3 Clips

One December evening in 2019, Chris Stedman noticed a new message in his inbox from his friend Alex, sent at exactly 7 p.m. He and Alex hadn’t talked in a while—was Alex writing to tell him off for being a bad friend? But it wasn’t that. “listen,” the note read. “i am writing to let you know that when you receive this scheduled email, i will no longer be alive.”

Welcome to Unread, a podcast from iHeart that has landed on many best-of-2021 lists while striking a deep chord with its audience.

Inside today’s episode, Jay speaks with Chris Stedman, creator and writer of Unread, a show with a unique approach toward mental health and cultural icons. Chris breaks down the process of conceptualizing an intimately personal project with a team, and how podcasting differs from the written word.

Chris Stedman is a Minneapolis-based writer, speaker, and professor who currently teaches in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Augsburg University. He is the author of IRL and Faitheist, and Unread is his first podcast.

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Unread can be found at: https://chrisstedmanwriter.com/unread/

Tweet at Unread host Chris Stedman here: https://twitter.com/ChrisDStedman

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jayacunzo/

This episode was produced by Jude Brewer. Learn more: www.judebrewer.com

Music provided by Tyler Littwin

The World needs more sensitive creators. Content that moves the world, moves listeners and make things better. And you know what? That doesn’t have to come in the form of some epic narrative. It can be stories from daily life. The seemingly innocuous details of our day-to-day can provide inspiration.

Enter Ian Coss. For this episode he and Jay break down his five part series, Forever is a Long Time. Ian explores the topic of marriage by interviewing members of his family who are divorced, which is most of them. These candid and poignant conversation with his relatives are both deeply personal and relatable at the same time.

Ian is an award winning musician, podcaster and sound designer who has worked with well known outlets like PRX, and the nationally syndicated radio show, The World. He’s been recognized with a national Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in sound and his music is even featured in museums. Forever is a Long Time, however, was produced independently, something he and Jay discuss at length.

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INSIDE THIS EPISODE:

Forever is a Long Time can be found at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forever-is-a-long-time/id1570813696

Connect with Ian: https://iancoss.com

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jayacunzo/

This episode was produced by Andrea Muraskin and Stuart Barefoot

Music was provided by Tyler Litwin

We’re hard at work on new episodes of 3 Clips, so here’s an oldie but a goodie — one of our most popular episodes…

We’ve got a dynamic co-hosting duo: welcome Ashley Hamer and Cody Gough of Curiosity Daily. A daily, yes, daily (!), podcast about science, which is part of Discovery.

Host Jay Acunzo gets into great topics with Cody and Ashley, starting with, how, just how do they put out a well researched and fact-checked show every single day? This episode also covers topics of performing on the mic, how these two make a co-hosting relationship work, how to communicate science to a general audience, and more. 

And to that last topic, being a science communicator to a wide audience, Ashley had a great thought to add after we recorded, so hang out past all the credits and even past the closing theme music to hear what she had to say. It’s worth it!

INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

Curiosity Daily can be found here: https://www.curiositydaily.com/

Follow Curiosity Daily on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/curiositydotcom

Follow Ashley Hamer on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/smashleyhamer

Follow Cody Gough on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/producercody

From Play It Forward: This week’s recommended podcasts are, from Ashley, Everything is Alive: https://www.everythingisalive.com/ and from Cody, Citations Needed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/citations-needed/id1258545975

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jayacunzo/

3 Clips is a show about the craft of podcasting, and the passion behind that craft. But how do we translate that passion into income? On this special episode, business partners Kinsey Grant and Josh Kaplan help us answer this question. Kinsey is the host of Thinking is Cool, where she takes listeners deep into the key topics affecting their work and lives, to encourage us all to stop and think more critically about the nuances inside those ideas. She covers topics like drugs and why we do them, billionaires and whether they should exist, the concept of the girl boss, and the political system in the US and how we might fix it. Kinsey is also the Chief Content Officer of the startup that she co-founded, Smooth Operations and Creator Services, aka Smooth Ops. Josh Kaplan is the co-founder of Thinking is Cool and co-founder and CEO of Smooth Ops. He runs the business back end for Thinking is Cool, and works on revenue generating projects for independent creators, many of whom are podcasters too. In this episode of 3 Clips, Josh, Kinsey and Jay talk working relationships, going indie, the role of a journalist/host in podcast advertising, and more. 

