Podcasting is an ever-expanding medium, seeing massive growth in the last few years, but making a podcast during a pandemic creates a whole new host of challenges. Co-host of the Motherfoclóir podcast Peter Kavanagh speaks about the power of the spoken word, gives some tips for people starting a podcast for the first time and how the COVID-19 pandemic effected their production. Emma Kennedy, Managing Director of The Echo Newspaper, speaks about the challenges over the past few months and how through the Local Voices podcast, a new way of informing Echo readers was found.