcaster" program coming in 2026, sign up at ResilientPodcaster.com . You may have noticed that the world around us is starting to change. Economically, socially… there’s terms being thrown around like Enshittification and Late-Stage Capitalism. They all point at a paradigm shift that’s coming soon that we need to prepare for. Podcasting is not immune f...

Hello there, dutiful Rethinking Podcasting listener! If the title didn't give it away, I need to take a breather this week because at this exact moment, my Internet Provider is getting changed over! This obviously makes the podcasting stuff hard (and shows a bit of my hand with how close to release I put these together!) I did want to follow my own advice as well, and make a bit of space for the f...

When we seek self-improvement, its easy to pick podcasts as a medium for learning. But what if I told you that *creating* a podcast might be the best way to explore your creativity, reduce your anxiety and steady your life’s journey? This week I’m chatting to Helen Garcia - a Mental Health Professional, Therapist, and host of The Sincere Practice podcast & newsletter. I met Helen through a mut...

The more you create your podcast, you’ll find that you’re changing and learning. It starts to become more than just about bitrates, shownotes and platforms. There’s an abstract experience to creating your show. Something that can’t be validated by anyone but you. This is the beginning of your unique journey, where the principles of your podcast philosophy are growing, your basic knowledge is takin...

Every podcaster knows the struggle of content creation. Sometimes it feels like we’re constantly fighting against the pressure of release as our production gets closer and closer to the red zone of burnout. Podcast Service Providers, despite our skills, are no different in this sense. This week I’m chatting to Laura McRae, the owner and operator of Podcast Support Services in Australia, and host o...

Have you ever walked up to the microphone, ready to record and not quite sure what to say? Yeah, that’s me this week. So I’m trying something different. And you’re going to learn some stuff today - about consistency, rumination and data science. Because we don’t always need a treatise on the podcasting world. Sometimes a grab-bag of different topics is enough. Let's Start a Dialogue The Socratic M...

As podcasters and business owners, it can often feel like our marketing is pure tactics. But when you think about it, since early civilisation we’ve been telling stories around campfires and in village taverns. Your podcast is your campfire to tell your story and with the right conversation partner it naturally reveals you and your authenticity to your ideal audience as easily as talking to a frie...

Defining a "podcast" is seen as important to many, but often falls short. In this episode I explain why the definitions often fall short, how incentives drive our definitions, why the Platonic Realm of Forms gives us the essence we need, and how my previous job made the same mistake in defining sustainable remote work for its employees. Resource Mentioned in this Episode: "What's a Podcast?: The R...

A few years ago, you never would have thought that talking to a YouTube professional would make sense for a podcast about podcasting. With many of us pivoting to video, all the YouTube stuff has become more relevant than ever. And who better than a YouTube expert AND podcaster to set our expectations, and our minds at ease, for this new direction. This week I’m chatting to Valentin Farkasch - a Yo...

I’ve got something a bit different for you today - a bonus, you might say! I get together with a lot of my peers in the podcasting space to create content outside of this show, and every so often I’d like to share that content with you. What I’m sharing here is the full audio from a livestream I did with Jesse McCune of Tansy Aster Creative on his YouTube Channel. Every two weeks, we jump on the l...

I’ve been a Podcast Producer, and an expat in a foreign country, for over two years now. A necessary function of having a career in podcasting is that the discipline itself became the focus of my professional development. Getting great at podcasting… sounds awesome, right? However, over the last few months I’ve been thinking differently about how the world is moving around podcasting as a format,...

Once you’ve made it as a podcaster, its easy to presume you know it all. An academic with tenure, sitting in a leather armchair by the fire, swirling a McCallen 24 in your hand, ready for any question that comes along. The truth is that theoretical deduction and inference doesn’t a good podcaster make. We’ve made podcasting so available and easy to start, we think we’re all experts simply by takin...

There’s only one thing you can guarantee in the Podcasting Industry: change. Changes to the roles we see, the shows we create and how we communicate with our audiences. 2025 has been a massive year for change, and Richard Clark was right on the money. This week I’m joined, once again, by Richard Clark: Founder & Owner of Area Code Audio based in Chicago to cover his predictions made at the beg...

Reflecting on the Podcasting Industry today, it’s easy to wonder how we got here. AI rollouts, Social App take-downs, video podcasting as the new-old trend… its easy to think we couldn’t have predicted it. And yet, we have experts like my guest today who has their finger on the pulse of podcasting to help give us a guiding light in times of uncertainty. Welcome back to Rethinking Podcasting, and t...

The online world is a different place, where in every interaction we’re second-guessing whether its actually a person, or if its a bot or algorithm trying to push some content on our plate. Dead Internet Theory seems the most apt to describe a world where we are connected, but not to other people, but there is a glimmer of optimism hidden in the depths for ourselves and for our podcasts. Today I’l...

When we begin as podcasters, its easy to become mired in the logistics, the admin, the perfection and optimisation of equipment, structure, distribution… It takes a unique individual like Mason Amadeus to remind us to ask, “Where has the creativity gone?” This week I’m joined by Mason Amadeus: Creative Director at 8th Layer Media, Expert Audio & Broadcast Engineer, and self-proclaimed All-Terr...

As a podcaster, you’ve probably heard the term “PodFade” before. And if you’ve been doing a podcast for long enough, you’ve felt the inevitable scope-creep of the work and the fear that you’ll quit. But there’s a fundamental problem what the podcast industry describes as “failure”, and the data they use to support it is hurting podcasters more than it helps. Welcome back to Rethinking Podcasting:...

This year, Aveline Clarke undertook a rebrand and relaunch of what was previously the 6Star Business and 6Star Leaders podcast after she took a break. I asked her about the impact of the rebrand on her podcast performance, and the process she undertook to reflect on her own by asking three questions. We also discuss her unique interview style that isn’t a blueprint for scripting an interview - ins...

Hi, Matt here! This episode will tell you what to expect over the next few months with the podcast and, more importantly, how you can get in touch with me to respond to my ideas, and send your own through! Let's Start a Dialogue The Socratic Method is best done in dialogue, so if you'd like to respond to one of my episodes or send through an idea of your own, send it to: 📧 podcast@rethinkingpodca...

Its easy to start your podcasting journey and feel far away from the top 1%. And if you feel like you can get there easily, you might find the journey harder than you thought. But the key is not to be stuck in the quagmire of the present, but build your grand vision of where podcasting can take you. This is the fifth and final foundational episode of this podcast as an introduction to me, Matthew...

Many podcasters sharing their experiences talk about "Podfade" (otherwise known as "podcaster burnout") as something to avoid at all costs for fear of failure. Whatever failure could mean in podcasting, anyway. Burnout can also hit the podcast professionals as well, in a world where competing with AI means we have to keep adding more and more to our offering. So what can we do? This is the third f...

Everyone says that we don't teach critical thinking anymore, and everywhere, collective group-think is dominating discussions. This is why philosophy, and particularly Plato's work featuring Socrates, is incredibly useful when we explore podcasting. Thinking and internal discussion is more important now than ever, and what we interrogate and unpack ourselves is just as important as what we're told...

It's easy to think that producing a great-quality podcast is only about the tech, but there is much more to it. An idea, some audio troubleshooting and acknowledging my unique path were the ways that I became a podcaster. And once I had laid the groundwork, I could realise my podcasting goals and become the Podcast Producer & Editor I am today. This is the second foundational episode that will...