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3 Clips is a Castos Original Series. Castos provides tools for public and private podcasts and believes podcasters should own their turf to provide the best possible audience experience. Visit castos.com 

INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

Thinking is Cool can be found here: thinkingiscool.com

Learn more about Kinsey and Josh’s consulting firm for creators, Smooth Operations and Creator Services: smoothops.xyz

Kinsey Grant originally appeared on 3 Clips while in her previous job as host of Business Casual for Morning Brew. Listen to that episode here: 3clipspodcast.com/morning-brews-business-casual-how-to-interview-famous-overly-polished-guests-ft-kinsey-grant/

Follow Kinsey Grant on Twitter here: twitter.com/KinseyGrant

Follow Josh Kaplan on Twitter here: twitter.com/jkaplan1

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: twitter.com/jayacunzo

This episode was produced by Andrea Muraskin. Learn more: andreamuraskin.com

Music for this episode was provided by Tyler Littwin.

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When’s the last time you attended an audio-only house party populated entirely by personified versions of fonts? Actual typefaces like Arial and Times New Roman speaking at you like real life people? Imagine how obnoxious Comic Sans sounds…

Welcome to the ambitious world of Wireframe, a podcast from Adobe and Pacific Content.

Inside today’s episode, Jay speaks with Khoi Vinh and Dominic Girard, two of the three hosts of Wireframe, a show with a unique eye toward helping design professionals and the design-curious, fostering a new appreciation for the craft while demonstrating how design impacts the world around you. Khoi and Dominic breakdown the nitty-gritty with Jay, ranging from logistics between hosts and the brandteam, what it means to be a podcast host versus a public speaker, and tricks for transforming show guests into actors. Wireframe is not a show that’s afraid to reach.

Khoi Vinh, named one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company, is Senior Director of Product Design at Adobe. His co-host Dominic Girard is a showrunner from Pacific Content, a podcast production company which helps make Wireframe as well as shows from some of the world’s top brands like Dell, Charles Schwab, Atlassean, and Facebook.

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3 Clips is a Castos Original Series. Castos provides tools for public and private podcasts and believes podcasters should own their turf to provide the best possible audience experience. Visit https://castos.com 

INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

Wireframe can be found at: https://link.chtbl.com/wireframe?sid=podcast.3Clips

Tweet at Wireframe host Khoi Vinh here: https://twitter.com/khoi

Tweet at Dominic Girard here: http://twitter.com/domideas

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jayacunzo/

This episode was produced by Jude Brewer. Learn more: www.judebrewer.com

Music provided by Tyler Littwin

In 2021, we’re blessed to live in a podcast landscape ripe with richly reported nonfiction shows that challenge your way of thinking and expand your world: Reply All, Invisibilia, Far Flung, the list goes on. There is also an expanding slate of fictional podcasts to get lost in. But what if you could have both in one show? 

With Flash Forward, a show about the future, our guest Rose Eveleth inspires imaginations and pushes listeners to think about the world we live in now, and how it could be different. Like other science shows, Rose calls on scientists and other experts to break down complex concepts in an accessible way. But sprinkled throughout each episode are speculative fiction scenes that offer a glimpse of “possible and not so possible futures.” 

In this episode of 3 Clips, Rose and Jay break down a Flash Forward episode about humans’ search for alien life. They discuss how to make scientists sound podcast-worthy, how Rose has carved out her own voice in the science genre, and her fiction writing process. Also, Rose offers insights on how she’s managed to make such a multilayered show as an independent producer. 

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INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

Flash Forward can be found at  flashforwardpod.com.

Get in touch with Flash Forward host Rose Eveleth at [email protected] 

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jayacunzo/

From Play It Forward: This week’s recommended podcast is Gender Reveal: genderpodcast.com

This episode was produced by Andrea Muraskin. Learn more: andreamuraskin.com

Music provided by Tyler Littwin

Amy Westervelt is a print and audio journalist and environmentalist; she founded the podcast network Critical Frequency, which raises up important but often overlooked voices; and she is the executive producer and host of the critically acclaimed show Drilled. The through line here is that Amy has an enduring interest in telling stories that are getting covered up, and doing the hard work of figuring out what’s really going on.

