Rocking his Shure SM-7 mic, today's guest showed up with a lot of cool stories about his background and how he got started. George Faulkner is a musician who has an Audio Engineering degree, and working at IBM's corporate communication team blended together to drop him into the deep end of the podcasting world. Bring all his experience together to bang out a podcast for his boss over a weekend led him to become the person in charge of all podcasting for IBM. Now, when he's not busy as a marketing consultant he's the host of his own music-focused podcast. His secret: The heart behind making a great podcast is a requirement, not a nice-to-have. Lots of great wisdom packed up in here about finding guests, crafting awesome shows, keeping production time low and building listenership, all of which brand new or seasoned veterans can learn from. The Podcast: 421. The location: Everywhere you listen. Look for the one with the GOOD graphic. The goal: share the passion of music with the world at large, through a medium that's gaining more traction every day. Enjoy the listen. 

Today's guest Jeremy Cline got started in podcasting about the same time I did actually, which is pretty cool, late 2019. And it was his first foray into starting a new business. In his words, he went about this backwards because he started a podcast -before- starting a business. But because of that, he's got some really interesting perspective over people who do it the 'right way'. Starting from the ground up, we talk about how he found his first guests, and refined the process of editing and publishing, to make it into an incredibly helpful resource for people today. The podcast: Change Work Life. The location: changeworklife.com. The goal: share stories of people who have made crazy career transitions, and help people grab life fearlessly and plunge into wild new areas in their own career. Is that you? Listen in or get with him to guest on the show. Let's get started. 

Daniel King has really hit on something big with podcasting. Too often we amble through life not really being aware that people around us have deep experience. It's almost like everybody else is an extra in a movie starring Us. But everybody's got a story. While studying abroad, Daniel used to listen to podcasts while traveling to and from his destinations, but when coming back to the States, fell out of the habit. Getting a job at Amazon delivering packages reintroduced the passion he had for listening. A fellow redditor inspired him with a podcast format of simply inviting people on to share their story, or something that really interested them. The result is his podcast. Each episode features an hour long conversation with a complete stranger, about what interests them and their experience in life. In a way, it's like living another life an hour at a time, which to be honest, sounds pretty frickin cool. The podcast: Across the Pond. The location: Spotify, Anchor and iTunes. Just look for the lilypad icon. The goal: Give guests a chance to share an hour's worth of their life and experience, and the the things that excite them the most. Is that you? Listen in or get with him to guest on the show. Let's get started.

When I was a kid I loved reading comic books. The detail, the story arcs, the character development. Today I got hit in the face with nostalgia. Maximilian Clark and his entorage of nearly 60 actors and writers have created a podcast which does deep worldbuilding in the comic book universes that we all grew up with. Stories in the format of public radio, with different segments, news, and even advertisements, further immerse you in the world of comic book lore. There's a lot going on in backwoods towns in the midwest, all up and down the coast and almost everywhere except North Dakota. The Podcast: Superhuman Public Radio. The location: anchor.fm/spr. The goal: Create in-universe stories about superheroes that look and sound like real events happening. Get ready to geek out! Let's get started. 

What a unique podcast and what a unique guest. I think Stevie Din is the first guest I've ever had from Scotland, and hearing how his podcast came about had me smiling the whole time. Starting from three guys sitting around the TV watching football, during commercials they'd ask each other ridiculous questions. Questions like: 'hey if you could blow up the stadium, and nobody would know... 2 million pounds? Would you do it?' And I'm sitting here going 'whaaaaaaat?' the entire time I'm hearing this! Like, what the heck kind of question is that? But it's resulted in a really cool podcast that gets people working their imagination and being crazily entertaining. One question they've asked a guest is: If you could get one million pounds, but every day when you wake up, Mike Tyson had 30 seconds to try and knock you out, would you do it?' Well, would you? I personally wouldn't, I need my face for work, but maybe you'd take the challenge. It's a hiliarious podcast that will keep you hooked. The Podcast: Extreme Polls. The location: available anywhere you listen. The goal: ask interesting 'what if' questions about what you would do for a certain amount of money. Also: If you're listening to this and you happen to be Stone Cold Steve Austin, lemme know, this guest wants to talk to you. 

Kon Krell's been inspired by video games and podcasting for a long time, and his podcasting journey started 10 years ago. While working at GameStop a friend approached him about co-hosting on his show. At a time when not many people in Germany knew what podcasts even were, it was a wild decision to join up. But the rest is history. On their show, they run with particular themes found in video games, news about the industry, and anything else that comes to mind with these guys. Deep down, it's a podcast about what's interesting to them, and things that matter to the world. And it's resulted in a lot of spinoff podcasts. It's a great way to podcast-ify normal conversations that they have amongst themselves. The Podcast: The Pixelburg Podcast. The location: Found everywhere you listen online. The goal: Just having conversations with friends about what's going on in their world, and give you a peek into their lives. Enjoy the listen. 

Years ago, today's guest August Acker worked in the service industry. When he was back in the kitchen, he'd listen to a ton of podcasts about gaming, with a sprinkling of history. One day he thought: I can do this. And as inspiration often does, it kicked off his show. Although the name of the show doesn't have anything to do with the topic, the unique format of using video games themselves, and talking -about- video games, makes this a really cool show. Listen in for tips about how he and his co-host Greg bring their show, and what their weekly cadence looks like. The Podcast: Bread Radio. The location: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addict, and breadradioshow.com. The goal: talk mostly about gaming, the gaming industry, and sometimes some wild tangents to mix things up. Check out the conversation coming up now.