Arroe Collins Pod-Crashing

With terrestrial radio throwing everybody out including the kitchen sink, where are the former two speaker professionals landing? Is it podcasting? Is it good for those who've been trying to survive in podcasting? Plus...can listeners truly tell the difference between a podcast wanna be and a seasoned radio professional transitioning into podcasting?

With religious company's purchasing more and more terrestrial towers of power, should we also see a rise in religious podcasting? Plus...how do you know your guest on the podcast wasn't hired to share propaganda?

Pod Crashing episode 507 with Kelly Marie Tran and Rob Benedict from the podcast Saigon.  One city, a divided country, and the war that tore America apart. Saigon is an epic saga of love, blood and revolution starring Kelly Marie Tran and Rob Benedict. An eight-part audio drama for iHeart adapted from the best-selling novel by Anthony Grey, it is a story of political intrigue and romance in a time...

Pod Crashing episode 505 with Michelle McPhee from the podcast Kingdom of Fraud. What do a devout polygamist from an insular Utah sect and a shadowy Armenian tycoon from Los Angeles have in common? More than you'd think. Together, they defrauded the American government out of nearly one billion dollars. "Kingdom of Fraud," a brand new series co-produced by Novel and iHeartPodcasts, has launched. O...

How do you know your guest on a podcast isn't the voice of foreign propaganda? You don't! Doing your show prep will help enlighten but it's not enough. You really have to pay close attention to whom they're trying to reach and why.

How is Tik Tok getting away with playing music yet I was banned for life from Soundcloud? Breaking down the players that make your podcast visible and what they aren't willing to do for you.

Podcasting is proving to finally be a business's winning tool. I got into podcasting in 2010 because as a radio companies production director I was searching for newer ways to promote business success. My larger-than-life broadcast company literally said to me, "I don't know what you're doing but don't stop." Today it's evolved into the very vision I had 16 years ago. Plus... are we getting too pe...

Pod Crashing episode 502 with Michael Easter host of the podcast Two Percent. New York Times bestselling author and journalist Michael Easter comes a twice-weekly deep dive into the science of living better by doing things the hard way. Building on the insights of his #1 Substack and acclaimed books, Easter balanc rigorous evidence with a healthy dose of skepticism to cut through the noise of the...

Pod Crashing episode 500 with Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall from the podcast Radio 831. Romance publisher 831 Stories and iHeartPodcasts announced "Radio 831: ARomance Podcast," a weekly romance chat-show series hosted by Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCa. Hosts and romance superfans Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall will bring their trademark curiosity, insightfulness, and die-hard enthusiasm to book...

Two major situations podcasters are currently facing... Gambling commercials. Are podcasters enabling teens to drop their bucks into online gambling? What is research showing and will there be a showdown? Plus, the ongoing battle between podcasters and copyright laws. So many podcasters would love to lean in and support musicians and their art but the rules of ASCAP/BMI are generating silence more...

Pod Crashing episode 498 with Shark Tanker Daniel Lubetzsky from the podcast Build or Break, an interview series exploring the defining moments, failures, and breakthroughs that shape extraordinary leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers. Season one features conversations with Matthew McConaughey, Mark Cuban, Kevin O'Leary, Jason Alexander, Chip and Joanna Gaines, and more, as Daniel uncovers the...

I'm extremely guilty of this... numbering my podcast episodes. Should we be doing this? What is the effect on listeners? Plus...the microphone. I know some very very famous people who think they had to have the top of the crop best of the best of equipment only to realize a great microphone can become your worst sound.

If you're a podcaster, you've had a spike. Wow! We've made it! The big time in podcasting. Then the bottom falls out. WTF? How to survive a podcast spike.

  Pod Crashing episode 496 with Dani Shapiro from the podcast Family Secrets. Family Secrets. We all have them. And while the discovery of family secrets can initially be terrifying or traumatic, often these discoveries have the power to liberate, heal, and even uplift us. Join Dani Shapiro, bestselling author of the memoir Inheritance, and her guests as they explore astonishing family secrets and...

    Pod Crashing episode 494 with super model Kim Alexis from the podcast Unexpired… Being an international supermodel, as Kim Alexis was in the 70's, 80's, and 90's, inspired a quiet rebellion within her against the cultural expectations that tell people, especially women, who they are supposed to be and when they are supposed to fade. In her new podcast, Unexpired (debuting on Apple, iHeart radi...

It happens all the time. Your podcast guest is a no call no show. Don't let it get you down. It's not your loss. It's theirs. How do you know if it's about rescheduling? I play by the three-time rule. What does that even mean? How should you act and react and can it put the podcast host on a bad list? Sure...watch what you say and how you react moving forward.

We kinda did this to ourselves. The internet changed the way listeners tap into your art. Zoom made making conversation clearer and more available. But we are the generation of digital hookup and silent endings. How should we react with technology isn't acting like a true friend and collaborator?

    Pod Crashing 492 with AJ Pasciuti from the podcast Combat Stories Amatangelo "AJ" Pasciuti, a former Marine Force Recon Scout Sniper and host of the Combat Story podcast, will release his debut book, Darkhorse: Harnessing Hidden Potential in War and Life, with HarperCollins Leadership Darkhorse is my tribute to the men and women who shaped my life, the Marines I served alongside, and the frien...

Podcasts hosted by celebrities. I remember the days when the thought of someone of fame taking the time to pull off such a weekly thing was beneath their presence. Now, it's an open field for them to get paid great money to endorse a product but are they connect with who really counts? Where is the listener in this adventure to get paid to talk?

Pod Crashing episode 490 with funny guy Joey Dandando… Bad advice from the dumbest people you know. Welcome to Help from a Hypocrite, the video podcast where comedian Joey Dardano and his hilarious guests help listeners with their problems - by giving them the worst advice known to mankind. If you're looking some sage counseling to help you with a serious issue... this is not the show for you. You...

iHeart Radio recently announced an increase in podcast revenue sales... How much of that money is actually going to freelancers on the sidelines? How much of your hard work, dedication and loyalty is pretty much being given to them for free?

Pod Crashing episode 486 with Anna Sinfield from the podcast The Girl Friends. When a group of women from all over the country realize they all dated the same prolific romance scammer they vow to bring him to justice. In this brand new season of global number 1 hit podcast The Girlfriends, Anna Sinfield meets a group of funny, feisty, determined women who all had the misfortune of dating a mysteri...

I'm very guilty of doing a lot of interviews for my podcasts. Although I've slowed it down tremendously, I still carry the image of being a podcast interview whore. How can we break this cycle?

Pod Crashing episode 484 with Ben Higgins from the podcast If You Can Hear Me.  We're all looking for something. In If You Can Hear Me, Ben Higgins sits down with people from all walks of life-celebrities, thinkers, everyday folks-to talk about what drives us, what shapes us, and what gives us hope. These are honest conversations about the big stuff: identity, loss, purpose, peace, faith, and ever...