Jay and Amy discuss the rigorous and thorough process involved in creating a show like Drilled, which focuses on stories that investigate propaganda in the fossil fuel industry. And they get into why audio is a powerful medium for the stories Amy chooses to cover on the podcast.

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INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

Drilled can be found here: drillednews.com

Follow Drilled host Amy Westervelt on Twitter: twitter.com/amywestervelt

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter: twitter.com/jayacunzo/

From Play It Forward: This week’s recommended podcast is Threshold

This episode was produced by Cherie Turner. Learn more: stridesforwardpodcast.com

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Louis Grenier is a marketing consultant whose stated mission is to “fight marketing bullshit,” which he does with his company Everyone Hates Marketers, and a podcast by the same name.

After three years and 200 interview-style podcast episodes, Louis realized he was forgetting who his guests were even five episodes ago. So in March 2021, he decided to refresh himself, and his show. 

New episodes are shorter, in monologue format, and focus around one marketing lesson, rather than on a guest. In these episodes, Grenier re-packages clips from his past interview episodes and cites examples from books and other sources. It really works for the listener, even if you never heard the original interviews. And it’s working for Louis, as a way to showcase his own marketing know-how. Among other topics, Louis and Jay discuss developing a personal brand and host persona, and how to make your podcast stand out in a crowded field. 

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3 Clips is a Castos Original Series. Castos provides tools for public and private podcasts and believes podcasters should own their turf to provide the best possible audience experience. Visit castos.com 

INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

Everyone Hates Marketers can be found here: everyonehatesmarketers.com/podcast

Follow Everyone Hates Marketers host Louis Grenier on Twitter here: twitter.com/LouisSlices

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: twitter.com/jayacunzo

From Play It Forward: This week’s recommended podcast is The Marketing Meetup: themarketingmeetup.com/podcast-2/

This episode was produced by Andrea Muraskin. Learn more: https://andreamuraskin.com

Theme music provided by Cardboard Rocketship: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5TzmK85fEdotyi2mu582Sm

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Audio performer, artist, and storyteller Sharon Mashihi discusses her acclaimed 2020 limited series podcast Appearances. This beautifully crafted show blurs the lines between fact and fiction. It follows the story of an Iranian American woman who’s approaching middle age and delving into big life questions about family, relationships, and motherhood.

Jay and Sharon discuss how she crafted this complex and very personal 9-part series over the course of a year. And they touch on how Sharon is still processing the aftermath of creating a show that mined emotional and creative depths.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT 3 CLIPS HOST JAY ACUNZO

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INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

Appearances can be found here: mermaidpalace.org/Appearances

Learn more about Appearances host Sharon Mashihi here: www.sharonmashihi.com

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: twitter.com/jayacunzo/

From Play It Forward: This week’s recommended podcast is 365 Stories I Want to Tell You Before We Both Die  

This episode was produced by Cherie Turner. Learn more: stridesforwardpodcast.com

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Travel writer Rolf Potts’ podcast, Deviate, is usually an interview show with other writers, travelers and filmmakers reflecting on their experiences and sometimes waxing philosophical. Usually, because, true to its name, some episodes of Deviate stray from both topic and format. Alternative formats have included narrative, essay, chatcast, and the one we feature here: an episode about a 20+ mile walk, with all audio recorded while on that walk. 

Jay and Rolf discuss the value in exercising different creative muscles, even if it costs you some downloads. Also, the art of capturing a story in the moment without much pre-planned structure, the magic dust of chemistry between people on a podcast, and how Rolf has stayed true to his show’s premise, even when he deviates from the topic of travel. 

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LEARN MORE ABOUT 3 CLIPS HOST JAY ACUNZO

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3 Clips is a Castos Original Series. Castos provides tools for public and private podcasts and believes podcasters should own their turf to provide the best possible audience experience. Visit castos.com.

INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

Deviate can be found here: rolfpotts.com/deviate

Follow Deviate host Rolf Potts on Twitter here: twitter.com/rolfpotts

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: twitter.com/jayacunzo/

From Play It Forward: This week’s recommended podcasts are Zero to Travel (zerototravel.com/travel-podcast/)  and Surviving Nairobi (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/surviving-nairobi/id1463692463)

This episode was produced by Andrea Muraskin. Learn more: andreamuraskin.com

Theme music provided by Cardboard Rocketship: open.spotify.com/artist/5TzmK85fEdotyi2mu582Sm

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