Ben Wood is an absolute champion, talented, good looking and a super humble guy. What a combo?! He heads up Woodwork Digital Studio and does Drive at Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast in Australia. He has a tonne of good advice for you so listen in. 

We'd love to create an extraordinary podcast brand for you that works. Come to one of our PodcaSTAR Branding Retreats at powder snow mecca Nozawa Onsen Japan or Wallaby Ridge Hideaway Retreat in Australia or work with us online, email [email protected]. 

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If I had a dollar for every time I've heard 'I've got a great idea for a podcast' on a Sunday morning I'd be a rich woman. People typically get on the cans on a Saturday night then call me and yabber on for half an hour or so about their great idea for a podcast. I don't always answer the call because 9 times out of 10 it's not a serious proposition and they won't be producing a high value, high return podcast with my production house. 

Tune in to find out why and tune in to find out how to podcast in 2026. 

We'd love to create an extraordinary podcast brand for you that works. Come to one of our PodcaSTAR Branding Retreats at powder snow mecca Nozawa Onsen Japan or Wallaby Ridge Hideaway Retreat in Australia or work with us online, email [email protected]. 

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Jackson is an absolute dream boat. He's originally from Australia by calls LA home now. He's worked in radio in both Australia and in LA he worked with KIIS and some other networks but then swung sideways into new media. I should also mention he is an extraordinary photographer @thatisjackson on instagram and owns a fleet of boats (his partner is a hot diver who used to dive for Pearls then bought a boat, then bought a few more;) 

Jack now works with many darling celebrities of a high calibre social media in LA and he shares his love of the work here. 

Love you Jackson so much. I once bought Jackson a diamond ring because I was in love with the production work he did for me. He still wears it apparently. 

We'd love to create an extraordinary podcast brand for you that works. Come to one of our PodcaSTAR Branding Retreats at powder snow mecca Nozawa Onsen Japan or Wallaby Ridge Hideaway Retreat in Australia or work with us online, email [email protected]. 

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When I started working with lots of people and needed words to describe different podcast styles and formats, I started making words up! I even ran a Podcasting Festival with words that I'd made up as titles to lectures and no one batted an eyelid, how cool is that? 

One of my favourite words I've coined in relation to Podcasting is 'Solocasting' where you podcast with you guessed it - yourself. 

Here I delve into why it truly is an artform, how to master it and why you should do it often. 

We'd love to create an extraordinary podcast brand for you that works. Come to one of our PodcaSTAR Branding Retreats at powder snow mecca Nozawa Onsen Japan or Wallaby Ridge Hideaway Retreat in Australia or work with us online, email [email protected]. 

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So you want to be a PodcaSTAR? We are here to help. Tune into entertainers, producers, podcasters and radio stars to discover the secrets to being a cut above. 

Alex Dalrymple is legend. He has a new media brand called 4 Wheels and a Seat where he gets to review the latest cars (dream job) he's also an actor with multiple TV credits and has worked on some of the biggest radio shows in the past 20 years in Australia. This guy is so humble too it's amazing, all the most talented people are always the most humble. We forgot to discuss his relationship with Chris Hemsworth, damn, we'll do that next time.

Work with Alex here [email protected].

Enjoy. Welcome to PodcaSTAR. 

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