Arroe Collins Pod-Crashing

Every day! We're bombarded by emails that shout out what we are doing wrong with our podcast promotions. I started asking to hear their podcast. Zero of them responded. How can we trust them? Dump your hard to attain bucks into their bucket and hope for the best? Let's nab a deeper look.

Tik Tok videos are raking in millions of viewers which means a large payday. Why do podcasts have to stretch to 45 minutes?

Pod Crashing episode 477 with Daniel Scheffler from the podcast Wayfinder… Wayfinder is a podcast for the curious, luxurious, and adventurous traveler. Host and veteran travel writer Daniel Scheffler ventures off the map and into traveler stories of beauty, blunder, and transformation, those unforgettable moments guidebooks can't capture. Inspired by the ancient Polynesian wayfinders who navigated...

To video your podcast or to audio your podcast. Almost every ad on social media has started calling you a non podcaster if you choose to stay only with audio. Is video podcasting a fad or are we here to stay? And is a video making more money?

Pod Crashing episode 475 with Lily Herman from the F1 inspired podcast No Grip No Grip is a Formula 1 culture podcast hosted by Lily Herman. Each episode dives into the wacky and dramatic mishaps, scandals, and sagas surrounding the sport, both on the track and far away from it. From the ever-expanding world of F1 romance novels and the cataclysmic 2023 event Lily calls WAGageddon, to the infamous...

  Pod Crashing episode 473 with Clayton Echard and Stephani Young from the podcast Love Trapped. Former Bachelor Clayton Echard's casual one-night fling turned into a paternity nightmare. When the news broke about the scandal, no one believed Clayton at first. He was a reality TV star, and an unpopular one at that. Clayton found himself trying to prove the truth, while trapped in a web of lies, ma...

If music videos are allowing AI technology to be part of the video mix, will podcast listeners accept it in the same vein? Plus, what are your video rights when it comes to copyrights in video?

So many podcasters are using AI tools to enhance their presence as knowledgeable announcers and leaders. But is that information correct and should you be more aware of what happens if it's wrong?

  Pod Crashing episode 471 with Jake Steinfeld Body By Jake! Across more than four decades, trailblazing fitness icon Jake Steinfeld, widely known as "Body By Jake," has inspired millions around the world to move their bodies through his one-of-a-kind combination of physical training, motivational philosophy, and infectious personality. Now, the innovator who revolutionized fitness media by creati...

The greatest thing about podcasting is knowing its a wild frontier. There's always something new to tap into. Believe it or not, local podcasting is on the increase. Who, what, where and why?

For just over 10 years we've been bombarded by every clique in the world who thinks they can host and maintain a real podcast. Making it a business success rather than a book club hobby. Why are so many people quitting?

We all get them... a spike in our daily podcast numbers. It could last a day or four. But don't let it poison your drive. When it goes down, oops your heart no longer feels like the second coming of Joe Rogan.

Pod Crashing episode 467 with Amanda Knox hosts of the podcast Doubt The Case Of Lucy Letby. It was a case that shocked the United Kingdom and the wider world. Lucy Letby, a young nurse, was found guilty of murdering premature babies. She was a serial killer whose target was not just the youngest, most vulnerable human beings alive, but also those entrusted to her care. But, is everything as clear...

Pod Crashing episode 465 with Bobby Gumpright and Jermaine Hudson from the podcast Burden of Guilt season 2.  In 1999, an 18-year-old bartender named Bobby Gumpright told a lie t sent an innocent man, Jermaine Hudson, to prison for 22 years.  Burden of Guilt  explores the harsh realities of Jim Crow-era Louisiana in 1898 that helped seal Hudson's fate-and the unlikely friendship that has grown bet...

The FCC regulates American radio and television. We see how its currently leadership is locked in on bullying anyone willing to share sips and samples of free speech. Podcasting is still seen as a wild frontier but is it really that free? When will the government urge rules to be written to silence the podcasters?

You don't know what stories to believe only that those who've lived the days and nights of terrestrial radio were never given a fighting chance to truly show off their gifts of performance. We got to become professional liner card readers. Then came podcasting. Free form thinking as well as connecting. Will Terrestrial radio ever make the jump to drop their music format and truly let connection wo...

Pod Crashing episode 463 with podcaster and ya author John R Miles from the podcast Passion Struck… A heartwarming story, it extends his mission to create a ripple effect of mattering across generations.  The book reminds people of all ages that kindness is not a small thing …it’s a force.  Following the journey of a small bunny with big dreams, Luma gradually realizes her voice and stories matter...

Pod Crashing episode 461 with two actors Telma Hopkins and Kellie Williams from the podcast Family Matters Revisited. iHeartPodcasts, the no. 1 podcast publisher according to Podtrac, and Audiation announced "Welcome to the Family with Telma and Kellie," the ultimate insider's look at the hit 90s sitcom "Family Matters," told through the words of show stars Telma Hopkins (Aunt Rachel) and Kellie W...

Listen... in terrestrial radio we did it and it's taking place within the expectations of podcasting. Banging out an episode. Just doing it. No real thought. No editing. Just post your bang out. Is it a good or bad thing? It's actually both...

    Pod Crashing episode 459 with Menelek Lumumba and Hans Charles from the podcast T A Building… "The A Building," a powerful new documentary podcast that revisits one of the most extraordinary and rarely told moments in American civil rights and higher-education history-an event that changed the future of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and helped define the modern era of student pr...

There are millions of podcasts released daily. Are the right people hosting them? The bigger question is with those who have chosen to stop in and listen, are you reaching them? It's a real question that doesn't need your ego. Are you really reaching people?

Spikes... you love them, but they can change you. Now pick up the pieces. Identifying your real audience while enjoying the occasional digital buzz without calling it an addiction. Facing your spikes.

Pod Crashing episode 456 with Drake Bennett and Jordan Robertson from The Bloomburg Report’s 6th Bureau. It's an open secret that the Chinese government has, for years, engaged in a global campaign to steal intellectual property from Western tech and manufacturing firms. Those stolen secrets have helped Chinese companies, in industry after industry, close the gap and in many cases surpass their co...

Hosting a podcast is one thing. Knowing when to post it is a completely different department. Which is the best day? What about time?

Pod Crashing episode 454 with Rachel Naud from the podcast Midlife Mix. It can be emotionally complicated for women whose lives don’t look the way they once imagined — whether they’re divorced, empty nesters, newly single, or decades into marriage. Rachel reframes an opportunity to fall back in love with your life, not just a partner.